This is a weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
The image is from an April 2025 article: The Elizabeth line is getting massive video wrap-around advertising screens
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People were evacuated from the London Farringdon Tube station after reports of a suspected gas or chemical incident. Metro
London Underground drivers speak from the picket lines against imposed “condensed” four-day week World Socialst
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Watford MP Matt Turmaine hailed HS2 works at Euston Station as a “phenomenal undertaking” after a site visit. Watford Observer
Deep under west London, engineers have been hand-digging 34 short tunnels between two HS2 tunnels, and they’ve just completed the last one. ianVisits
Squeaky seat-back tables on Southern trains given the silent treatment Sussex Express
Southeastern says it has introduced a new automated system that provides passengers with service-by-service information about planned timetable changes or service disruptions, ianVisits
MORE than 100,000kg of food waste has been recycled in just one year across the Greater Anglia network. Maldon Standard
With just weeks to go before decision day on the proposed direct train service between Shropshire and London, the campaign to secure the new rail link is being re-energised. Shropshire Live
Motorists driving to London are being shown how taking the train could save up to half the cost of their journey – as they fill-up at the fuel pumps. RBD
The historic Edinburgh–London Flying Scotsman service will once again leave the capital, with a new 10:30am departure from King’s Cross restoring a long-lost timetable tradition. ianVisits
Miscellaneous
A lake in West London regarded as important for nature and science will have a replacement watersports and activity centre built around it after the previous facility was shut by HS2. Harrow Online
Forty years after poems first appeared on London’s Underground, the project that placed verse beside adverts and Tube maps continues to shape the daily journeys of millions Positive News
Surplus railway land next to railways could be commandeered for generating solar energy or storing it in batteries under new government plans. ianVisits
Rail minister pleased to see railway people coming together as DFTO and Network Rail bosses demonstrate collaboration with joint presentation Passenger Transport
And finally: An advert on the London Underground for a £49 face serum has been banned over misleading claims that it made users look up to five years younger. BBC News
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The image is from an April 2025 article: The Elizabeth line is getting massive video wrap-around advertising screens
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