Underground News Index 1996

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ISSN 0306-8617

INDEX 1996 Issues 409-20

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE LONDON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SOCIETY 554 555 INDEX TO 1996 ISSUES OF UNDERGROUND NEWS A (continued) Aldwych station, 13 Notes (i) Page entries with * are photographs Alperton station, 390 (ii) Page entries for an individual station may include developments in the general vicinity of the station. Amersham station, 400 Arnos Grove station, 100,429 A Arsenal station, 375 Attlee, Mr.C, Metropolitan passenger, 253 ACCIDENTS - COLLISIONS Auction of relics including 1962 stock 5.12.95, 88,90,103,125 Baker Street, bufferstops, 9.6.96, 340 Charing Cross, District, 8.5.38, 330 B Lorry with Debden canopy, 6.2.96, 196 Baker Street station, 68,78,132,294 tyloorgate, 28.2.75, 66,67,330 BAKERLOO LINE Road vehicles with South Ruislip bridge, 467,469 Closure south of Piccadilly Circus, 45,125,126,129,483,497,535 Royal Oak. Thames Trains, November 1995, 84,103,106 Dot Matrix indicators display rude messages, 21 Toronto Underground, 9.8.1995, 121,256 Features when extended to Elephant in 1906, 467 Train with tool storage bin, near Hampstead, 375 Baku, metro train fire disaster, 19,20,66 Train, with engineers' trolley, nr.Belsize Park, 537 Balham station, 106,370 Watford, North London Railways, 8.8.96, 452,468 Bank station, 19,32,93,100,222,231,370 ACCIDENTS - DERAILMENTS Barbican station, 26,500 Finchley Central, 1.6.96, 339 Barcelona metro, 189,535 Golders Green, 16.7.96, 405 Barking station, 185,282,534' Hainault depot, 11.5.96, 271 Barons Court station, 108 Match wagon, Ruislip connection. 27.4.96, 270 Bayswater station, 26,45,137,147,195,203",233,338 Neasden depoL 12.6.96, 340 Begging, 453 RailTrack, empty touring train north of Euston, 14.12.95, 105,145 BERLIN Train entering Morden depot, 18.10.96. 548 A trip to (holiday), 384 Waterioo depot, Waterioo & City, 21.5.96, 339 Modified doors on older S-Bahn cars, 375 ACCIDENTS - FIRES Reconstruction of S-Bahn infrastructure, & new r/stock, 21 Euston. main line. 12.3.96. , 232 S-Bahn and U-Bahn, report of meeting, 407 Harlesden substation, 10.7.96, 404 Start of work on new north-south underground railway, 93 High Street Kensington, 5.7.94, 28 Bilbao Metro, 175 King's Cross compensation payment, 130 BOOK REVIEWS & NOTICES South Kensington, cable fire, 29.4.96, 254,270,297 A Bibliography of British Railway History, 2nd edition, 22 Tunnel near Rnsbury Park, Victoria Line. 17.5.96, 338 Automatic Vending Machines, 12 ACCIDENTS - MISCELLANEOUS Beriin S-Bahn. 383 Broken coupler. Circle Line, 14.1.96., 146 Beriin U-Bahn, 382 Dumper truck, Ruislip depot, 21.3.96, 233 Berlin's Railways, 543 Quebec City cable car, 536 Bon Voyagel, Edwardian Travel Posters, 382,465 ACCIDENTS - OVER-RUNS By Underground to the Zoo , 15 Paddington. Thames Trains, 31.12.95, 131,146 Heath Robinson - Artist & Comic Genius, 136 ACCIDENTS - PERSONAL Historic Railway Disasters, 330 Escalator fail, Oxford Circus, 13.9.96, 506 London Transport Records at the Public Record Office (1), 455 Fall on fixed stairs at St. Paul's, 89 London's Handwriting, 528 Man caught in train doors, Stockwell, Northern, 1/96, 127,128 London's Underground, 8th edition, 220 Man killed on track, Hillingdon, 12/95, 125 Loughton's first railway station, 455 Man on track. Chancery Lane. 4.9.96, 470 Mail by Rail, 93,168 Man on track. Ravenscourt Park, 22.6.96, 340 Planning London's Transport, 4 Mouse-observer on track, Leicester Square, 9.2.96, 147 Poems not on the Underground, 297.374 Newspaper-retriever on track, Kennington, 16.2.96, 162 Underneath the Underground, 500 Passenger between District cars, Victoria, 25.6.96, 401 Passenger between District cars, Barking. 15.8.96, 468 Books about the Underground. 22 People on tracks. 16.10.95, 15 BRIDGES Platform fall at Acton Town. 527 Bridge numbers allocated to Putney Bridge-Wimbledon branch. 116 Ruislip Manor, closing doors separated mother from child. 326 Cross-Thames, at Hungerford, 376 Safety precautions on Piccadilly train, 247.251,372 Crossings of A.406 (widening schemes), 86.103 St,Paul's, passenger sliding beside escalator, 27.8.96, 469 Delay in installing Railtrack bridge at Finsbury Park, 129 Youth riding bicycle down steps. Preston Road, 5.5.96 , 271 Metropolitan Line bridge numbers and name plates, 116,225 Acton Town station. 85.297,401,428 Putney Bridge repairs, 102.127.236,254,309,339.379.500,507 ACTON WORKS Replacing D84, near Ravenscourt Park, 313*.314*.321.326 Possible sale. 130 BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE Test rig for electric motors, 373 Biological/chemical defence squad, 329 Train modification unit. 370,374 Leaflet on changed telephone number, 366 Aldenham Works 170,246,253 Leaflet on Home Beat Officers for District (West), 63 White shirts, 402 556 557 B (continued) -C (continued)- Brixton station, 86,219,369 CRIME - ASSAULTS 505 Buckhurst Hill station, 129 Bottles thrown at track workers, 5.9.96, 101 Burnt Oak station, 65 Boys set dog on stn. assistant, Upminster Bridge, 447 BUSES Girl assaulted on Northern Line (south), 12.6.96, 372 Replacing trains, 70 Knife threat on ticket inspectors, 326 RM's future, 538 Metropolitan Police constable beaten at Moor Park, 300 Stationlink, 361 On South Kensington supen/isor, 373 Busking, 247,249,253,254,373,453 Piccadilly driver snot dead on doorstep, CRIME - CRIMINAL DAMAGE Brixton riot, 13.12.95, 90,145 401 Cable car proposal, Covent Garden-Soutfi Bank, 90,498 Football riots, 26.6.96, 145 Cairo Metro, 172 Man's attack on train. Tooting Bee, 13.12.95, 404 Camden Town station, 82 Plaistow station, 11.7.96, Canning Town station, 93,174,232,270,375 CRIME - FRAUD Car cards - International Wool Secretariat, 225,262,263,394 Altering ticket magnetic strips. 