London’s weekly railway news #149

A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…

London Underground

Two laptops are lost on the tube every day, says TfL IT Pro

London facing prospect of more strike action and delays over Night Tube City AM

The queues that snake along the roads outside West Hampstead tube station could be a thing of the past if new plans unveiled by the area’s Neighbourhood Forum become reality. Camden New Journal

Crossrail

My Subterranean Tour of London’s Crossrail IEEE Spectrum

Mainline/Overground

Deutsche Bahn is pushing ahead with plans to float Arriva, its international transport arm that runs many of Britain’s train and bus services, The Guardian

Staff at c2c, which runs the Shoebury to London Fenchurch Street line, were big winners at this year’s global National Express Values Awards. Halstead Gazette

Eurostar Unveils the Newest High-Speed Train in Europe Conde Nast

Network Rail slammed as ice stops trains to London The Argus

Vauxhall fire causes travel chaos for South West Trains commuters in south London Local Guardian

Virgin Trains’ new ‘right time’ punctuality test allows 59 seconds margin BT News

Miscellaneous

‘Precarious’ plot next to busy railway line in Wimbledon will have four flats built on it Local Guardian

A Christchurch student has created a London tube-style map to showcase New Zealand’s state highway network. NZ Herald

And finally, meet the Nottingham pensioner who’s the star of the UK’s public pianos circuit Nottingham Post

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The image above is from May 2014: Take a trip in Channel Tunnel trains on the Thameslink Line