A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
The Aldwych Tube Station Blitz Experience
London Underground
Camden Town tube station made ‘exit only’ during evening rush hour Camden New Journal
How WiFi data is improving tube journeys Railway Technology
There’s a new tube map out Diamond Geezer
The very first train has travelled on the extension of the Northern Line to Nine Elms and Battersea. IanVisits
Crossrail / Elizabeth line
Assessing case to bring Crossrail to Ebbsfleet Garden City ‘a priority’ for Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission says new chairman Kent Online
Tests begin on Crossrail ventilation system Rail
Mainline / Overground
Services on the London Overground network have been disrupted after engineers were forced to take trains off the tracks amid “safety” fears. BBC News
London Overground’s Gospel Oak to Barking line to reopen after months of disruption from closures Local Guardian
New bridge in Tottenham marks the beginning of restoring a line lost during the Beeching era Rail Professional
Bam hovers above electric lines to fix vital Paddington bridge Construction News
Main cause of Thameslink cancellations is not enough drivers, National Audit Office finds Herts Ad
Millions of rail users could be entitled to hundreds of pounds of compensation because of huge train delays. Mirror
GWR providing ‘4,800 extra train seats’ to and from London Paddington Maidenhead Advertiser
DLR
Custom House DLR reopens following Crossrail works IanVisits
Miscellaneous
A senior member of the British Transport Police has warned of the dangers of sex attackers targeting lone women falling asleep on the Night Tube. Evening Standard
London mayor Sadiq Khan says “it’s vital” to devolve more commuter routes to TfL to get services back on track CityAM
Commuters hit by ‘double whammy’ as train station parking costs soar amid rail fare hike Evening Standard
A commuter who exploited a Transport for London ‘delay repay’ system to fraudulently claim thousands of pounds was this week sentenced. Talk Radio
The Curious Incident Of The Dog On The Northern Line Londonist
Commuters detain suspect who ‘attacked fellow passenger’ at London station Evening Standard
This 1971 poster in an abandoned Tube station said we’d get cheap villas in the South of France if Britain joined the EU Yahoo
And finally, A train has been named after the creator of Paddington Bear, Michael Bond, who died last year. BBC News
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Image above is from Sept 2010: The Aldwych Tube Station Blitz Experience