174 Car line diagrams, 100,507 Fare evasion, poster campaign, 122,519,538 CENTRAL LINE Knightsbridge ticket clerk, 18,86,373 Early moming steam services, Ongar-Epping-Liverpool St., 541 Queensway ticket clerk. 18 Epping-Ongar, 1962-stock train pusfied by battery locos. 506,532*,552* Resale of discarded Travelcards, 18,19,319,327,364,375,454,480,548 Epping-Ongar, last day of LT service, 110 CRIME - GENERAL Epping-Ongar, private operator, 125,171,249,296,307,375,376,448 Statistics, 1995, 338 Epping-Ongar, protest meeting at sale to private operator, 307 Statistics, argument, 221 Fault in new signalling rectified, 91 CRIME - GRAFFITI Faults on 'MV escalators, 17.7.96, 405 Defence - technological approach, 248,372 Leaflet 'A tsetter Central Line is taking shape", 63 District trains at Wimbledon, 18.8.96, 468 Passing trains give times for football match, 161 Vandals, Burnt Oak, 12.5.96, 271 Previous GWR ownership from Ealing to White City stn., 24,69 Vandals, Kilbum Park, 18.2.96, 148 Resignalling, Debden-Epping, 406 Vandals, Pimlico, 17.12.95, 145,172 Satisfactory operation depending on complete restgnalling, 137 CRIME - MISCELLANEOUS Severe delays in resignalling, 106 Hoax accident at Euston, 251 Western stations, poor condition of canopies and platforms, 501 Man in tunnel, Golders Green, 15.7.96, 405 Chalk Farm roundhouse for architectural drawings ?, 93 Man on track, Covent Garden, 17.1.96, 147,374 Chancery Lane station, 298 Man on track, Hatton Cross-T4, 339 Channel Tunnel link line, connections & repercussions, 222 Man with gun on Piccadilly train. 340 Chase, Robert, director of LRT, 247 Sit-down protest on track at Euston, 89 Chelsea-Hackney line, alternative routeings, 13,27,46 Youth with imitation gun, Kingsbury, 20.2.96, 149 CHILTERN LINE Youths 'surfing' on District train, 17.10.96, 548 Broken rail north of Amersham, 9.12.95, 105 CRIME - SEX Franchise awarded to M40 Trains Ltd.. 377 Women urged to report sex offences, and do so, 170,173,298 Leaf fall problems, 103 CRIME - TERRORISM Points raised during presentation, 136 South Quay bomb, 9.2.96, 142,143,171,173,197,237,326 Possible future service improvements, 26,27,381 CRIME-THEFT Tenders invited for Chiltern Railways, 130 Armed robbery at East Acton, 172 Chiswick Part< station, 146 Gun threat at Upton Pari^, 339 Chorieywood station, 326 Muggers jailed for 22 years. 528 CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR Pickpockets, court orders. 171,172 1995/6 services, 27,28,52,146 Pickpockets, women from Bosnia, 85 Boxing Day, Stratford opening, 1995, 27,28,88,136 Robbers on Bakerloo Line sentenced, 251 Christmas Day services, 15,17,121 Sentence on armed robber, 536 Civil Engineers, Institution, structures proposed for listing 449 CRIME - TRESPASS Clapham Common station, 216 55 Broadway, 7.8.96, 449 Clapham North station, 236 Cross-platform interchangeisigns of approaching trains, 134 Clapham South station, 106,236 CrosshartDour & London Arena station, 147 Cold weather, effects on services, 148 CROSSRAIL Commercial Advertising, 126 (see also 'car cards') City of London support. 18 Computer system for selecting priority in funding, 16 Complicates Railtrack privatisation, 85 CONTROL CENTRES Development costs, 380 Incident reporting, tenders invited for new system, 124 Hanover Square redevelopment, 19,103 Network. 55 Broadway, 89,131 Investigation by Railtrack, 91 Police. 55 Broadway, 91 Locomotive & inspection saloon at Chesham, 347* Covent Garden station, 11,90,92,501 Lodging of contracts postponed to March 1996, 16 Mayfair residents suggest alternatives. 83 558 559 C (continued) D (continued) CROSSRAIL (continued) DEPOTS (continued) Montague Committee, 20 White City, history, 207,329 Postponed indefinitely, 250,251 White City, report of LURS visit, 36,110 Reception at Tory conference; re-evaluation due soon, 14 Woodford sidings, history, 210 Small-scale alternatives ?, 138 Wood Lane, shown on maps, 462 Transfer to Railtrack, 224,372 Design in Transport, conference 10.7.96, 309 Croxley tip, freehold for sale, 169 Design, LUL colour standards manual, 527 Customer Charter and Performance Check , 123,172,219,366,368,505,526 DISABLED PEOPLE Audio tapes for visually impaired, 191 D - - Difficulties in using LU, 536 De-icing products (Cleanway 1 & 2), 173 DISTRICT LINE Debden station, 196 C stock trains at Upminster Bridge, 7.12.95, 105 DELAYS TO SERVICES & STATION CLOSURES Experimental electric operation, 1900, ticket, 491 Bakerloo Line, 148,232,233,270,340 Line stickers in car windows, 180 Central Line, 35,103,145,147,148,197,235,299,340,467,468,499,506 Olympia train at Barking, 278' Circle Line, 101,131,254,401,406,468 Train turned via High Street Kensington triangle, 34 District Line, 34,101,131,148,189,232,233,254,340,404,407,467,468 DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY Hammersmith & City Line, 101,131,145,196 Advertisements on sliding doors, 232 Jubilee Line 147 232 234 340 Car in new livery of self-adhesive film, 102,125,276* Metropolitan Line, 100,104,124,145,168,231,233,400i406!468i506 Christmas & New Year sen/ices, 1995/96, 54 Network-wide, 89,104,105.118,128,142,170,185,196,251,259,271,469 Docklander tickets, 28,369 Northern Line, 101,222,233,270,372,496 Gallions Reach bridge ?, 82 Piccadilly Line, 35,102,144,146,189,222,506 Island Gardens station to be tourist centre ?, 82 Victoria Line, 185,197,530 Lewisham extension, 20,139,174,369,375,496,500,529,548 Waterloo & City Line, 104,401 Lifts, warning of defective, 139 DEPOTS Lighting display. New Year 1996, 107,112*,131,185 Barking sidings, history, 282 Noise affecting local residents, 454 