London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
A tour of the Crossrail tunnel portal at Royal Oak
London Underground
A commuter was trapped and crushed to demise by a Tube teach after he fell down the gap on the northbound Bakerloo line educate at Waterloo, an investigation has uncovered. ITV
TfL apologises after electric power failure at Hainault depot causes tube disruption Ilford Recorder
Considerably less than a 3rd of London underground stations are thoroughly accessible to disabled travellers, according to a new investigation. AMP
Around 500 persons experienced to be evacuated from Inexperienced Park and London Victoria stations soon after a fire broke out beneath a Tube. LBC
The Northern line extension on the London Underground to 9 Elms and Battersea Power Station will open on the 20th September, TfL has confirmed. ianVisits
Sadiq Khan slams ‘selfish minority’ who refuse to use mask on London Tube Typical
Elizabeth line / Crossrail
An attractiveness has been created to the mayor of London for station signs at Whitechapel to be built bilingual in Bangla as perfectly as English. East London Advertiser
Pics from Whitechapel station’s Elizabeth line platforms ianVisits
A seem at the distinctions in station identify capitalisations Diamond Geezer
Mainline / Overground
Information of a new low-cost train services linking London to Edinburgh have been introduced, with around 50 percent of tickets costing a lot less than £30 every way. ianVisits
Miscellaneous
Transport for London chief warns of general public transport ‘death spiral’ if government forces services cuts OnLondon
London transportation personnel warned of razors inside Covid conspiracy posters The Guardian
New neighbours driving up rent beneath the railway arches The Occasions (£)
In summer time 2020, Transport for London launched a daring new tactic to electronic mapping — an adaptive, stay Tube map — manufactured completely of code. TfL Blog
Returning London commuters put the hurry again into rush hour The Guardian
The London Assembly has urged Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and TfL to remove short-term vacation restrictions for older folks imposed at the peak of the pandemic. Typical
A quite unusual Highgate station roundel relationship from the 1930s and a road sign for London’s Drury Lane are between the unique signs predicted to offer for 1000’s at auction. iNews
And finally: A gentleman has been jailed for 15 months for his ‘idiotic actions’ soon after he drove for half a mile together a railway keep track of before abandoning his car or truck and blocking the line. Unilad
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The picture earlier mentioned is from Sept 2011: A tour of the Crossrail tunnel portal at Royal Oak
