A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
The image above is from May 2022: Photos from Bank tube station’s huge new platforms
London Underground
Earlier this month (May 1 2023), the Piccadilly Line’s Boston Manor Underground Station celebrated its 140th anniversary. Ealing News
RMT union extends its London Underground strike mandate ianVisits
Tube stations closed as ‘stressed’ staff report increase in violence and aggression from passengers Standard
Work has started on building a new entrance at Stratford station in East London which will make it much easier for people living to the west of the station to use get to the trains. ianVisits
Police are urgently trying to identify a man after a serious assault on a member of rail staff at Harrow on the Hill station HarrowOnline
Elizabeth line
Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow on Elizabeth line ITV
Mixed reception for the Elizabeth line in Romford one year on Local London
The Elizabeth Line anniversary is a reminder of what London and other cities can achieve with the right kind of investment CityAM
Apprentice star Tom Skinner is voice of Elizabeth line journey between Heathrow and Essex International Airport Review
ExCeL London CEO hails ‘Transformational’ Elizabeth Line on anniversary as venue on track for busiest year yet Event Industry News
Mainline / Overground
Rail users could lose access to wi-fi on trains in England as part of cost cuts after the government said it was a low priority for passengers. BBC News
Cast of The Mousetrap snapped at Paddington to celebrate partnership with Great Western Railway Carmarthenshire News
Commuters are tiring of “excuses” after a Watford train line was closed for five hours because of “rapidly growing plants”. Watford Observer
Brent Cross West station gears up for Autumn opening with new station signs ianVisits
Residents along rail line furious with ‘horrendous’ chainsaws used to cut trees South London Press
DLR
The campaign to extend the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) across the river to Thamesmead has stepped up with two MPs raising the issue. ianVisits
Miscellaneous
Two lengths of railway track from the very earliest days of the railways have been restored at Paddington station, although you might need a few tips to be able to find them. ianVisits
A teenager has been taken to hospital after a shooting outside a Tube station in north-west London. BBC News
The one-of-a-kind machine in London King’s Cross station dispenses full-sized, boxed mattresses to lucky winners at the push of a button The Mirror
New range to celebrate 160 years of the London Underground ianVisits
Man punched onto train tracks after Arsenal and Tottenham game Independent
And finally: Phillip Schofield ‘will end up making railway documentaries’, ITV sources say Independent
The image above is from May 2022: Photos from Bank tube station’s huge new platforms
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