Cockfosters, history, 523 Performance, recent, 29 Ealing Common, history, 280 Privatisation (tenders for franchise), 16,20,92,130,138,168,298 Edgware Road sidings, history, 353 Re-opening to Island Gardens, and revised headways, 213 Edgware, history, 487 Sail and rai ticket, 375 Farringdon sidings, history, 354 Service improvements, December 1995 and January 1996, 36 Golders Green, history, 486 South Quay bomb , See CRIME - Terrorism Golders Green, refurbishment & transfer to GEC-Alsthom , 19,90,130 Stoppage from computer faulL 24.6.96, 328 HainaulL history, 209 Telephones on platforms, 28 Hammersmith, history, 352 Dollis Hill station, 33,236,366 High Barnet sidings, history, 488 Dwell times at stations, 72 Highgate, extension, 432 Highgate, history, 488 Lillie Bridge, 531* Eari's Court station, 400,499,533* London Road, history, 244 EarthworiEAST LONDON LINE Morden, history. 486 Article on current situation, 374 Morden. refurbishment & transfer to GEC-Aisthom, 19,90,130,432 Closure for engineering work, 8,26,45,55,354,526 Neasden, history, 420 Platform indicators contract, 371 Neasden, underground chamber found, 91,129 Proposed extensions, 216,226,250,372,526 Neasden, why through trains run empty, 177,260 Replacement bus sen/ices, 8,55,58*,59', 129,137,148,354,368,471 New Cross, history, 323 Thames TunneL 10,13,17,18,44,60,83,86,87,88,126,181,223, Northfields with District allocation, 2* 233,254,354.370,380,448,527 Northfields, history, 523 Use of 1983 stock ?, 135 Northumberland Park new train washer, 32 Easter sen/ices, 1996, 365 Parsons Green sidings, history, 282 Edgware Road (Circle) station, 353 Queen's Park, history, 245 Edgware station, 222,432 Rickmansworth sidings, history, 422 Elephant & Castle station, 216,325 Ruislip, history, 208 Embankment station, 184 South Harrow sidings, history, 524 ENGINEERING WORKS Stanmore sidings, history, 422 Advantage taken of strikes, 363 Stonebridge Park, history, 244 Bakerioo Line, 104,506 Triangle sidings, history. 281 Central Line, 32,41*,42*,62,133,147,218,467,508 Upminster, history. 281 Circle Line, 506 Uxbridge sidings, history. 422 District Line, 47,102,184,216,217,278',295,321.339,366, Wembley Park, history, 421,523 468,504,506.507,533 560 561 E (continued) H (continued) ENGINEERING WORKS (continued) Hamster loose at Croxley, 9.3.96, 197 Hammersmith & City line, 70 Harrow & Wealdstone station, 519 Jubilee Line, 145,246,337,366,445,471,507,525,549 Harrow-on-the-Hill station, 259,393 Metropolitan Line, 197,216,246,337,366,445,525 HEATHROW AIRPORT Northern Line, 62,103,104,173,197,233,272,370,372,407,450,504,506 Proposals for new rail links, 21,131,138,296,369,498 Piccadilly Line, 197,313*,314*,321,326,339,366 Terminal Five inquiry, 86 Replacement bus services, justified in Central London ?, 181 HEATHROW EXPRESS Waterloo & City Line, 45,210,366 BAA buys out BR's share, 381 Epping station, 78 Class 332 EMUs, description, 375 ESCALATORS Future complaints procedure, 25 Improved chains supplied by Lillie Bridge, 88 Mock-up of rolling stock unveiled , 299,373 Kentish Town, CNIM replaced , 338 Possible interim opening, 93,375 King's Cross, CNIM replaced, 15,27,28,327,338 Progress, 369,500 Leaflets on overhauls, 504 Progress at Heathrow Central station, 91 Metal fatigue in steps, 501 Tracklayinq, 174 Observance of 'Stand on right' instruction, 329 Tunnel collapse at Heathrow, 329,447 Old Street, repair of down machine, 325 Heathrow, Terminals 1,2,3., 330 Replacements at Bank & Victoria, 32,322,338 High Barnet station, 432 South Kensington, overhauled, 99 Highbury & Islington station, 104,499 Stationary, causing difficulties, 74,183 Highgate station, 145 Summary at 31.12.95, 194 HiTingdon station, 170,171,299,340,506,536 Sun/ey of those out of use, 130 Holborn (Kingsway) station, 270 Tal^en out of service and put in sen/ice, 1995, 195 Holborn Viaduct power station, 1882-86, 25 Tread materials, aluminium and synthetic rubber, 178 Homerton station, 46 Victoria, to replace fixed stainvay, 29 Hong Kong, 520 Etiquette, men surrendering seats to women, 168 Hot weather, 20.7.96, 405 Euston station, 501 I INTERNET FARES Jubilee Line extension opens Worid Wide Web site, 521 Child rate photocard, publicity, 525 LT launches World Wide Web site, 481 Higher than car costs, 497 Railway information, 77,390 January 1996 increases, 5,218 Isle of Wight railways, 223,254,299,377,499 January 1997 increases & reductions, 453,497,521,536 J London fares compared with cities abroad, 129,299 New booklet, 525 Johnston, Edward, 392.528 To be pegged at just over inflation rate, 296 JUBILEE LINE Farringdon station, 354,450 Maintenance contract with GEC-Alsthom, 372,373 Finchley Road station, 400 Suggested renaming, 460 FLOODING JUBILEE LINE STRATFORD EXTENSION Danger from rising London water table, 14 1. Green Part^-Westminster section, 170.223,299 Floodgates, 17 4. Southwark-London Bridge section, 377,452 London Bridge, 20.7.96, 405 6. Bermondsey-Canada Water section, 448 Query on suction pumps, 23 7. Canada Water-Canary Wharf section, 536 Stepney Green, 30.7.96, 407,467 Approved in principle by Railway Inspectorate, 449 Tooting Broadway, 24.7.96, 406 Archaeological finds, 19 Foster, Sir Norman & Partners, 105 Authorised because of political pressure, 13,530 G Bus service reductions, 538 Canada Water station, 444 Ghosts, Underground. 12 Canary Wharf station, 91.528 Glasgow Underground (Strathclyde), 88,174 Canning Town, See entry in main index Gloucester Road station, 329,360 CCTV equipment tested, 327 Golders Green station . 