A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
Bemused commuters look on as goat walks unchecked through Tube barrier at Vauxhall Evening Standard
More tube strikes on the way? RMT announces overtime ban for next week CityAM
Crossrail
Crossrail Tunnels uncovered at Paddington IanVisits
Crossrail Farringdon Station construction The Rail Engineer
Booming levy receipts may plug Crossrail funding gap Planning Resource (Google Cache)
Mainline/Overground
A Look at Battersea Park Station London Reconnections
London Overground donates rare oil tanker to museum Press Release
A mentally ill man terrified Christmas revellers when he pulled a gun from a holdall at Euston Station The Guardian
Miscellaneous
First recorded trainspotter was not man clad in anorak but 14-year-old girl Fanny Johnson The Northern Echo
Kentish Town coffee shop told to take down spoof railway bridge sign Camden New Journal
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The image above is from March 2012: The dead bodies service from King’s Cross railway station
