A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
Commuters in Holloway are bracing themselves for two years of chaos as TfL prepares to replace the railway bridge near to the underground station. Islington Tribune
Bakerloo line extension: Southwark councillors want two branches SE1
Crossrail
MTR To Operate Crossrail Concession London Recconections
Crossrail: textbook example of how to get things right Parliament Report
Campaigners are calling on Kensington and Chelsea Council to officially rule out a proposal to build a Crossrail 2 station on their estate Get West London
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway, BBC2 – TV review: There’s nothing boring about this look at the tunnel beneath the Thames Independent
Mainline/Overground
Blow as government refuses to support Camden-backed HS2 Euston station design Ham and High
A woman has died after being hit by a train at Wimbledon station in this morning’s rush hour. Evening Standard
Chef for celebs opens cafe at rail station Haringay Independent
Euston Station, that unloved 1960s slab of a railway station is to be tarted up, a little bit. IanVisits
British Transport Police are trying to trace a young man after a CCTV camera was deliberately burned with a lighter. LBC <– while also looking straight at the camera.
Campaigners will challenge the Government over the environmental impact of HS2 Get West London
Obituary: Richard Pout, ‘father’ of the London Overground, dies at 65 East London Advertiser
A train station kiosk operator says he is facing “ruin” after discovering his platform plot has been put up sale. Camden New Journal
Miscellaneous
Commuters to get cheaper fares when Stratford is shifted to Zone 2 by TfL Newham Recorder and comments by Diamond Geezer
Evian to help travellers beat the underground heat in three-year deal with TfL The Drum
12 TfL Employees Earn More Than Met Police Chief LBC
Transport For London Kills Off Fan-Made Device Wallpapers Based On Its Seat Patterns TechDirt
The mystery of the 60 foot steam loco inside Brixton’s Bon Marche department store Brixton Buzz
Artist makes London underground tube map for Whitstable Canterbury Times
TfL wastes millions on telecoms, says IIPAG watchdog Computer Weekly
Backwards posters to appear on the Underground IanVisits
Anorak Corner (the annual update) Diamond Geezer
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The image above is from April 2013: In praise of Euston Railway Station