327 Charing Cross, future use ?, 396,452 Green Pari^ station, 132 Civil engineers as station site managers, 297 Continued commitment for private enterprise contribution, 92 H Customer announcements contract, 90 Hainault station, 297 Depot, Stratford Market, 19.90 HAMMERSMITH & CITY LINE Extra cost, claim on Government, 17,88,535,536 Final under-river tunnel completed, 130,174 Train diverted to run Upminster-Wimbledon, 78 Green Park station. 375,471,548 Hammersmith station (District & Piccadilly), 132,183,417* London Bridge stn, 18,19,84,103,315,381 (See entry in main index) Hammersmith. Centre West office block 127 Meeting of construction staff to improve co-ordination, 84,170 Hampton Court, 'fast route by District Line & bus'. 400 562 563 -J (continued)- L (continued) JUBILEE LINE STRATFORD EXTENSION (continued) LONDON TRANSPORT (continued) Metal from tianded-in knives, 129 Bus subsidiaries sale commended, 90 North Greenwich station, 105,129,298,378 Government grant for 1996/97, 46 Platform-edge doors, why not at surface stations ?, 460 Pass agents, summary of work, 29 Property prices rise, 450 Planning for next 25 years, 4,21,83,84,249 Review of progress at November 1995, 83 Report on impact of new rail schemes, 484 Review of progress at December 1995, 88,237 Telephone Enquiry Service, 361,375 Review of progress at March 1996, 174 LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM Slippage on time-scale and budget, 171,174 Educational programmes, 485 Southwark station, 93 Friends - further corporate members, 104 Steven Norris claims credit, 374 Investors in People accreditation, 485 Stratford station, 20,25,129,250,372,374,499,500,527 Library opening hours, 456 Supplement to New Civil Engineer, and general progress, 499 Paranoia of a London Attache Case exhibition, 484,499 Track-laying, 129,171,174,371,381 Shop sales booming, 129,223 University study of effects and benefits, 483 LONDON UNDERGROUND Visitors' centre at Marsh Wall, 375 Accessibility leaflet, 366 Waterloo station, 17,84,91 Accessibility Study, 140 Westminster station, 47,84,91,129,171,254,506,533 Advertising campaign aimed at young people, 100 Cheap Penguin books for Gold Card holders, 107 K Civil engineering maintenance backlog, 87,298,497,501,529,536 Kensington (Olympia) station , 69 Claim against Railtrack for North Woolwich closure, 537 Kentish Town station, 338 Cleaning contracts, 20 Kilburn station, 128,172 CONNECT communications systems, 362,522 King's Cross stn, 15,27,28,100,136,299,327,336,338,369,489,496,509,542 Emergency response unit, former manager honoured, 266 Kingsway telephone exchange, 99 Free advertising for London Marriage Guidance, 528 Functions examined for transfer to private companies, 222,234,298 Government grant for 1995/96, 87 Ladbroke Grove station, 501 Higher profits, passengers in 1996/7 , 249 LECTURE REVIEW Internet references, 265 Charles Tyson Yerkes, founder of the Underground, 12 Make-or-buy and Private Finance Initiative, 90,298,362 Legoland tube train, 92 Missing safety data, 87 Leicester Square station, 453 Offices, Ashfield House, 19,370,374 Leyton station, 42*,350* Performance review, 1994/95., 29 Leytonstone station, 540,551* Performance review, 1995, 172 LIFTS Prime Minister compares it with European systems, 92 Summary at 31.12.95, 195 Privatisation ?, 85,169,377,381,535 LIGHT RAIL Railtex, Wembley exhibit, 106 Croydon Tramlink, 20,27,128,224,269,297,362,373,374,379,528 Survey of book readers, 300 Oxford Street minitrams investigation, 91 TUBE name applied to whole system, 165,259 Parry People Mover at Barking, 531* Lord Mayor's Show, 1996, 519 Liverpool Street station, 63,129,203*,220 Loughton station, 210,455 London Bridge station, 16,19,26,69,437 M London First group, 16,17,528 London in the 21st Century, debates , 88 MAGAZINE REVIEW LONDON REGIONAL PASSENGERS' COMMITTEE Arrival, 395 New chairman. Sir Alan Greengross, 373,448 Back Track, April-June 1996, 301 Notes from Minutes, July-September 1995. 25 In and around Covent Garden, 11 Notes from Minutes, September-December 1995, 13 Rassegna, No.66, 456 Notes from Minutes, January-April 1996, 368 The London Railway Record, January 1996, 82 Penalty fares, 25 Manor House station, 337 London Regional Transport, bill to subcontract activities, 371 MAP REVIEW LONDON TlLBURY & SOUTHEND LINE Berlin track maps, (Quail), 544 Alleged fraud with Travelcard sales, 169,170,172,173,174,249 London Transport Railway track map (Quail), 61 Contractor sought for ticket inspection, 376 Map with station names replaced by those of famous people, 374 Franchise awarded to Prism Rail, 297,373 MAPS LONDON TRANSPORT Beck 1933 448,498 Annual business plan 1996/7, 213,371 Beck, treatment of lines, Euston-Camden Town, 175,258,259.332!397 Annual Lecture - tourism, 7 London Connections, 218 Annual Lecture, 1996, 520 London Tube, sponsored by Freepages, 361,397 Annual Report, to 31.3.96. 324,374,381 Need to show lines under construction ?, 396 Bus priority proposals in outer London. 459 564 565 M (continued) -N (contlnued)- MAPS, POCKET, FOLDING North Pole Road station, 89 Changes needed to make them genuine "tube", 76,185 NORTHERN LINE November 1995, 62,100,177 Alsatian dog in tunnels, 31.8 and 1.9.96, 469,497 April 1996, 365 Closure of Charing Cross branch. See - Tunnels under Thames July 1996, 503 Closure of southbound City branch, risk of flooding, 16,17,19,20,25, MAPS POSTER 46,83,87,135,391,437,483,504 October 1995, 100 Crime blitz by police at Northern end, 450 July 1996, 503 Dog on line near Highgate, 296 Maps, Underground, as in 2010, 51 Effect of modemisation project on accessibility. 140 Maps. Underground, available on Psion computer, 173 Island platform stations in tunnel. 540 Marylebone station, 271,504 Line closures forcing commuters to move house, 126 METROPOLITAN LINE Modernisation scheme, general, 87 All-stations train routed via No.1 platform, Wembley Park, 35 Rolling stock maintenance taken over by GEC-Alsthom, 36,90,373 Bridge numbers and name plates, 116,225 Sidings, additional. 