A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
Two laptops are lost on the tube every day, says TfL IT Pro
London facing prospect of more strike action and delays over Night Tube City AM
The queues that snake along the roads outside West Hampstead tube station could be a thing of the past if new plans unveiled by the area’s Neighbourhood Forum become reality. Camden New Journal
Crossrail
My Subterranean Tour of London’s Crossrail IEEE Spectrum
Mainline/Overground
Deutsche Bahn is pushing ahead with plans to float Arriva, its international transport arm that runs many of Britain’s train and bus services, The Guardian
Staff at c2c, which runs the Shoebury to London Fenchurch Street line, were big winners at this year’s global National Express Values Awards. Halstead Gazette
Eurostar Unveils the Newest High-Speed Train in Europe Conde Nast
Network Rail slammed as ice stops trains to London The Argus
Vauxhall fire causes travel chaos for South West Trains commuters in south London Local Guardian
Virgin Trains’ new ‘right time’ punctuality test allows 59 seconds margin BT News
Miscellaneous
‘Precarious’ plot next to busy railway line in Wimbledon will have four flats built on it Local Guardian
A Christchurch student has created a London tube-style map to showcase New Zealand’s state highway network. NZ Herald
And finally, meet the Nottingham pensioner who’s the star of the UK’s public pianos circuit Nottingham Post
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The image above is from May 2014: Take a trip in Channel Tunnel trains on the Thameslink Line
Network Rail slammed as ice stops trains to London – but heaven forbid they ignite a line side fire to warm the rails up! 😀