A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
Inside Shoreditch’s Disused Tube Trains
London Underground
‘Edgware station has been left behind’ – neighbours’ outrage over lack of service upgrade Local Times
Commuters were left “gobsmacked” after a man urinated out of a Tube train onto a platform when it stopped at Victoria station. Get Surrey
There were not enough staff on duty at a station to deal with an emergency when a woman became trapped between a Jubilee line train and the platform during rush hour, Standard
Crossrail / Elizabeth Line
Ilford Station’s York Road entrance reopened, following improvement works to prepare for Crossrail services. Illford Recorder
Photos from the Crossrail station at Bond Street IanVisits and from TCR Diamond Geezer
Crossrail won’t be ready on time claim electricians Construction Equirer
MTR Crossrail deploys beacons and bespoke iPad apps for Elizabeth Line staff to save on costly TfL fines Computer World
Mainline/Overground
The Germany-based designers of a double-decker train, that hope they could run on Britain’s planned HS2, want to showcase their demo model in the UK within six months. European Railway Review
Protesters will gather at the Brixton Railway Arches later as the first tenants and traders are evicted due to a Network Rail redevelopment. ITV
Southern rail workers will strike for 14 days in five separate blocks from next month in the long-running dispute over the role of conductors. The Guardian
How to drive a train: London to Paris in the driver’s cab Independent <– warning, auto playing video
Passengers on the high speed service to London have described their early morning commute as a daily “nightmare” after the number of carriages on their train was halved, Kent Online
Historic rail link between London and Oxford nears completion Scarborough News
A new map revealing how London could look if the mayor took over the running of suburban rail services has been released by TfL BBC News
DLR
Smoking Thugs Beat Couple On DLR LBC
Miscellaneous
London studio PriestmanGoode has tackled the problem of overcrowding on public transport with new designs that rethink how people sit on their commute. Dezeen
And finally, distinctive signs inspired by classic Tube posters are being installed at 20 entrances to Epping Forest. Local Guardian
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The image above is from Sept 2015: Inside Shoreditch’s Disused Tube Trains
