A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
The Aldwych Tube Station Blitz Experience
London Underground
Commuters and residents have slammed “mad” proposals to potentially build hundreds of homes on Underground station car parks. Local Guardian
Realistic Simulation Supports Expansion Of The London Underground EDS Technologies
More than 20 people were trapped in a packed Tube station lift for an hour and a half on Sunday night after the emergency door failed to open. Standard
Workers on the London Underground are to be balloted on strike action amid a row over job cuts. BBC News
Building firms revealed for £430m London Tube upgrade Construction Enquirer
Facelift for East Putney tube station Neighbournet
London Underground seeks better track design to support Night Tube Railway Gazette
TfL is offering a contract to install real-time passenger information systems on the Bakerloo and Central line trains. RTM
Exterion to launch ultra-HD screens and new escalator ad formats across TfL stations Campaign
Crossrail / Elizabeth Line
Mega-project manifesto holds up Crossrail as beacon of best practice Construction Index
The British photographer Simon Norfolk, on commission for National Geographic Magazine, went 40 meters beneath the streets of London to photograph Crossrail. BJP
The BBC has filmed tunnels lined with tracks in Europe’s biggest engineering project. BBC News
Construction workers on Crossrail are being subjected to “appalling” and “inadequate” working conditions by contractor ATC, according to union UCATT. Construction
Mainline/Overground
Passengers evacuated at Purley station after train crashes into pheasant Croydon Advertiser
Trains will not run between Chessington South and Malden Manor for nearly a month next year as Network Rail extends suburban line platforms. Local Guardian
A commuter train carrying about 2,000 passengers exceeded a speed limit by 70mph, according to an official report. The Guardian
RMT makes official complaint over Southern rail tweet BBC News and the strike is going ahead CityAM
Sadiq Khan has said he believes the “right solution” for the High Speed 2 redevelopment of Euston station has yet to be found. Standard
Timelapse footage captured by Network Rail shows the progress made in just one month as the rebuilding of London Bridge station moves into its final phase. Press Release
A direct rail link between Watford and St Albans could be ripped up and converted into a concrete “busway”, in what campaigners have labelled a “disastrous” move. St Albans Review
Costain is on track for another major railway station redevelopment job, this time at Gatwick Airport. Construction Enquirer
Miscellaneous
New figures suggest railway stations are becoming huge hot-spots for jewellery, with Network Rail citing sales as a major factor in soaring retail growth at its stations. Professional Jeweller
There could be a new heritage railway built in South-East London, if plans by the Crossness steam pumping station are realised. IanVisits
Mr Grayling is wrong about the Brexit dividend to station platforms Barrister Blogger
Terrified commuters caused mayhem in a carriage after a tarantula was set loose on the London Underground as a prank. Get West London
Meet the team restoring a London Underground signal box IanVisits
And finally, I just took the Google Train to Weirdsville TechRadar
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The image above is from Sept 2010: The Aldwych Tube Station Blitz Experience
