Metro
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Roof topped out as Bank upgrade passes halfway stage
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WORK to upgrade Bank Tube station passed a milestone in early September when the roof over the new entrance on Cannon Street was topped out. This entrance will provide direct access to the Northern Line and connect to the Central Line via a moving walkway. The major project is just over halfway complete, and is…
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Antique violin worth £250,000 left on train in London
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A professional musician has said it was “devastating” to lose his antique violin worth £250,000 after he left it on a train.
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Hitachi ruled out of Tyne & Wear bid?
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Hitachi is no longer in the running to build the next generation of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro
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Heaton Park seeks expansion to display second-generation Manchester ‘T-68’ tram
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THE story of the pioneering role played by Manchester’s Metrolink in the revival of modern tramways in the UK is to form a major part of a proposed expansion of the Heaton Park Tramway. The plans are centred on the Manchester Transport Museum Society’s (MTMS) preserved AnsaldoBreda ‘T-68’ articulated tram No. 1007 East Lancashire Railway, which…
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TMS marks six decades of operations at Crich museum
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THE Tramway Museum Society (TMS) celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the museum in the old Cliff Quarry at Crich in 1959 with a special celebratory weekend on September 21-22. One of the star attractions was the return of 1914-built Blackpool & Fleetwood Electric Tramroad ‘Box’ car No. 40 after its summer loan to…
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Delay to Birmingham’s eastern £137m extension
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GOVERNMENT approval for the West Midlands Metro’s £137million Eastside extension to Digbeth, which would serve the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street, is being delayed by uncertainty over the high-speed rail project. The extended tramline, which would connect Curzon Street with New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill stations, may not now open until 2026…
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New South Shields interchange opens
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HE new £21million transport interchange in South Shields opened on August 4, with the first Tyne & Wear Metro train departing at 07.00 that day. The station replaces the previous South Shields Metro stop, which closed on July 7 (RM August). It is at the end of the Metro’s Yellow Line from Pelaw on the…
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UK railway news round-up
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This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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Tube drivers to launch industrial action over noise levels
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Drivers on parts of London Underground are to launch a campaign of industrial action after complaining about the level of noise on the tracks.
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Man stabbed to death at tube station was football fan heading to match
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A 20-year-old football fan who was stabbed to death in a “senseless attack” at a Tube station has been named by police.
