Projects, refurbs and upgrades

A recent FOI request shows that on TfL-run premises alone there were almost 10,000 outstanding faults at the end of June. Nowhere is this less surprising than the still-to-be-knocked-down Bollo House, depot of Piccadilly line drivers in Acton. Since the last issue of Tubeworker, the stairs to the...

London Underground Fleet workers at Northfields depot are taking four days of strike action against an overbearing and dismissive management culture.

Management has finally confirmed what we long suspected. The new Piccadilly line trains will not run later this year. Will they even be ready by their renewed deadline of late 2026? We are, after all, over 10 years past the original planned upgrade.

A promised refurb of the staff toilets at a busy Zone 1 station has been pushed back... and back... and back.

Despite local safety reps repeatedly raising the issue, Kilburn Park station had to close recently when a section of the ceiling in the ticket hall collapsed.

For the second time in the last two years, new sidings have been completed on the Picc. Once again, management has tried to cut corners on training. With the new Northfields sidings due to open at the end of September rather than have all drivers hiked in and do the moves with an I/O they tried to...

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...

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...

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...

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...