Underground News Index 1994
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UNDERGROUND NEWS ISSN 0306-8617 INDEX 1994 Issues 385-396 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE LONDON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SOCIETY 527 INDEX TO 1994 ISSUES OF UNDERGROUND NEWS Notes (i) Page entries witli * are photographs. (ii) Page entries for an individual station may include developments in the vicinity of the station. A ACCIDENTS - COLLISIONS Harrow & Weatdstone, 29.3.94, buffer stops & traction std., 213,304,377 Watford area, Bakerloo, 16.10.62, 181 ACCIDENTS - DERAILMENTS Aldersgate, 24.1.55, 179 British Museum, 15.10.94 , 481 Chancery Lane, battery loco., 20.4.94, 251,306 Edgware, 15.3.94, 230 Epping, 26.10.94, 11,18 Kennington, June 1994, 377 Loughton, 1.11.93. 11,18.38 Momington Crescent, 12.3.93, 20 NearHolbom, 16.10.94, 513 Northumberland Park depot, 26.1.94, 120,125 Piccadilly Circus. Bakerloo. 1943, 389 Piccadilly Circus, Bakerloo, 29.10.75, 389 Piccadilly Circus, Bakerioo, 22.4.94, 240,252,274,311,377,389 White City area, engineers' train, 25.3.94, 265 ACCIDENTS - FIRES Central Line, conductor rail, due to 1992 stock. 229 Debden (near), grass, August 1994, 458 Dollis Hill signal cables, 4.7.94, 379 King's Cross, compensation insufficient, 230 Train, High Street Kensington, July 1994 , 379 Wanstead, in container, 4.5.94, 308 ACCIDENTS - FORMATION FAILURES (See also under 'Bridges') Colindale/Burnt Oak, 1.1.94, 118,119,370 Queensbury area, 29.5.94, 284,397 Ravenscourt Park, wall, 27.4.93, 328 Sloane Square, roof beam crack. 311,375,376,377,429,465 ACCIDENTS - MISCELLANEOUS Jubilee Line train hits umbrella, 1.8.94. 483 Pantograph raised at Essex Road, 15.11.93, 303 Signal over-run, engineers' train, Aldgate, 10.8.94, 424 ACCIDENTS - PERSONAL Ealing Common, death of man with walking stick, September 94, 460 Hammersmith, Piccadilly, August 1994, woman between cars.. 424,431 Leicester Square, June 1994, fall between cars, 308 Sleeve trapped in District train door, Victoria, May 1994, 310 Woman in tunnel, Hyde Park Comer, 27.6.94, 316 Woman under train, Tooting Broadway, 10.7.94 , 380 I 528 529 B - continued A - continued BOOK REVIEWS & NOTICES (continued) ACCIDENTS - RUNAWAY TRAINS London Trolleybus Routes, 423 Train leaves King's Cross without driver, 2.12.93, 55,56,116,460,461 London Underground Rolling Stock, 1993, 115 Acton Works canteen, stone reliefs, 320*,437 Advertisements in Underground News, 36,80.145 London Underground Stations, 298,437,475 Alt>ertopolis plan, Kensington, 172,228 Memories and writings of a London railwayman (H.V.Boriey), 297,437 Alderney Railway, 23,250 Met. and Met.& G.C.Appendices to Working TTs, 1912, 115,145 Aidwych station, 40M25,382,449* Rails through the Clay (corrections), 405 An Alphabet of T.O.T,, 300 Railways of Waterloo, 421 Angel station, 121 Railways South East, The Album, 298 Annual bus passes, further issuing points, 128 Reflections on the Portishead Branch, 137 Archer at East Finchley, 316,319*,323 Shire Albums, Delivery Vans & Telephone Boxes, 457 Steam on the Met. 1994 brochures, 445 Archway station, 327 Steam on the Underground, 376 Arthurton, I., 422 Aumonier, E., 316.319',32r,323,324 Stoke Mandeville, 1948-68, 230 The Battle of London (1924), 125 The first underground railway - Charies Pearson , 167 B The Streets of Hampstead, 463 Tokyo Subways, 468 BA.S.H. Strollathon, 361 Trains in Trouble, Vol.8 (Underground pictures), 71 Baker Street station, 174,396,423 BAKERLOO LINE Underground Official Handbook, 455 Examination of carrying mail, 398 Borough station, 94* Bank station. 