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Hidden away on side streets in Euston, will soon be a giant glazed cube that'll housing ventilation systems for the Northern line.

The rail union the RMT has announced that its members on two London Underground lines will be on strike at the end of the month.

Just outside London, a test is underway to see if it's possible to power commuter trains by solar power.

One of the more complex stations being built by Crossrail is at Whitechapel where they not only had to build a new station above existing running railways but also tunnel underneath them as well.

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

As compensation for the lengthy delays on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, September will be a month of free travel, funded by the train manufacturer.

The Southeastern rail franchise, operated by Govia has been extended again, to April 2020 - but wont now be put up for formal tender to be renewed after that.

Although the opening of the line has been delayed to whenever, and the costs are uncertain, works are still going on inside the Crossrail stations.

Nealy a year later than planned, the cramped old ticket hall leading down narrow stairs at West Hampstead station have been replaced with a huge new entrance building and much wider staircases.

A relief from the prices that steam trains have to charge for trips, as a 1950s vintage trains offers affordable runs along part of the Metropolitan line in September.

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

It arrived in the 1940s, and has been in Cornwall ever since, but a former London Underground railway carriage is up for sale.

Tapping into some unspent local developer funding, a local group has managed to get two vintage London Underground clocks for their railway station.

Prepare to see a very rare sight on the Metropolitan line this coming August Bank Holiday, with a special locomotive tour taking place.