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

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London Underground

Man dies after being hit by a train while running away from the police in Willesden Green Brent & Kilburn Times

The Jubilee line is Londoners’ favourite on the Underground, according to a new survey of passengers. Evening Standard

LU to move bee hives as part of Battersea extension plans. TfL (pdf file)

A ginger cat – who has been nicknamed Oyster – managed to travel unaccompanied on the Victoria Line From Seven Sisters. LBC

The £600m contract to build the Northern line extension to Battersea has been delayed by several months, but all four shortlisted bidders remain in the running for the scheme. Construction News

Crossrail

Four chase £75m Crossrail Woolwich station fit-out Construction Enquirer

Pictured: Under the ground at Woolwich Crossrail station box ahead of Thames tunnel This is Local London

Mainline/Overground

Southeastern, which provides services between Kent, East Sussex and London has had its franchise extended. BBC News

First Capital Connect has named a train after a school in Potters Bar to commemorate its 400th anniversary. Local Times

Government-backed reports making the economic case for HS2 are like the “dodgy dossiers” that convinced MPs to back the invasion of Iraq, according to a leading rail expert. Camden Journal

Network Rail Infrastructure has started pretendering for alliance partners to deliver the London North East and East Midlands area improvement programme. Construction Enquirer

The UK should have faith in the £50bn HS2 rail project, a senior Tory and former deputy prime minister will urge. BBC News

Miscellaneous

How drunk were late-Victorian train drivers? Turnip Rail

80th anniversary of Northwood Hills tube station IanVisits

Men from London in their early 40s spend more time on jam-packed trains and roads than anyone in the UK – 42 days a year. Evening Standard

TfL’s former IT boss joins the MoD Computing

Travel Better London posters by McBess Creative Review

Transport for London is assembling an ambitious programme for the commercial development of its Underground stations and their surroundings Guardian

The image above is from: The last Thameslink train from Moorgate

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