A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
London Underground concrete mixing plant delivered Railway Gazette
London Underground capital programmes director David Waboso is leaving to head up Network Rail’s digital railway directorate. Construction Enquirer
This is the first-look inside a newly refurbished Bakerloo line train that has been upgraded as part of a TfL refit. Standard
Major improvement work at Paddington Tube Station start 2nd April 2016 WiredGov
Crossrail
Major Crossrail work successfully delivered by Network Rail over Easter Press Release
Labour thinks Crossrail 2 is vital, they just don’t know where it’s going MayorWatch
Mainline/Overground
Pollution from trains has increased since Chiltern started running a new service from Marylebone to Oxford. WestEndExtra
Luton airport has called for an express rail service to central London in a move it claims would create a £26.5 million a year boost to the local economy. BBT
Stop HS2 campaigners ‘angry and let down’ at MP’s avoiding third reading vote GetWestLondon
Police called to deal with passengers on overcrowded train from London Paddington to Penzance Telegraph <– curious choice of stock photo.
A railway operator has been told not to mislead people by suggesting it is publicly owned in its advertising. BBC News
Italian artist creates Forest Gate station mural Newham Recorder
A new rail link between Heathrow and Waterloo has moved a step closer after a major study suggested there was a strong case for the project. Get West London
Brockley is set to be one of the first London Overground stations to create an Energy Garden. Brockley Central
DLR
Claire Mann will join Transport for London next month as director of the Docklands Light Railway. TransportXtra (£)
Miscellaneous
Video – Building a better Waterloo YouTube
The London Underground Has Its Own Mosquito Subspecies Smithsonian
Apparently women are not safe on the London Underground after 5pm Arab News
And finally, When commuters got off at Woolwich earlier this week, they were in for quite a shock. Instead of arriving in the London, the confused passengers were led to believe they were 1,500 miles away, in Athens. Independent
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The image above is from April 2010: First Day of the East London Line
