- London Transport News
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
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- General
On the assessment side, there are still a lot of articles that need to be assessed for their quality and their importance to this project. Interest has now dipped in this area. Have we reached our peak or are there more out there?
Good luck to the people involved with to all the people involved in getting Edgar Speyer from good article status to featured article status. Well done for this achievement.
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 now this area seems to be losing interest.
A new development has meant 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.
Any other suggestions are welcome.
Interest in other areas are okay.
- This month's selected image
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- From the editor
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. I am currently going to be busier until June so could i please ask that during the start of May, someone could create the may newsletter? If anyone is up for the task, pleasee use my talk page and i will give the sources of information for this issue (including some new sources thanks to a recent change mentioned above).
Newsletters for the time being will be launched during the months.
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)
- 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
GAC
None
FA\FL
- City and South London Railway
- London congestion charge
- List of London Underground stations
- Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
- Edgar Speyer
FAC\FLC
- Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
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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