London’s weekly railway news #62

Published on 15th August 2014 by ianVisits in Transport News

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

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London Underground

A man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed outside Clapham North tube station in the early hours of Friday morning. The Voice

Child in buggy blown on to London Tube station tracks BBC News

Metropolitan Line services resume following repair and replacement of track Watford Observer <– with some good photos.

Crossrail

Crossrail to Tring: An HS2 Hijack London Reconnections

Battersea Power Station owner makes bid for new Crossrail 2 station Evening Standard

Go-ahead for Crossrail station at Ealing Broadway Construction Enquirer

Crossrail tunneling machine Jessica completes her journey IanVisits

Mainline/Overground

A burglary suspect fled from police along railway lines and climbed up into a tree, causing the closure of part of the Greenwich line and widespread trains disruption. News Shopper

New Entrance for Hanwell Station Ealing Today

Commuters have welcomed a new pedestrian link between stations, which was originally promised almost two decades ago. Local Guardian

Improvements could be in the offing at Gunnersbury Station, after Network Rail gave MP Mary Macleod its support for schemes aiming to tackle the rising footfall at the station. ChiswickW4

Henry Moore sculpture appears outside King’s Cross station IanVisits

DLR

Secrets Of The DLR Londonist

Miscellaneous

On Being Mistaken for a Pregnant Lady on the Tube HuffPo

‘Card clash’ hits 2,000 Tube commuters a day Evening Standard

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The image above is from Sept 2013: Photos from the roof above King’s Cross Station

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1 Comment on “London’s weekly railway news #62”

  1. Secrets of the DLR: I am shocked to report that I actually know the one DLR station platform where no train ever calls. I remember when the ‘third’ platform at Mudchute was being built and when complete, thought it was going to be a termination bay, but no train has ever been seen there.