A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
Photos – rebuilding a Victoria Line crossover junction
London Underground
Driver of Tube which dragged woman may not have checked CCTV properly – report ITV
Footage has emerged of a London Underground train travelling with some of its doors wide open. BBC News
Plans to extend the Bakerloo line down towards Lewisham could be thrown into doubt if a rival proposal to run it via Canary Wharf gets wider support. IanVisits
Elizabeth line / Crossrail
Delay in the rebuilding of Ealing Broadway station will pose unacceptable risks to the travelling public, Central Ealing Neighbourhood Forum is warning. Ealing Times
Don’t moan about Crossrail. Once complete, it will be a rare triumph in our public realm The Guardian
The delayed opening of Crossrail will cost Transport for London an immediate £20m in lost fares this year, a City Hall inquiry was told. Ross Lydall
At the beginning of August 2018, seven Crossrail core stations were due to be handed over to TfL. Instead, all remain in some state of construction. For Crossrail, this is a problem. For the Elizabeth line it is an even bigger one. London Reconnections
Mainline / Overground
A report into how a woman was dragged along the platform by a train when her arm got trapped has been published. Watford Observer
A rail user group is calling for a meeting with TfL after commuters were left waiting for up to 45 minutes on platforms for the next service. Local Guardian
New proposals by London Overground operator Arriva to close 65 ticket offices have triggered a warning from the RMT. RailNews
Network Rail plans to start £1.8bn ‘digital’ upgrade with London-Peterborough stretch ITV
Miscellaneous
A mother says was forced to stand while breastfeeding her son on a train because no one offered her a seat. BBC News
A new BBC drama about journalists working at rival papers had to drop scenes after a real life attack on a tube station. Metro
Campaign to make commuters smile on London tubes ridiculed on Twitter Independent (warning, auto-play video)
A visit to two heritage Victoria line carriages in Walthamstow Diamond Geezer
The 50th anniversary of the fairly low-key opening of the Victoria line, and this is its 20 year journey from idea to finished railway. IanVisits
And finally, Mark Wallinger’s Labyrinth is arguably the most significant commission ever undertaken by Art on the Underground, Beauty of Transport
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Image above is from Aug 2015: Photos – rebuilding a Victoria Line crossover junction
“The delayed opening of Crossrail will cost Transport for London an immediate £20m in lost fares this year”
Having read the LR article just below, I call BS on this one.
Google adverts sitting smack in middle of the screen in both Chrome and Firefox browsers.
How can the new ads in the middle of the screen be closed or minimised? It’s almost impossible to read the site now which is a real shame.
I removed the ads yesterday but they are now back and seem to have increased in number, like others have said one is right in the middle so not very easy to read which will make my visits stop until the issue is sorted out. I did report the ads but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
I’ve heard that its 88 railway stations on the London Overground network that are having ticket offices closing down. Unless it is 65 stations that ticket offices are to close.
These pop up adver5s ruin what was a pleasan5 weekly blog. I will end my subscription if they don’t. Writing some of this blind as pop up ad has popped up