A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
Commuters trampled over man, 81, after he collapsed on Tube escalator Standard
Extending the Bakerloo: It’s Not About Transport London Reconnections
More workers will be balloted for strike action in the Night Tube dispute, the RMT union has said. BBC News
Tube challenger claws back world record for fastest journey around all 270 stations Standard
Transport Secretary tours £700 million Victoria tube station upgrade Press Release
Islington Council has started court proceedings against TfL over a planned eight month closure of Caledonian Road station. Standard
Art on the Underground Unveils Tube Map Cover by Tomma Abts BlouinArtInfo
Crossrail
A large protest meeting has been called in Wimbledon ahead of the end of the Crossrail 2 consultation. Local Guardian
Historic buildings could be demolished to make way for Crossrail 2, according to heritage campaigners. BBC News
Diamond Geezer walks the Crossrail route – part 1 & part 2
Mainline/Overground
Eurostar is running a trial with Boomerang, which puts people in Paris and London in touch with each other to deliver products from across the Channel. Railway Gazette
Thameslink rated worst for customer satisfaction in 2015 Local Times
Zac Goldsmith: I’ll sort out crowd problems at London Bridge Standard
East London is getting a new train station IanVisits
A £320million programme to lengthen trains on the London Overground has been completed. Wharf
The mayor of London has accused the government of not properly compensating homeowners affected by major projects such as High Speed 2 and Crossrail. BBC News
Local residents and rail users are invited to find out more about Putney Railway Station improvements project PutneySW15
Miscellaneous
Pickpocket gang made £5million stealing London Underground passengers’ phones Mirror
Rail union hits back at Zac Goldsmith after he says he will ban Tube strikes Get West London
Caroline Pidgeon, the LibDem candidate for Mayor of London, set out plans for half price fares for people who start their journeys before 7.30am. Mark Pack
A miniature railway is planned for just outside Romford. Recorder
Police are hunting for a man who slammed a passenger’s head into a ticket machine at Highbury and Islington station in a vicious unprovoked assault. Islington Gazette
Labour’s London mayoral candidate, Sadiq Khan, would allow TfL to bid for bus and rail contracts in the UK and abroad Passenger Transport
Ed Miliband gives spectacular glare to commuter who papped him on the Tube Mirror
Gatwick Airport features on London Tube map for the first time Independent
Boris’s “vanity” cable car likely to stay open until 2021 after TfL accounts show it makes a surplus MayorWatch
Legal & General Retirement has completed the purchase of the TfL Building in Stratford for £246m from Lendlease and LCR. Press Release
And finally, photos of the new relay room at Kings Cross @SteveWhite2tfl and @metline
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The image above is from April 2015: Photos from inside Down Street disused tube station
Islington Council seem determined to waste the taxpayers’ money, don’t they?
Similarly, “Could be demolished” & “Will be demolished” are not the same thing, are they?
Time to tell Zac that LBG station is not in his remit?
And the “trampling” & the assault you mention make it an especially “choice” collection of the stupidities & cruelties of people this week, don’t they?
Re TfL contracts abroad: in Malta I saw a TfL Street Management manhole cover, I was surprised how long their arms could stretch.