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The Queen’s New Year’s Honours list recognised David Waboso, capital programmes director for London Underground (LU), with a CBE.David trained as a civil engineer....
Signalling the positive
This, to the surprise of many, was issued on New Year’s Eve: “London Underground (LU) and Bombardier Transportation today announced that the signalling contract...
Copenhagen – challenges for a modern metro
Cities that invested in the construction of a new metro system in recent years encountered both advantages and drawbacks compared to cities that built...
Keeping London Moving
Dating back 150 years, London Underground is the world’s oldest metro system and one of the busiest. With customer demand at its highest level...
Many sites at Liverpool Street
The £14.8 billion Crossrail project is now progressing at a pace. The route from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the West to Shenfield and Abbey...
Plumstead portal box construction
As was highlighted in the accompanying article on Crossrail’s Thames tunnels, one of the challenges involved was agreeing a way to construct the portal...
Crossrail Thames Tunnels
When Paul Baker of Hochtief Murphy Joint Venture (HMJV) was kind enough to invite me to visit the Plumstead portal of the Crossrail Thames...
The name’s Bond… Street
The £14.8 billion Crossrail project involves a phenomenal amount of tunnelling work, as might be expected of a new rail link crossing a major...
Squeezing more from the tube
Anyone strap hanging on a crowded Victoria line train could be forgiven for not believing that, a few months ago, its upgrade gave a...
SSS – Sub Surface Signalling
London Underground is 150 years old this year. The first train on the Metropolitan Railway ran between Paddington and Farringdon on 9 January 1863.Today,...
Resignalling the Victoria Line
Much has been written about the excellent way in which public transport performed during the 2012 London Olympic Games. This was due to detailed...
IMechE visit sees Paris and London’s urban rail challenges
Paris and London are Europe’s largest cities after Moscow and rank amongst the world’s greatest. Although both are quite different, their size and populations...
Victoria Line renaissance
When London Underground’s Victoria Line opened in 1968, it measured 21km long and was the first metro in the world to have Automatic Train...
Clockwork Orange reborn
Andrew Smith Hallidie was shocked to see a cart overturning on the steep San Francisco streets, killing five horses. He later stated that this...
London orbital rail network complete
London’s new orbital railway will be complete on 9 December 2012 when the new timetable will introduce a service of four trains per hour...
Crossrail heads for Heathrow
Work has begun on the Stockley Interchange in west London which will allow Crossrail services to operate to and from Heathrow.Network Rail, on behalf...