91 Croxley rail link, 18,27,137,172,178,224,257,300 Station improvements, 431,501,507 Incorrect door operation during journey, 527 Station name sign replacements, southern end. 539 Leaf fall season, autumn 1996, 525 Train describers, faulty, 79 Mystery station in photograph, 255,393 Uncompleted northern extensions, recent changes, 393 Re-absorbs Circle & Hammersmith & City lines, 91 Used for physical workouts, 376 Set numbers, allocation, 302 Northfields station, 2*, 11,40*, 176 Steam on the Met.96, 42*, 107,238,242*,277*,348',505,552* Northwood station, 169 Mile End station, 78,134 Netting Hill Carnival, 1996, 526 Millennium site development (North Greenwich), 169,496 Netting Hill Gate station, 95 Mobile telephone used by passenger in stabled train, 102 O MODELLING Buildyourself an A60/A62, 341,463 OBITUARIES London Tube Train model, 446,475* Ellen, Eric, 372 Metropolitan 'A' class steam loco., IKB, 342 Robinson, Sir Kenneth, 171,370 New station signs, 412,502 Offices, Acton Town, demolition of old signal department, 32 Transfers, & other developments, 464 Old Street station, 325,504 Moor Park station, 169 Old Street tunnel relining project, 86,316 Moorgate station, 537 Ongar Railway Preservation Society, 46 Morden station, 501 OPEN DAYS Mornington Crescent station, 25,258,259,484,501,529 London Open House, 15.9.96, 520 Moscow Metro, 221,235,325,448 Rickmansworth, Spring Bank Holiday, 1996 277* Stanmore, 10.9.95, 62 N Stanmore, 18.8.96, 414,415*,416*,451,468 New York subway, 84,253,377 Operating, train numbering, 179,302,395 Newbury Park station, 91,236,297 Oxford Circus station. 370 NORTH LONDON RAILWAYS Clapham Junction-Willesden Junction. EMUs to replace DMUs, 375 Croxley Green branch closure, 138,224,249,366,369 Paddington station , 500 Euston-Watford, class 508 ?, 93 PARIS METRO General complaint on Watford-Euston line, 300 All-night tour on 5/6 October 1996, 495 General train running problems, 13.2.96, 148 Bomb on RER train near Saint Michel, 16,82 Half-hourly ac trains, Watford-Euston, 224,249,251,368 Bomb outside Maison Blanche, 14 Klngsland viaduct renovation scheme, 328,373 Comparisons with London, 190,253 Leaflets in 'Towards Tomorrow' series, 218 Measures against smokers. 327 Massive delays at Euston, 224 Opening of extended Line D, 21 North London line, overhead elec. + Hampstead tunnel, 21,88,90,93,174 Proposed developments, 93 Points raised during presentation, 138 Strikes, 90 Power failure between Watford & Harrow, 84 Park Royal station. 340 Richmond-North Woolwich, changes between DC & AC, 81 Parsons Green station. 282 Service resumed, Stratford-North Woolwich, 93,138 Party political conferences, LT representation. 498 Stray dog causes delays, 529 Penalty fares for ticketless travel. 20,138,368,379,452,497,525 Timetable & booklet, June 1996, 367,369 Performance Check, See "Customer Charter' Timetable leaflet, October 1995, 69 Piccadilly Circus station, 146,199,501 Tufnell Park, proposed station, 527 PICCADILLY LINE Use of tripcocks on class 319 stock, 135 Acton Town train crew reporting centre, 85,297,401,428 Willesden Junction-Richmond, temporary use of DMUs, 382,475* Acton Town-Rayners Lane, loading gauge, 502 Withdrawal of buses, Stratford-North Woolwich, 28 Aldwych branch opportunities. 183,187 566 567 -P (continued)- -R (continued)- PICCADILLY LINE (continued) Rickmansworth station, 400,422 Automatic public address at central stations, 429,471 ROLLING STOCK Future traffic demands and sen/ices, 22,24,381 All-over advertising, future of, 370 Heathrow terminal 5, prospects for spur line, 498,500 Cabs, comfortable, 539 Heathrow, race with car, bus, motorcycle, 252 Correct side door enable, 404 Heathrow, why was District not extended ?, 332,460,461,463,538 Destination blinds, boards and LCDs, 76,132,147,303,331 History of Uxbridge/Ruislip/Rayners Lane sen/ice 1959/95, 94,429 Driverless trains, 172,527 Need for major works at Heathrow, Oakwood, 392 Forced-ventilation devices, 64 New history needed ?, 66 Generic bogie by ABB, 88 Rayners Lane branch, engineering work on several stations, 391 Jerking on starting, 65,182,185,257,293 Rayners Lane branch, once had heavier traffic, 391 Low-smoke insulation, 67 Rayners Lane service. 80,93,133 Maintenance - Jubilee Line, contract with GEC-Alsthom, 217,372,373 Service at Cockfosters end too heavy ?, 132 Maintenance - Northem Line, contract with GEC-Atsthom, 373 Slough extension. 396 Maintenance - suspension of "make or buy" policy ? , 14 West Kensington reversers. 477* Out of sen/ice at 31.10.95, 96 Pigeons on the Underground, 13.173 Railtrack numbering, 399 Pimlico station, 66 Sounds made by Underground trains, 25,69,81,183,299,392 Plaques, commemorative. 370 Tests of Westinghouse brake, 81 Poems on the Underground, 34,146,297,365,547 Ventilation, 451,453 Police Box for Earl's Court, 246,275* ROLLING STOCK - CHANGES AND MOVEMENTS Post Office tube railway, 99,372 Members' need for, 393 POSTERS September 1995, 29 London architecture, new poster, 363 October 1995, 95 Sale of 1933, "For the Zoo', 86 November & December 1995, 140 Service Interruptiuons, new, 107 January 1996, 192 Sudbury Town, 1930s-vintage found, 375 February 1996, 228 Zoo, LT fyluseum exhibition, 89,105 March & April 1996 , 304 POWER FAILURES & INTERRUPTIONS May & June 1996, 334 Covent Garden lifts, 24.10.95, 101 July 1996, 398 Earl's Court, 11.10.95, 32 August 1996, 466 Fused cable on Olympia branch, 6.4.96, 234,250,370,453 September & October 1996, 545 Local failure at Earl's Court station, 13.4.96., 235 ROLLING STOCK - LOCOMOTIVES Local failure, Putney Bridge, 20.7.96, 405 Battery loco, cut up (W.