This is a weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
The image is from a Sept 2023 article: Battersea Park Station upgrade plans could provide step-free access
London Underground
The Northern line’s Morden extension marks its centenary on Sunday ianVisits
Fast track to success: TfL’s youngest Tube Driver Rail Staff
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Train operator Chiltern Railways and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK have announced that they have extended their joint trial of monitoring rail adhesion by twelve months. Rail Advent
Rail passengers face a fifth day of reduced services west of London Paddington after a fire damaged power equipment beside the tracks. BBC News
West Coast Main Line to close between London Euston and Watford due to emergency bridge work ianVisits
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin to ‘explore’ stopping trains to France at Stratford in east London Standard
Chiltern Railways will not be running any trains from Bicester North or Bicester Village to London Marylebone this weekend. Bicester Advertiser
Thameslink has shown off a prototype for a new seat design that will replace its notorious “ironing board” seats, which the trains have had for the past decade. ianVisits
A new fast train from Hastings to London is expected to cut peak journey times by as much as 14 minutes. BBC News
DLR
The first of the new DLR trains has returned to passenger service after modifications resolved problems that led to the trains being withdrawn shortly after they were introduced last year. ianVisits
Miscellaneous
Three passengers investigated by police after a man exposed himself on a Tube train will face no further action. BBC News
Services at Walthamstow Central were disrupted [on Monday] morning as emergency services rushed to treat a casualty on the Victoria Line track. Waltham Forest Echo
TfL is trialling a new “calm space” at Ealing Broadway station, offering passengers a quieter place to retreat to if the busy station environment feels overwhelming. ianVisits
British Transport Police are seeking to speak to a man who left an Elizabeth Line train at Ealing Broadway station following a sexual assault of a woman on the train. Ealing News
Arsenal to Kaneary Wharf, Changing at Burberry Street: A History of Branding The Tube Creative Salon
Kingston station in southwest London recently gained a platform-length mural telling the area’s railway history. ianVisits
Meta’s AI glasses pose growing threat to women and girls on London’s Tube, say campaigners Standard
And finally: All On The Board poet celebrates 25 years on the London Underground with heartfelt poem to himself Standard
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The image is from a Sept 2023 article: Battersea Park Station upgrade plans could provide step-free access
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