- London Transport News
May 2009
- Work to build the new Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road begins on 15 May; rebuilding work will cost over £1 billion and the new ticket hall will be six times the size of the existing one
- The replacement of all trains on the Piccadilly line by 2014 is announced
- A flyover bridge at Canning Town is due to be put in place in late May as part of the DLR extension along the former North London Line from Canning Town to Stratford
April 2009
- The Thames boat services are to be made easier with for example, more integration, a new ferry service from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, extending Tower Pier and acceptence of Oyster Pay as you go.
- The London Overground's Stratford platforms will open later this month
- Taxi fares in London increase by 3.4%
- A bird photo competition, with partnership between tfl and RSPB, is launched
March 2009
- £9.2 billion is to be used to deliver many transport improvements in the tube, Crossrail, DLR, East London Line and Cycle Hire
- A £4.2 million programme is launched to help promote sustainable travel in the London Borough of Richmond
- Southern Gas Networks has been prosecuted for breaking rules on street works
- Various service changes will occur from late April until December to facilitate upgrade work on London Overground
- Two weeks were left for Community Cycling Fund for London to apply for grants help promote cycling
- Major work on A406 to facilitate gas works for three months
- New artwork for tube map cover
- Consultation begins on London Permit Scheme
- A map is launched showing Coach Parking in central London
- A bridge on Dalston Lane will be replaced in late May to help with the running of the East London Line Extension
- A spring campaign is launched to warn drivers to watch out for motorcyclists
- From December, Circle Line services will extend to Hammersmith
- £1 million used to help set up car club package for residents as essentially a car-for-hire service within five minutes walk over next two years. Cars will have designated spots where they can be used on a pay-as-you-go service.
- New bus lane in the centre of Mitcham speeds up journeys
- The revamped Tower Gateway station reopens early
- Blackfriars LU station closes for 2 years for Thameslink Programme upgrades. The National Rail stations remains open.
February 2009
- Operation Quash tackles crime on commonly shared routes in the boroughs of Barnet, Hillingdon and Harrow
- Tim O' Toole, Managing Director of the London Underground steps down
- At Stratford station, an exhibition of art, the Stratford Hoard, has been extended to summer
- A theatre troupe called New You See Me Now You Don't is to tour schools from March four 4 months to increase awareness of road safety
- Arrests by the Met and TfL lead to a crackdown on illegal cabs
- A new system is launched allowing freight drivers to compare collisions, emissions, fuel use and fines and charges against other operators
- A digital map which shows speed limits has been released by TfL for download
- Operation Ridgeway, an attempt to combat antisocial behavior and pickpocketing on London buses leads to over 1000 arrests
- As a result of the "Travel Smarter Sutton" scheme, cycling in that area has increased by 50%
- Stansted Express sells Visitor Oyster cards
- TfL invites manufacturers to look at new bus model
Please note that events are arranged from newest at the top to oldest at the bottom.
- Member News
- Jsp3970 has left the project and no new members have joined this month.
There are currently 69 members!
This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- General
There is a proposal for a bot to tag all articles in London-related categories as falling under WikiProject London or WikiProject London Transport. The upside of this is that it will give us a much better idea of how many articles we have and help to promote the two projects to people who may not be aware of them. The downside is that it will greatly increase the number of unassessed articles; the manual tagging of articles in Category:Tourist attractions in London to test the viability of the proposal added over 2,000 articles to WP:LONDON and over 50 articles to WP:LT. Please comment on the proposal and on which categories should be included if it goes ahead here.
Even aside from those pages that will be added by the bot, there are still a lot of articles that need to be assessed for their quality and their importance to this project. It's easy and quick; please get involved if you can!
Template:Nearest tube has recently been proposed for deletion. Those who use this template – or those who don't find it useful – are invited to join the discussion.
It's been said before, but please can people become more involved with other areas of the portal. The portal still seems to be only gaining contributions on the selected article and picture areas but even this area seems to be losing interest. If anyone has any suggestions about how to raise the profile of the portal and/or increase participation, please do suggest it!
The new Article Alerts system means that things that happen to articles such as nominations for deletions, featured status etc are more easily reported. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Article alerts although for some of the articles, these would have to be seen at Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Article alerts or for rail transport related articles, most would have to be checked out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Article alerts. By watchlisting the appropriate Alert pages, you can see right away when relevant articles are nominated at GAC/FAC, proposed for deletion etcetera, making it much easier to keep track of any proposed changes that may affect articles that interest you. Transport articles sometimes suffer because many of those who comment at Articles for Deletion, Featured Article Candidates etc aren't necessarily aware of what's significant and what isn't; although discussions can sometimes look daunting, please don't be afraid to get involved if you have an opinion on an article that's being discussed.
- This month's selected image
Qantas Boeing 747-400 about to land at Heathrow Airport, seen beyond the roofs of Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow.
- From the editor
As Simply South is busy, this is my first time as editor, so if there are any mistakes feel free to correct them or point them out to me. As usual, this issue is in the current format and is still awaiting suggestions for other improvements. The two newest DYK suggestions were added below. As a bonus if you add your DYK to the portal, it will also be added to the newsletter next time.
Please provide any suggestions for any improvements to this newsletter and any comments or anything else to include in the next issue. Please can ideas be given for a better layout on this newsletter. Feedback is much appreciated.
This newsletter is also looking for another editor to collaborate with since the departure of Unisouth. If anyone's able to, please contact Simply South to discuss it.
This edition would not be here if not for the feedback, support from many people and the paper's subscribers and I would like to thank you all.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Simply south (talk) (Editor, Main Contributor and Distibutor)
- iridescent (talk) (Guest editor)
- Credits to other people who fix minor formatting and spelling in this and the last issue.
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- Assessment
GA
- A1 road (London)
- A215 road
- Docklands Light Railway
- Hammerton's Ferry
- High Speed 1
- London Paddington station
- Richmond Bridge, London
GAC
- Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
- Wandsworth Bridge
FA\FL
- Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
- City and South London Railway
- Edgar Speyer
- List of London Underground stations
- London congestion charge
FAC\FLC
None
A
None
- Other assessment notes
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- Other announcements
Jubilee Line was proposed for a split
Various transport stub templates were merged into one although this has resulted in some duplication
The list of London Underground stations is currently under a featured review (at the time of writing)
Template:London Buses was proposed with deletion but this was kept.
- Did you know
- ...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
- …that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?
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