A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Tube union demands would “cost TfL £1.4bn” – and it’s commuters who’ll pay CityAM
Drivers put strikes on hold amid hopes of night Tube deal Morning Star
Night Tube Start Date Delayed Londonist
Crossrail
Abbey Wood residents, and those who travel via the station, are being asked to share opinions on the Crossrail regeneration. News Shopper
Crossrail uncovers burial pit of Great Plague victims IanVisits
Proposals for a major overhaul of West Ealing station have been given the go-ahead by Ealing Council. Get West London
Mainline/Overground
TfL’s signwriters haven’t been making a good job of re-signing the Overground. Diamond Geezer
A surge in weekend rail passengers has resulted from reduced engineering work in east London, East London Advertiser
Forget road bridges. TfL should extend the London Overground to Thamesmead and Abbey Wood CityMetric
Rail watchdog fines Network Rail £2m for London Bridge delays The Guardian
Problems with the Overground map Diamond Geezer
Extra trains to run between Milton Keynes and London Euston from 2018 OneMK
Miscellaneous
Tube strike – Web and open data analytics TfL Blog
The court hearing of a man charged with stabbing a Tube passenger has taken place in his cell after he refused to move. BBC
A ‘distasteful’ monster poster advertising a ‘live zombie experience’ has been banned from the London Tube and Overground because it could scare children. London24
TFL still wasting millions on telecoms despite IIPAG criticism Computer Weekly
And finally, This story about a heroic pensioner on the tube is cheering up Britain Mashable
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The image above is from March 2015: Abseilers installing art inside Westminster tube station
I nearly died laughing. Well done that old woman for putting that obnoxious man in his place.