& C), 32 Power failure, Camden Town station, 21.12.95, 145 Hunslet steam tank engine, ex-MDR. 511* POWER SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION Last steam in LT fleet, 25 years ago, 372 Elephant & Castle substation, 216 Pannier Tank L.97, 1* Scheme to charge according to distance from power station, 85 Sentinel diesel shunters, nameplates, 375 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT ROLLING STOCK - SERVICE Finchley Road scheme, 298 Bogie well wagons for Jubilee Line extension, 276* Moorgate scheme, 537 Diesel locos, for Jubilee Line extension, 166*, 174,223,371 White City scheme. 223,250 Ex-BR 'Turbot' wagons and L.24, 313*,476* Proposed immersed tube tunnel, Embankment-South Bank , 87,125 Mysterious tram-like wagon, 1904, 98,99 Public Timetable Leaflets and Cards, 62,219,504,525 Plot Unit (ex.1962), 340,415' PUBLICITY LEAFLETS Rail Adhesion Car, 534* Recent issues. 62,217,365,503,525 Tamping machine by contractor, Railbouw, 474* Travelling in London, 526 Track recording train, repaint and ATP, 232,242* Pudding Mill Lane station, 108,111*,112*,147,181,185 Weed-killing train, 278*,348* Putney Bridge station. 465 ROLLING STOCK - SURFACE (Modem Types) A stock, 47,88,171,179,184,187,264,277*,394,471,551 C stock, 65,185,204',257,293,348*,534' Queensbury station, 232,234,236 D stock, 91,100,180 Queensway station, 107,137,195 Standard design for all lines ?, 92 Quiz, Underground, 73,189,255 ROLLING STOCK - SURFACE (Older Types) Ashbury, 71,179 Dreadnought, 253,357 RAILTRACK R stock, r,511* Penalty payments to & from train operators, 89 ROLLING STOCK - TUBE Ravenscourt Park station , 313*.314*.321,326,501 1906, 302 Rayners Lane station. 35,80,94,144,145,197,502,542,552* 1923, 302 Remembrance Sunday parade, 35 1927, 301,302,512* Richmond station, 93 1956, 264 568 569 R (continued) S (continued) ROLLING STOCK - TUBE (continued) St. James's Park station, 235 1959, 82,339,478* St. John's Wood station, 232 1960, 416*,514* St. Paul's station, 17,89,126,130,169,170 1962, 46,77,86,88,90,97,103,182,183,187,236,339,532* STAFF 1967, 147 Closures for staff lunch breaks, 377 1972, 93,514*,531* Difficulties when terminating at Ruislip, 27 1973, 99,147,184,247,309,372,374,548 Drake & Scull/Pirelli disparities, 528,537 1983, 22,93,135,396 GEC-Alsthom, no wage increases for over-50s, 527 1986, 349* Improvement in attitudes since 1970s, 23 1992, 24,36,64,67,70,76,106,132,139,196,197, LT 'Health at Work' programme, 549 275*,299,303,304,368, 400,551* LUL train operators compared with other workers, 14,15 1995 (Northern replacement), 84,89,93,136,223,376,451,513*,549 Need for closer management/staff relationships, 537 1996 (Jubilee Line extn.), 93,131,174,217,241*,311*,312*,376,415*,462 New staff magazine ('On the Move') 86,90,129,370 Rotherhithe station, 15 No alcohol in LUL Press Office, 126 Ruislip station, 27,80 Punctual departures from termini, 24 Redesigned uniforms, 86 -- S Sick driver allegedly playing in band, 128 Santiago metro, 14 Sports clubs transferred to Hawkesbrook Leisure, 374 Severe winter weather, night of 5/6 February 1996, 170,196 Ticket inspectors in plain clothes, 85 Shadwell station, 168 Training Centre moved to Ashfieid House, 370,374 SIGNALLING Training in using public address, 19 Automatic Train Operation, 1963, 517 Woman driver's sex discrimination claim, 86 Central Line, fault in new signalling rectified, 91 Stagecoach, brief history, 92 Central Line, severe delays in resignalling, 106 Stanmore station, 422 Northern Line, poor state of signalling, 501 STATIONS Signal department Christmas card 1963, 517 Car Park, Chorieywood, 326 Speed control, 267 Car Parks, 169 Signs, illuminated, to hold for connections, 78 Clocks, 452 Signs, station name at Putney Bridge, 465 Disused, 326 Sloane Square station, 17,137,508 Doormats at road entrances, 232 SOCIETY ACTIVITIES Gardens competition, 363,458 Accounts for 1995, 342,344 Gateway information signs, 105 Advertising in Underground News, 198,238,264 Indicators, curious displays at Hammersmith, 183 Annual General Meeting, 1996, 152,343 Indicators, dot matrix not used for eng.wks.information, 226,260,397 Apology for late change of subject of July meeting, 310 Indicators, mysterious '1' at Notting Flill Gate, 94,179 Baden-Powell House meeting, July 1996, external noise, 315 Indicators, Northern Line, misleading displays 79 Baden-Powell House meetings, acknowledgement to writers-up, 23 Indicators, Northern Line, showing opposite direction, 95,176,232,294 Binders, 1995, 157,238 Indicators, three-colour on Central Line, 134,179 Committee and officers, list, 153 Indicators, variations in measuring minutes, 85 Committee Report for 1995, 149 Line diagrams, 72 Confusion with LUL, 80 Litter bins not restored, 91 Development since 1961, 516 Name signs. Northern Line, 539 Distribution of 'Piccadilly Progress', June 1996, 243 Names & renaming, 172,224,298,331,450,460 France & Belgium, proposed visit, 1996, 39 Prefabricated; for overnight installation, 297 Kim Rennie resigns from Committee, Gerry Zierler co-opted, 471 Public address, 499 LURS not mentioned in front of UN, 182 Reluctance of passengers to pass along platform, 67 Meetings, need for volunteers to write reports, 472 Revised notices of engineering works, 28 Postal auction, 108,272 Safety deficiencies alleged, 15 Reporting delays in UN, 186 Short-time closures from 30.6.96, 450,452 Rules, 158 Toilets, 28 Underground News, back numbers for sale, 472 Unusual aspects of indicator displays, 132 Underground News, coloured covers, 516 Vending machines, instructions how to use, 450 Underground News, contributions by E-Mail, 389 With changed names, 157 Underground News, format of contributions, 273 Stockholm, 397 Underground News, reference in Evening Standard, 379 Stratford station, 27,136,172,218,222,470 South Ealing station, 1*,2*,11,35,176 STRIKES South Harrow station, 524 Government action against ?, 447,498,527,535 South Kensington station, 99 LUL, ASLEF. 