Projects, refurbs and upgrades

London Underground improvement projects, station refurbishments, new train stock etc - and the problems and issues that come with them

Bakerloopy?

An Evening Standard story covering a TfL report about the parlous state of the Bakerloo fleet was greeted with wry amusement in many mess rooms in Bakerloo depots and stations.

Some of the stats (630,500 lost customer hours in 2022-3) are shocking; it’s only thanks to the hard work of staff on the...

Severe Delays

In news that came as a shock to no one, the date for the new Piccadilly line trains entering full service has been pushed back.

While the first train is still due before the end of 2025 (original date: 2014), the company say that with only half the money promised by government, they've had to push...

Vote to strike in ballot on parking

From 1 October all existing car parking for Acton Town District line drivers and REW Acton Works will be removed. RMT is now balloting over the issue. The new and very expensive housing development on Bollo Lane had parking for staff rejected at the planning stage. Management chose not to appeal...

The case of the disappearing diamond

With the upgrading of sidings and depots ready for the ever delayed new trains, some work has moved a bit too quickly. Once the 7 car marker was removed from Wood Green sidings, drivers could still rely on the stopping mark in the 4 foot… until that also disappeared until safety reps flagged up...

Union sounds alarm on 4LM

RMT safety reps have raised a number of safety concerns with Thales' "Four Lines Modernisation" (4LM) signaling system, due to convert the Sub-Surface Railway (District, Hammersmith & City, Circle, and Metropolitan lines) to automatic signaling.

The project has been plagued with waste and errors...

Toilet trouble

The latest edition of TfL's in-house mag On The Move proudly reports on the improvements to staff facilities that've been made in various areas.

All well and good, but staff at locations with major, and long-running, problems with staff facilities might be justified in feeling a bit left out...

Tottenham Hale: Two Become One

Spare a thought for staff at Tottenham Hale, which is nearing the end of a long and extensive refurb.

The upshot of said refurb is that the Greater Anglia and LUL stations will become much more closely intertwined - to the extent that reps have serious concerns that it could all go pear-shaped...

4LM Depots and Sidings: No to ATO

LUL management seem determined to impose automatic train operation (ATO) even in teh largest and most complex depots and sidings.

Every Tube worker knows that depots and sidings contain extra hazards. Unpredictable train movements, people walking across the track, cleaning and maintenance work and...

Upgrade update: fighting displacements

With thanks to the RMT Service Control website

The first locations to feel the impact of the 4LM upgrade will be Baker Street SCC, with staff from there to be moved to HSCC. The company are proposing to move six people, which exceeds what previous management had agreed to. At the same time staff...

Cabs for the Picc

LU has agreed that the new stock on the Picc, due sometime in the mid-2020s, will have drivers' cabs on the trains.

The company's original plans for the upgrade suggested the new stock might be driverless. The announcement is therefore extremely welcome. Unions need to keep the pressure up to...

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