A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
Proposals for a new piece of “public art” outside the Grade II-listed Turnpike Lane Tube station consisting of a five-storey galvanised steel “tree” with plastic leaves has left residents aghast. Ham & High
Tomorrow’s Tube: easing the Clapham squeeze The Guardian
Steam Trains Return to the London Underground IanVisits
Bank Station Part 3: A Dance of Dragados London Reconnections
Passengers on the Northern Line are being encouraged to walk or cycle instead of taking the Tube. LBC
Crossrail
Crossrail’s Bond Street West development approved Construction Index
Crossrail breaks into huge cavern under Stepney IanVisits
Mainline/Overground
Opinion piece by Boris Johnson in favour of HS2 The Telegraph
The new boss of the HS2 rail link has been tasked with finding ways to cut the estimated £50bn cost of the scheme, David Cameron is to announce. BBC News
A train company was criticised after it banned veterans from a new scheme which provides free travel for military forces heading to London Poppy Day events. Evening Standard (article adds that the train firm is looking for a solution though)
HS2 as the ultimate Northern Line – is it just an Underground extension? Financial Times
Local businesses fear the impacts of regeneration work at Peckham Rye station. South London Today
Look out for a tube map decorated freight train IanVisits
Miscellaneous
Using the science of peripheral vision to test the Tube map New Statesman
A Tube station manager has turned unused office space in Leytonstone into an art gallery for staff members. Local Guardian
Londoners know the Tube map off by heart, so why do scriptwriters test their patience with needless mistakes? New Statesman
Steam Trains Return to the London Underground IanVisits
Oldest Tube carriage to appear in Lord Mayor’s Show BBC News
Cartophilia: when the man who designed the map for the London underground turned his attention to Paris, he made some striking omissions. The Economist
A short video – Engineering the London Underground IanVisits
The Independent mixes up the Channel Tunnel with the HS1 rail link. Independent
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The image above is from: 70th Anniversary of the Bethnal Green Disaster
