A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
Plans to use heat from tube tunnels to warm homes
London Underground
TfL derails ‘provocative’ campaign to lure British business to France post-Brexit The Drum
Councillors called for Mayor of London to “rethink” his decision to halt the Metropolitan Line Extension at a meeting. Watford Observer
Crossrail / Elizabeth line
Wiehag has won an award for its outstanding work in designing, manufacturing and installing a ‘free form’ timber roof over the new Abbey Wood Crossrail station. Construction News
How MTR Crossrail has got on track to change train driver recruitment Onrec
Mayor’s housing ambitions rest on Crossrail 2 MayorWatch
Crossrail gets a rejigged delivery schedule as cost concerns and snow troubles add to pressure on Elizabeth Line opening time CityAM
Two artists have been commissioned to install new sculptures outside the new Liverpool Street Elizabeth line station. IanVisits
Research aims to keep Crossrail trains running for 200m passengers a year Imeche
Mainline / Overground
Rail passengers faced disruption on Monday as a 24-hour strike took place in a dispute over driver-only operated trains. BBC News
Bombardier has been awarded a contract extension by TfL to service trains operating on the London Overground network. WebWire
Atkins wins major Croydon rail remodelling scheme NCE (£)
ORR launches market study into ticket vending machines and automatic ticket gates Rail Professional
Miscellaneous
A city worker pushed under a Tube train survived as the train went over him as he curled up between two electrified tracks, a court heard. ITV
Tube flasher banned from London Underground network after exposing himself to women on the Central Line Evening Standard
The future of British rail according to the women who move the country forward Metro
TfL fares income ‘to fall by £89m’ as number of Tube passengers drops Evening Standard
And finally, How many people have exactly the same commute as you? Tool shows how unusual your daily London Underground trip is Alphr
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Image above is from Sept 2017: Plans to use heat from tube tunnels to warm homes
