A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
The image above is from Sept 2017: The project restoring London Underground’s Art-Deco era trains
London Underground
The family of a dad-of-ten who was crushed to death between two underground trains are demanding Transport for London (Tfl) takes responsibility. Daily Star
Transport for London’s £655M project to upgrade Bank station into a
spacious, modern interchange is almost complete. GE Plus
Elizabeth line / Crossrail
Win £150,000 of free advertising on the Elizabeth line Contagious
Case study | Crossrail Liverpool Street Station by SymTerra Place Tech
Paddington Elizabeth Line Station / Weston Williamson + Partners Arch Daily
Mainline / Overground
Rail passengers travelling to London face long delays after overhead line damage in Stevenage. ITV
Call to nationalise West Coast Mainline rail services between North Wales and London North Wales Live
HS2 has been granted an “extensive” injunction along the length of the high-speed line from London to Crewe to help tackle unlawful protests. BBC News
Mourners resort to watching Queen’s funeral on phones due to rail disruption MSN
A drivers’ strike in October will help mask the service failures of one of Britain’s main train operators The Guardian
New direct high-speed rail services connecting London and major tourist resorts in France could be up and running in five years after all, the chairman of Eurotunnel’s parent company has suggested. The Local
DLR
An excess of announcements Diamond Geezer
Miscellaneous
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that its top man, Andy Byford is resigning from the organisation. ianVisits
Labour MP Zarah Sultana blames rail delay on privatisation – while sitting on a publicly-owned train Telegraph
About 1 million people are expected to visit the central London area around the royal palaces for the Queen’s funeral, making it one of the busiest days ever for the capital’s transport network. The Guardian
TfL receives £500 million funding support from the Mayor of London ianVisits
And finally: A video of a model becoming frustrated with people getting in the way of her shot in a busy train station has sparked a furious debate on social media regarding photoshoots in public places. Peta Pixel
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The image above is from Sept 2017: The project restoring London Underground’s Art-Deco era trains
Diamond Geezer is right about the bloody announcements at Stratford. I’ve just bought some noise-cancelling headphones because they annoy me so much.
I especially dislike the cultural approbation of “Sorted” (as in For E’s an Wizz) by the fuzz.
Re ‘Transport for London’s £655M project to upgrade Bank station into a spacious, modern interchange is almost complete. GE Plus’
It implies that the new travelator between the Northern and Central lines at Bank is already open, this is incorrect surely? My understanding is that it is still yet to open.
Re the overhead line entanglement outside Paddington: thank goodness for the bi-fuel trains which eventually got through. I have a lovely photo of the Paddington Bear statue strewn with roses. Perhaps it was just too much to go any further so they left their floral tributes there.
As for the improved flow of passengers mentioned in the article on Pad. Elizabeth line, with the positioning of ticket halls, many of the line’s stations have staggered lift shafts, often at some distance apart. Nothing like flowing movement in this case and a burden which could have been designed out.
Could they have been designed out?
Do you think they didn’t try to achieve the benefits of half the amount of infrastructure and smoother flows?
Design is often a compromise or constrained.
What is your knowledge/evidence that they missed a trick?