A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
At just 26 days, London Underground’s shortest lived tube station
London Underground
Travelling with a disability: I have autism – it takes me days to recover from one Tube journey iNews
Like Monty Python’s parrot, the Metropolitan line extension has ceased to be. Diamond Geezer
Night Tube drivers vote to go on strike in row over jobs BBC News
Clamour grows for Bakerloo line station at Bricklayers Arms SE1
Police community support workers on London Underground are to be balloted for industrial action in a dispute over shifts. ITV
Crossrail / Elizabeth Line
Transport for London and City Hall have dismissed suggestions that delays on the TfL Rail service put in question the success of Crossrail. MayorWatch
College to continue Crossrail’s tunnelling and construction legacy Brentwood Live
Mipim 2017: Crossrail could give West End £2bn sales boost Property Week (£)
Mainline/Overground
Panic as crowd of 20 people trapped in suspended lift at St Pancras International station Standard
Bushey man concerned about removal of trees on railway line near Bushey train station Watford Observer
Two Southwark MPs have written to the transport boss asking for meeting to discuss the possibility of re-opening Camberwell rail station. London News
First Class on London commuter trains is facing the axe under a rail revolution to tackle overcrowding, delay and poor service, Standard
East London Line Tunnel Emergency Control Rail Engineer
Network Rail sets out 30-year plan to cater for growth in south east London and Kent CILT
Miscellaneous
Almost 6,000 TfL staff have received counselling since 2010, Standard
New light railway approved for South-East London IanVisits
And finally, Seven nuns spotted at Seven Sisters Underground station ITV
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The image above is from Nov 2014: At just 26 days, London Underground’s shortest lived tube station