14,128,250,297,299,300,325,327,328,329,361,363,364, SPECIAL TRAINS 376,377,378,379,380,381,402,403,405,406,417',418*,436,447,448,449 Metroliner rail tour (D78), 21.9.1980., 40* LUL, RMT, 13,16,17,18,21,83,84,86,92,128,250,297,327,328,378,379,380, MetroRanger rail tour, 10 & 17.3.96, 160,165' 381,405,406,417*,418*,436,447,448,449,450,451,452,453,526,450/1/3,526 Silver Ribbon Tour, 1983 stock, 1.12.96, 506 Sudbury Town station, 375 570 571 T (continued)- THAMESLINK Piccadilly, 22.7.96, 428 Class 319 in new livery at Farringdon, 204* Piccadilly, WTT No.31, 29.9.96, 428.429,433,506,540 Offered for sale, 254 Piccadilly, eariy morning to Heathrow, 23,75,226 Staff and rolling stock shortages, 26 Train numbers in working timetables, 64,65 Sutton-Wimbledon service split in evenings, 369 Underground services in 1966, 491 Thameslink 2000 approved, 173,174,371,379 Various theoretical TPH quoted in 1935/40 period, 24 TICKET CHECKING Victoria, WTT No.24, 27.3.95, 292 'Blitz' at Bank, Central, 7.5.96, & other Central Line stns., 320 Victoria, Vm No.25, 24.9.95, 293 'Blitz' at Green Park, 102 Victoria, proposed for July 1996, 267,341 'Blitz' at Walthamstow Central, 33 Victoria, WTT No.26, 29.9.96, 428,432 'Blitz' on Jubilee Line (north), September 1996, 471 Waterioo & City, Vm. No.2, 15.4.96, 211 'Blitz' on Metropolitan Line, 371 Tokyo, lethal nerve gas in underground railway, 13,253,496,499 'Blitz' on Northern Line (south), 10.4.96 , 269 Tombstone found at Upton Park, 86 To be more intensive (3/1996), 222 Tooting Bee station, 106 Ticket machines - accepting or refusing £20 notes, 137,451 Tooting Broadway station, 106 TICKETS Toronto Underground, 121,256 Advance purchase in Earl's Court group, 219,360,367 Tottenham Court Road station, 95,232 Camets, 5,172,219,223,275*,369,371,522,526 Tottenham Hale station, 248 EPOS machines for PASS agents, 375 Tourism, 7 Family (one-day travelcard), 5,172,215,367,371,526,547 Tower Gateway station, 168 Harrow Smartcards, end, 28 Tower Hill station, 224 New printers with computer links, 327 Tower of London moat, 452 Northfields and South Ealing before 1911, 175 TRACK Pre-excessing, LRPC objections, 26,136 Engineers' train turning at High Street Kensington, 532* Prestige ticket system, 234,319,326,480,529 Flat-bottomed in tubes, 462,539 Telesales, 526 Lillie Bridge wori^shops Customer Day, 373 Travelcards on sale in India, 233 Metropolitan & Jubilee lines, less frequent inspections, 86 Travelcards, child, available to end of term, 459 Noises, 74,75 Travelcards, concessions for used cards handed in, 122,371,374,390 Poor condition over much of network, 501 Weekend (Two-day Travelcard), 5,172,215,367,371 Renewal procedure, 85 TIMETABLES AND TRAIN SERVICES Transplant staff train, during strikes, 418* Bakerloo attempt at 40 trains in an hour, 24.4.51, 221,228 TRAFFIC Bakerloo, WTT No. 16, 28.5.95, 283 Football, cup final, 11.5.96 & England-Scotland, 271,300 Bakerloo, WTT No. 17, 24.9.95, 285 Football, Euro-96 matches at Wembley, 374 Bakerloo, WTT No. 18, 2.6.96, 266,286 Morning peak, increase in 1994, 20 Bakerloo, WU N0.I8A, 29.9.96, 428,433 Morning peak, increase in 1995, 537 Bakerloo, WTT No. 19, 10.11.96, 518 Northern Line, overcrowding from Gay Pride march, 402 Central, VfH No. 55, 11.6.95, 288 Underground, downward trend stopped in 1995, 138 Circle & Hammersmith, WTT N0.6, 28.5.95 , 423 TRAIN CREW REPORTING CENTRES Circle & Hammersmith, WTT No.7, 24.9.95, 26,424 General reduction and rearrangement, all lines, 431,540 Circle & Hammersmith, WTT N0.8, 2.6.96, 424 Piccadilly, Acton Town, 85,297.401,428 Circle & Hammersmith, WTT No.9, 29.9.96, 428,436 Piccadilly, Arnos Grove, 429 Circle Line, headway causing delays on Met. & District, 176 Transport Strategy for London, 254,296 District, WTT No. 120, 28.5.96, 425 Trave permits for elderiy & disabled passengers, 139 District, WU No. 121, 24.9.95, 425 Traveller Vulgaris, further bad habits, 180,390 District, WU No. 122, 2.6.95, 426 TUNNELLING District, WU No. 123, 29.9.96, 428,435 Compressed air, new study, 528 Forty-four trains per hour, 71,74,75,76,188.189,221,227,295 Discussion of NATM, 326,329 Jubilee, WTT No. 14, 28.5.95, 287 Life of a tunnel miner, 450 Jubilee, WTT No. 15, 2.6.96, 267,288 TUNNELS UNDER THAMES, CLOSURES FOR REINFORCEMENT Jubilee, WTT No. 16, 4.11.96, 438 Bakerloo Line, 45,125,126,129,483,497,535 Metropolitan Line, 'built-in' delays at Baker St., 68,78,176,294 General, reasons why wori< is necessary, 127,130 Metropolitan, WTT No.301, 28.5.95. 426 Northem Line (via Charing Cross), 44,125,126,216,272,316,327,369,497 Metropolitan, WTT No.302, 24.9.95, 426 Turnham Green station, 433,506 Metropolitan, WTT No.303, 2.6.96 , 267,428 Turnpike Lane station, 195,369 Metropolitan, WTT No.304, 29.9.96, 433 Tyne & Wear Metro. 