116,121,173,187,383,423,506 BRIDGES Bank/Monument interchange. 63,187 Deficiencies on Wimbledon line, 444,484 Barbican station. 62 Footbridges on CL, better lighting after grilles fitted, 10 Barons Court station, 137,143 Good Bridges Guide due in 1994, 58 Belsize Park deep shelter, 470 Putney bridge, train service halted when boat passes, 229 BERLIN Weak, Leamore Street, Ravenscourt Park, 314,397,448',483 Britain at War Museum, 488* Reconnection of line U.2., 25 Reconstruction of part of S-Bahn, 462 BRITISH RAIL & PREDECESSORS Rolling Stock, similarities to London types, 334,437 Advertisements on train exteriors ?, 56 S-Bahn electro-diesels. 421 Clapham Junction-Olympla-Willesden Junction, DMU service, 102,124 Stations, 1928-35 Period, effect on London ?, 45.333 Guilty of noise nuisance at Paddington station, 56 Visit by LUL trainees, 306 LNER electrification scheme, 1933 , 16 Bluebell Railway, restoration of Ashbury stock, 499 Privatisation, increased fares causing inc.road traffic, 56 Bond Street station. 427 Putney Bridge-Wimbledon, transfer to LUL, 18,77,258,444,484 BOOK REVIEWS & NOTICES Shenfield line electric services, 16 A History of London Transport (corrections), 378,485 Tilbury line, partial closure for resignalting, 303 A Valiant Victorian (Mother Emily Ayckbourn), 464 See also under Channel Tunnel, Chiltem Line, CrossRail, Great Northern Suburban, Heathrow Access to the Underground, 50 Express, Isle of Wight, North London Lines, South West Trains, Thameslink. Waterloo & City. Britain's Rail Super Centres - London - GW Lines, 330 By Underground to Kew, 456 Conditions of Carriage, LT, 50 c District Railway WTT, 1901, 245 Caledonian Road station, 156',233,235* Docklands Light Railway - Official Handbook, 375 Canary Wharf station, 397 Going Green (District Line history). 51.299 Canning Town station, 25 Great Westem Coaches from 1890, 331 CAR LINE DIAGRAMS Holding the Line, 253 A60, ancient display, 484 Lines on the Underground, 508,514 Bakerloo & Victoria, line name not visible, 255 London by Underground, 51 Bakerloo, Waterioo & City in turquoise, 265 530 531 C - continued C - continued CAR LINE DIAGRAMS (continued) CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR C stock, 342 New Year's Eve, free travel after 23.45, 58,498 Central Line on Waterloo & City, 341,522 Services discussed by LRPC, 328 Hammersmith & City, deficiencies, 182 Services, 1993/1994, 96,107,108 Method of showing Waterloo & City on various lines, 522 CIRCLE LINE Updated (or not!) for recent line closures and changes, 484 Proposed Heathrow link via Piccadilly Line, 306 CAR PARKING Suggested quadrupling east of Baker Street, 473 Call for more pa&s at outlying stations, 228 Unnecessary announcements of alternative route, 313 Progress of privatisation of those at LUL stations, 128,329 City of London, need for Improved transport, 172 CENTRAL LINE, See also under Power Supply & Distribution Clapham Common station , 94* 1954 proposals to relieve overcrowding, 459 Clocks on London Transport, report of meeting, 147 Diesel-hauled excursions to south coast, 438 COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES Disruptions try passenger patience, 19 1990-1993, 9 Dunmow extension ?, 176 Beckton, for official opening of extension, 235* Epping-Ongar, closure proposals, evidence, 3,125 Bethnal Green, stolen by vandals, 13 Epping-Ongar, closure would cause hardship, 163 Gloucester Road, Railway Heritage Award, 304 Epping-Ongar, last days of operation, & closure, 409*,410*,412,413,462,492,494,511 Hainault, 60th. anniversary of church service, 228 Epping-Ongar, preservation society 119,486.512 Past Chairmen of LT, 55 Broadway, 460 Epping-Ongar, railwayman's reminiscences, 257 Rotherhithe, correction, 337 Epping-Ongar, shuttle, various ideas 1956-58, 220 Waterioo station enlargement, 458 Explanations for 99 delays in January 1994, 227 Covent Garden station, 3^6 Extension plans, Essex, 1934, 308 CRIME Fires from conductor rail, due to 1992 stock, 229 Attempted derailment of Chiltern Line train, 459 Flooding, Gants Hill-Redbridge, after power failure, 54 Blitz on improper use of staff passes & travel permits, 118 Non-use of British Museum siding for curtailments, 339,517 Buskers, why are they not removed ?, 254,388,518,519 Number signs in tunnel east of Bank, 133 Exposure incident on Northern Line, 229 Observations on recent journeys, incl. 1992 stock, 339 Fare evasion, analysis of fare-dodgers, 173 One person operation with 1992 stock, 160,351,498,516 Fare evasion, staff blitz at outer stations, 307 Performance and prospects, 431 Graffiti measures on District, 378 Privatisation of whole or part ?, 10 Graffiti measures on Hammersmith & City & Circle, 125,233,382,397 Recent developments, 439 Graffiti non-stick coating by Dow Chemical, 228 Resignalling at east end of line, 443 Graffiti on Sarah Siddons & TC set, 384 Resignalling, Marble Arch-Tottenham Court Road, 100 Graffiti police squad, 329 Resignalling, Roding Valley area, 353 Graffiti protection delayed by budget cuts, 123 Signal failures, 177 Graffiti vandal in court, 170 Track damage by 1992 stock, 12,18,26,49,72,127,177 Indecent assaults, doubts on fall in number, 230 White City Control Centre, 117 Jeweller's shop robbers escape by Victoria Line, 55 Central Railway Company (Leicester-Folkestone), 116 Lack of separate funding for more security systems, 61,129 Chalfont & Latimer station, 12,256 Overall annual reduction, 124,168,309,376 CHANNEL TUNNEL Overall annual reduction challenged, 245,246,381 Link line to St.Pancras would overwhelm tubes. 311 Passengers pushed on track at Clapham Common, 12 Link line, Stratford station in abeyance, 459 Pickpocket activity, 311 Chelsea-Hackney, proposed line & variations, 176.389,472 Pre-Christmas police drive, 55 Chesham station, 60,117,175,253 Resale of Travelcards, 426,459 Chicago, abandoned freight tunnels, 113 Ticket office robberies, LUL staff charged, 117 CHILTERN LINE Travel permits stolen at Islington, 171 Destinations 'via Met.Line', 60 CROSSRAIL More stops at West Ruislip, 430 Appeal for evidence of Govt, support, 12 Precautions against obstruction on line during strikes, 443 Attempts to rescue Bill, 308,309,311,314,316,377,379 532 533 C - continued D - continued CROSSRAIL (continued) DELAYS TO SERVICES (continued) City Corporation seeks unusual sources of finance, 56 11.4. 94, loss of signal current south of Surrey Quays, 233 Continuing development expenditure. 313 20. 4. 94, broken rail at Turnpike Lane, 251 Conversion to PLC, 512 27. 4. 94, signal failures, Farringdon & Paddington, 305 Details of proposals for Metropolitan section.