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As Euston mainline station is to be closed over Easter due to works on the railway north of London, they're also going to make some changes to the station itself as well.

Travelling using Pay as you go with Contactless and Oyster arrived at Hertford North, Bayford and Cuffley stations on the Great Northern line this week

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

Starting next week, the main Central line ticket hall at Bank station will become exit-only in the mornings. There will also be a reduced down escalator service to the Central line during the evening peak.

TfL has sold the offices and shops above its Holborn tube station for a reported £40 million to an investment company.

Further funding has been provided by the government to investigate options for extending the future Elizabeth line out towards Ebbsfleet in Kent.

Initial plans for a huge rebuild of Clapham Junction station have been shown off, with the rebuilt station sitting underneath a large housing development.

Following a passenger survey, the total seating capacity at Victoria and London Bridge is now being increased from 150 at each station to 400 at each station.

A mum and her four newly born kittens have been found living underneath an escalator at a London Underground station.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the District line, London Underground plans to run steam trains along the line once again.

The heat from train tunnels at Old Oak Common could be used to heat water and power central heating of up to 500 new homes that are to be built near to the HS2 station.

TfL has signed a sale and lease-back deal to sell its fleet of Elizabeth line trains for nearly £1 billion to a consortium comprising Equitix Investment Management, NatWest and SMBC Leasing.

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

Building works continue on the Northern line extension to Battersea, and their latest updates give an overview of works carried out since the start of the year.