20 Northern, Vm No. 44, 26.3.95, 428 U Northern Line, temporary, July-October 1996, WTT No.45, 316,428 Northern. WTT No. 46, 20.10.96, 437 U.l.T.P. Congress & Exhibition, London, 2001, 106 Piccadilly, WTT No.29, 28.5.95, 290 UNDERGROUND TICKETING SYSTEM Piccadilly, Vm No.30, 24.9.95, 290 Extra stations with gates, 32,104,196,337,406,467 Upminster Bridge station, 101 572 573 V CREDITED ARTICLES - 1996 VE Day celebrations, 39 Issue Page Title Author VICTORIA LINE Popular with estate agents, 250 Victoria station, 29,32,67,130,136,138,169,180,322,338,366,374,504 VIDEO REVIEW 409 11 Strange story of Northfields (WA) corrections Desmond Croome Bakerioo train maintenance, 370 409 36 Society Visit to White City depot, 19.10.95. Roger Cline Duplicate videos (renamings), 124 410 47 Dtst.Line Eng.Worths, OcL-Nov. 1995 Paul Creswell Epping-Ongar line, 173 London's Lost Stations, 123 410 51 Mapping the Future (Railtex "95) Desmond Croome Vintage Carriages Trust, Lottery fund award, 357 410 55 East London Line closure, Update No. 5 John Thomason W 410 62 Publicity Matters Trevor Baker 411 116 Metropolitan bridge no. & name plates I.K.Taylor Walthamstow Central station, 467 411 118 Could things have been worse Paul Creswell Washington Metro, 331 411 121 Toronto Underground accident, 9.8.95 J.Graeme Bruce WATERLOO & CITY LINE Card set numbers on trains, 100 413 207 Depots line by line. 1. The Central Line Brian Hardy Closure over 1996 Easter period, 45,210,366 413 221 How many trains per hour did you say? Alan A. Jackson Extension to Liverpool Street ?, 79 414 244 Depots line by line. 2. The Bakerioo Line Brian Hardy New Wori^ing TT (No.2), 211 414 265 London Und. Internet references Tony Ellis Watford High Street station, 251 414 267 Speed Control Signalling Piers Connor Wembley Central station, 381 Wembley Park station, 4,19,20,83,218,372 415 280 Depots line by line. 3. The District Line Brian Hardy Wembley Stadium, bid for National Sports Stadium, 4,19 416 321 Engineering work on Dist.& Pice, 25-28.5.96. David Rowe West Acton station, 236 416 323 Depots line by line. 4. The East London Line Brian Hardy West Anglian & Great Northern line, alleged fraud, 170,172,174 416 341 Build yourself an A.60/A.62 N.C.Friswell West Ham station, 26,309,373 417 352 Depots line by line. 5. Circle & Hammersmith Brian Hardy West Kensington station, 533* 417 Johm Thmoason West London line, proposed extra stations, 131,137 354 East London Line closure. Update No. 6 Willesden Green station, 418* 417 365 Publicity Matters Trevor Baker Wimbledon Pari< station, 33 417 384 A trip to Beriin Bob Hammond Wimbledon station, 140 418 420 Depots line by line. 6. Metropolitan & Jubilee Brian Hardy Wimpey brochure, 1938, 231 418 438 The 1996 Underground dispute Kim Rennie Wood Green station, 131 418 454 The DLR and the local community G.D.Towner Woodford station, 210,392 Woodside Park station, 505 419 486 Depots line by line. 7. The Northern Line Brian Hardy Wool advertisements. See 'Car cards' 419 489 Thoughts on King's Cross Metropolitan station Hedley Clarice WORLD WAR II 419 491 A glance back thirty years Peter Maynard Fortifications, 23,72 419 503 Publicity Matters Trevor Baker Incidents detailed in 'Rails through the Clay', 128 420 523 Depots line by tine. 8. Piccadilly Line Brian Hardy Rail-mounted anti-aircraft guns, 190

Compiled by Desmond Croome 27.1.97 ISSUE NUMBERS, PAGES, DATES, NEWSFLASHES ETC. 1996

Issue Date Pages Newsflashes From the Points of Tail No. 1996 Papers Letters Interest Pieces

SOCIETY VISITS 1996 409 January 1-40 1/96-25/96 13 22 _ 410 February 41-112 26/96-82/96 82 63 93 110 Date (1996) Venue 411 March 113-164 83/96-119/96 124 131 135 161 23 January White City depot 412 April 165-204 120/96-134/96 168 175 191 - 27 November Adtranz, Derby ( A stock refuriDishment) 413 May 205-240 135/96-164/96 221 225 231 - 414 June 241-276 165/96-181/96 249 255 264 - 415 July 277-312 - 296 - 293 - LIBRARY EVENING 1996 416 August 313-348 182/96-212/96 325 329 - - 417 September 349-416 213/96-249/96 370 389 - - Held at 62 Beauval Road, Dulwich, London, SE22 8UQ, on Saturday 13 January 418 October 417-476 250/96-275/96 447 460 - - 419 November 477-512 276/96-290/96 496 502 - 510 420 December 513-552 291/96-303/96 526 538 523 - 574 SOCIETY DIARY - LIST OF MEETINGS AND REVIEWS As Underground News for 1995 included only one report of a meeting later than July 1995, the meeting titles from July 1995 are listed here, with the page number on which the review may be found in UN 1995 or UN 1996.

Date Title Speaker Page 1995

14 July LUL Earth Structures Brian McGinnity 154/96 11 August DLR SELTRAC to Lewisham Alan Pearce 380/95 8 September An Underground Slide Show Fred Ivey 13 October The Future of Railway Heritage Andrew Scott (Presidential Address) 10 November LUL Bridges Graham Bessant 8 December How Piccadilly Circus stn.was built Paul Hadley 199/96

1996

12 January LUL's Network Control Centre John Greenaway 9 February Review of the Underground in 1995 Fred Ivey 235/96 8 March Bluebell Rly's Met.Coaches M. Lock & B.Coward 16 March Big Screen Video afternoon 29 March Annual General Meeting 343/96 12 April Lighting Dave Burton 10 May The L.U.L.Track Replacement Project Ray Pocock 14 June 1973 Tube Stock refurbishment Dave Morphew 12 July Berlin S-Bahn and U-Bahn Brian Hardy 407/96 9 August Customer Information Systems Mike Stallard 13 September 1995 & 1996 tube stocks P.Shrapnell & J.Hooke 11 October Mr.Beck's Underground Map Ken Garland 26 October Herbert Walker's North Western RIy (Prigmore Memorial) Peter Bishop, John Gillham, Peter Lindop 8 November Old St.tunnel lining replacement Nick Burgess 13 December LT Museum 'O' stock model S Hine & M Weedon

' A review of this lecture appeared in the Electirc Railway Society's Journal No. 247 (Jan/Feb 1997), page 3.

PAST-PRESIDENTS 1966-67 Alan A. Jackson 1967-68 H.V.Borley 1968-69 Desmond F. Croome 1969-70 C.R.L.Coles 1970-71 Norman E.W,Fuller 1971-72 Charles E.Lee 1972-73 Joe S. Brook Smith 1973-74 Charles F. Klapper 1974-75 Harry Paar 1975-76 Sir John Betjeman 1976-77 John R. Day 1977-78 J. Graeme Bruce 1978-79 Eddie A. Allchin 1979-80 Gordon H. Hafter 1980-81 Peter R. Davis 1981-82 Dennis F. Edwards 1982-83 Dr. Tony M. Ridley 1983-84 B. John Prigmore 1984-85 Alan J. Barter 1985-86 Peter D. Stephens 1986-87 Bill Clarke 1987-88 Michael A. Fopp 1988-89 Piers R. Connor 1989-90 W. JackWyse 1990-91 Oliver Green 1991-92 NickAgnew 1992-93 Bob Bayman 1993-94 Brian Hardy 1994-95 Roger Paddison 1995-96 Andrew Scott