A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
The Croxley Rail Link project has been signed off by the Government. Watford Observer
A Tube platform from which a woman fell and was dragged under a train this week was not overcrowded, a new CCTV picture has revealed. Evening Standard
No Do Nothing Option: The increasing cost of the Bakerloo’s trains London Reconnections
Finsbury Park station to be upgraded to ease overcrowding ITV
Market stalls outside Stockwell Tube station were told by TFL that they have to leave their current pitch in Clapham Road by the end of April. South London Press
New tube station exhibition this week IanVisits
Three-year-old falls into gap between London Underground Tube and platform at Baker Street Independent
London Underground has placed its order for two tunnel boring machines to be used on the Northern Line extension. Construction Enquirer
Crossrail
LDS has won the go-ahead for new plans to redevelop the site above and around the Bond Street Crossrail station. Architects Journal
Crossrail holding talks about Bedlam excavations IanVisits
Proposals for a major overhaul of Hayes & Harlington station as part of the Crossrail programme have been approved by Hillingdon Council. Bdaily
Custom House Crossrail bridges to open in November Newham Recorder
Mainline/Overground
Remains of a disused station uncovered by Network Rail IanVisits
Commuters face dire consequences at London Bridge if more is not done to quell the rush hour chaos plaguing the station, the government was warned today. Evening Standard
Network Rail have promised more staff and timetable amendments in a bid to combat recurring travel chaos at London Bridge. LBC
Miscellaneous
Contactless payment continues to grow in London BBC
Roof ripped off double-decker in crash with rail bridge in west London Evening Standard
Why doesn’t the tube make handpoles out of self-sterilising metals? And what is grippage? CityMetric
RAF officer in court for causing London Tube escalator accident that left woman 15% shorter. Independent
Abseilers installing art inside Westminster tube station IanVisits
TfL’s head of contactless payments on leading the world in payments innovation Diginomica
…and finally, 40 minute video – Is London on the right track when it comes to building a rail network that will cope with the capital’s growing population? London Live
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The image above is from Feb 2014: The Victorian proposal for a railway to Westminster Abbey