A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
A look at some deep Crossrail tunnel shafts
London Underground
Stitch-up? ‘Fashion village’ survival threatened by tube entrance closure and building site dust Islington Tribune
Night Tube passenger numbers are 50 per cent higher than forecast CityAM
London Underground ticket offices are unlikely to be reopened, according to the chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee. CityAM
Colourful fan art for band Twenty One Pilots has taken over a tube station, ahead of the American duo’s two gigs in the city, DigitalArts
Crossrail / Elizabeth Line
The Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project is in the running to become the UK’s most popular civil engineering project. Cambridge Network
The latest Crossrail 2 consultation, originally scheduled for this month, has been postponed until next year. WandsworthSW18
Abbey Wood’s new station is beginning to take shape with the timber structure of the distinctive roof now complete. IanVisits
Children’s winning penny designs for Woolwich Crossrail sculpture London News
Crossrail 2 ‘cannot go ahead’ without four-tracking of West Anglia line RTM
Mainline/Overground
Aslef postpones ballot of Southern Rail drivers after “technical hitches” CityAM
Hackney ‘stampede and mass panic’ as yobs throw lit firework onto packed Overground train Standard
Southeastern has axed services because there MIGHT be leaves on the track this week KentLive
Will London Bridge lessons be learnt for Waterloo Station works? SE1
Southern Rail train with no conductor travelled short distance with doors open GetSurrey
Rail firm bidding to start new, cheaper Southampton-London service Daily Echo
c2c rail search for owners of chinchilla found on Southend train EssexLive
Miscellaneous
Transport writer Christian Wolmar will fight Zac Goldsmith as Labour’s candidate in a forthcoming parliamentary by-election in London. Morning Star
London Underground Apologises For Describing Homeless As ‘Dirty And Smelly’ HuffPo
Nike Unveils Super-Rare Tube Font Trainers Londonist
Hunt for man who went on sledgehammer rampage at train depot ITV
The Beauty of Transport has been Nationalised (Somewhat to my Surprise) The Beauty of Transport
New artwork in Piccadilly Circus tube station honours Frank Pick IanVisits
And finally, a film about a man who steal trains Roger Ebert
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The image above is from July 2012: A look at some deep Crossrail tunnel shafts
