A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
TfL seeking a fresh redesign for its new DLR trains
London Underground
Natural events and simple logistics have combined this year to cause problems on the Piccadilly. We explore what’s happening and why. London Reconnections
Tube worker ‘caught watching porn while manning the platforms’ Metro
A new roll-out of Piccadilly Line trains could be driverless and will arrive on the Tube in 2023, Sadiq Khan has said. Standard
Piccadilly line Night Tube launch to go ahead on Friday despite ongoing disruption as mayor says “lessons must be learned” CityAM
New London Underground slab track cast in-situ Rail Engineer
Crossrail / Elizabeth Line
In order to facilitate the use of advanced automated drilling on the Crossrail project, surveying company Plowman Craven came up with an innovative way to map out the work that lay ahead AEC Magazine
New books about Crossrail archeology released IanVisits
Malcolm Taylor, technical information manager for Crossrail, on using 5D to manage fit-out, how BIM helped drive waste down to just 2%, and plans to create an expansive “virtual world” for Crossrail 2. Construction Manager
Electrical work has been halted at Crossrail’s Paddington station because of concerns that project delivery has derailed. Construction Enquirer
A look at (what little) has been done on the Met line’s Croxley Rail Link Diamond Geezer
Mainline/Overground
Southern launch appeal against High Court decision to refuse it preventing drivers’ strikes Local Guardian
Toilet charges at two London railway stations have been stopped to compensate passengers for travel disruption. BBC News
The Public Accounts Committee discusses the £2.1 billion of increased costs and 18–36 month delays in the project to modernise the Great Western railway. Parliament
Sadiq Khan says his team is ready to run strike-hit Southern rail The Guardian
Huge new depot on track to transform North London rail services Enfield Today
TfL shortlists three big-name bidders for rail extension to Barking Riverside – one of London’s most isolated areas Building
Trains have started running on a second line between London and Oxford city centre following a £320m project. BBC News
DLR
DLR fare-dodging clampdown success ‘due to franchise specifications’ RTM
During tunnelling work on London’s Crossrail Mabey’s hydraulic jacks and monitors ensured that the existing Docklands Light Railway was safe. Construction Enquirer
Miscellaneous
A new cover for the tube map is released IanVisits
London’s Hidden Tunnels Revealed In Amazing Cutaways Londonist
A group of railway engineers working over Christmas have released a festive song. ITV
And finally, ISIS transports links decimated after NATO hand Mosul contract to Southern Rail NewsThump (satire)
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The image above is from May 2015: TfL seeking a fresh redesign for its new DLR trains
