A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
Hanson has secured a £5 million contract for work on the Northern line extension. Concrete is being supplied from batching plants at Wandsworth and Wimbledon. World Cement
Calls to tackle Tube fare dodgers as TfL loses more than £61m this year to evasion Local Times
The Bakerloo line extension to Old Kent Road, New Cross Gate and Lewisham just came a step closer CityAM although, campaigners say extension ‘does not go far enough’ South London Press
People should not be allowed to eat hot food on the London Underground because it can be “offensive” and a health hazard, a Conservative peer has urged. BBC News
Crossrail
Watch the animation clip to see how Crossrail’s concreting train is used to fit out tunnels. Rail Magazine
Mainline/Overground
Hundreds evacuated after train fire at Marylebone station Telegraph
A new timetable for trains linking London to Reading, Windsor and Hounslow has been launched, with extra services and more carriages. BBC News
EU funding proposals for new London Overground stations Press Release
FOR the first time a train has operated under ETCS with cab signalling through central London marking six years of development for the Thameslink project. Rail Journal
Nine out of ten of Britain’s busiest railway stations are in London – and Waterloo tops the table ITV
c2c permanently cancel rush hour Barking and West Ham trains due to overcrowding London24
New train service to link Falkirk and London Falkirk Herald
Miscellaneous
The creator of a parody Tube sign app has been forced to remove it after a legal threat from Transport for London. Standard
See a Steam Train on the London Overground this Saturday IanVisits
Imagine if a man came over and sat right next to you, in an otherwise empty carriage. You would interpret it as an act of aggression, and you would be right to. Independent
Video: A Giant Tube Map Made Out Of Quality Street Londonist
New travel app ‘wakes Londoners up early if there are travel problems’ Standard
A brewery is helping put Bolton on the map — after creating a London Underground style route of pubs across the town. Bolton News
And finally, a British rail company is expanding into Germany offering a “very British” quality of service. Do the Germans have any idea what they’re letting themselves in for? The Local
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The image above is from June 2014:Haynes publishes an Owners Manual for the London Underground
“A conservative peer” is another nasty little ban-everything control freak…