A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
The railway tunnels underneath Smithfield Meat Market
London Underground
Transport bosses are investigating whether statistics about the number of closures at Finsbury Park station are accurate. Hackney Gazette
Thug Attacks Man Who Challenged Him For Not Paying Tube Fare LBC
One Tube station on the London Underground had to close every day on average during a year because of staff shortages, BBC News
TfL has awarded the Chinese conglomerate CRRC a contract to supply wagons to support track renewal and maintenance activities Metro Report
Crossrail / Elizabeth Line
Bexley council renews backing for Crossrail extension to Gravesend Kent News
Homebuilders signal Crossrail 2 as ‘vital’ to London housing 24 Housing
Mainline/Overground
Petition urging government not to slash rail services from Kent to central London reaches 16,000 signatures Local Times
Train drivers who are members of the Aslef union have rejected a deal which would have ended the dispute with Southern Rail. Croydon Advertiser
Disabled passengers stage Southern rail protest at London Bridge SE1
A plan to build a rail freight interchange in the green belt could be revived after developers took their fight to the High Court. Slough Observer
Greater Anglia shows off designs for its new trains for region’s rail services EADT
Miscellaneous
#Southernfail bomb hoax by angry passenger Court News
Railway bridge mural brightens up Ladywell Press Release
HR software system CharlieHR has built a pop-up beach bar in Old Street Station with a VR experience. Event
Southern Rail workers jailed over £100,000 ‘Delay Repay’ compensation fraud Standard
This stranger’s act of kindness for a little boy on the tube will make your day Closer
And finally, Chester’s fine pubs have been mapped London Underground style Chester Chronicle
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The image above is from May 2012: The railway tunnels underneath Smithfield Meat Market
