A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
The male toilet on Platform 3 at Elephant and Castle, frequently used by drivers, has been out-of-service for over a month, while it undergoes “essential maintenance”. Workers Liberty
A man struck by a rush-hour Tube train when it is believed he bent down to pick up a bag is in a stable condition in hospital, police have said. BBC News
An RAF Flight Sergeant could be jailed for breaking a Tube passenger’s back in a “prank that went wrong”. Evening Standard
Severe Tube delays as commuters on London Underground suffer ‘nightmare Monday’ Mirror
Work begins at Finsbury Park Tube station to improve access Rail Magazine
Mainline/Overground
The Wimbledon station guard who puts a smile on the faces of commuters Wimbledon Guardian
Business leaders call for TfL to take over London’s surface rail services Mayor Watch
Rail passengers from Cambridge to London will have brand-new trains to travel on next year, says the company now operating the route. Cambridge News
It’s not just commuters who are suffering due to London travel chaos CityAM
Miscellaneous
A barrister who avoided paying for his train ticket for more than two years may be the “biggest” fare-dodger ever prosecuted in the UK, LBC
So, There’s This Naked Man Riding the London Underground… Out
Report it to Stop it campaign tackles unwanted sexual behaviour on London public transport SheKnows
The hunt for an elusive particle critical to physics once saw Holborn tube station used for a revolutionary science experiment. IanVisits
Labour’s Lord Adonis talks transport at Elephant & Castle SE1
A look at why Transport for London online, a Microsoft house, chose AWS Diginomica
What the tube needs is wider escalators. Diamond Geezer
Tours of disused tube stations and tunnels announced IanVisits
…and finally, video shows five-year-old boy who has memorised the entire tube map YouTube
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The image above is from October 2011: 100th Anniversary of the Escalator on London Underground