UNDERGROUND NEWS

ISSN 0306-8617

INDEX 1991 Issues 349-360

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SOCIETY 2 3

INDEX TO 1991 ISSUES OF DHDERGRODUD HEWS B - Continued Note: Page entries with * are photographs BOOK AND OTHER REVIEWS AND NOTICES - Continued London Plan Bartholomew (tube alignments) 22 London Railway map (Quail) 113 London Transport Railway Track Map (Quail) 148 A SELECTION OF SNIPPETS FROM 1961 385 Rolling Stock, 1990 edition 112,221 ACCIDENTS MAGAZINE REVIEWS COLLISIONS LT News, by Citigate Publishing 208 Barge with Putney Bridge, 5.7.91 260,295 Modern Tramway, October 1991 417 , 22.4.91 162,184,228 Railways South East, Vol.3, No.l 420 Lorry, A40 road bridge, Hillingdon, 21.3.91 161 Metroland (fiction, 1980) 211 See also Rolling Stock Out of Service Moving Millions, pictorial history of LT 149 Wagon & Tamping Machine, Chorleywood 44 Network SouthEast Handbook 47,83 DERAILMENTS One Hundred Poems on the Underground 228,344,436 Hainault depot, 24.12.90 121 Paris railway Maps (Quail) 114 FIRES Police Forces of Great Britain & Ireland 419 Central Line train, 19.2.91 108,334 Rail Portfolio No.16 - LT Railways 331 Central Line, Bank, 13.8.91 334 Railway Surveyors (references to London Underground) 245 Disused BR signalbox, East 119 Signal Box Directory 1987 415 KING'S CROSS, 1987 Story of Metro, Washington DC 23 Plaque 437 Television Review, Poetry in Motion, early electric 228 Psychological injuries 107 The Forgotten Stations of 415 OTHER The Signalbox, pictorial history & guide/designs 46 Detrainment over live rails. Central Line 423 Thomas Edmondson and his tickets 416 Train moving, push chair in doors 420 Tile pattern postcard, Oxford Circus 47 OVER-RUNS, Northfields & derailment, 12.12.90 65 Underground (novel) 417 PERSONAL, Ruislip depot, electrocution 423 Underground Art, LT posters 46 Acton Works, history. Book Review 331 Underground Train Overhaul (Acton Works) 331 Advertisements in Underground News 114,158,179,221,259,261,309 VIDEO REVIEWS Advertising Agencies, working for LUL Around the Underground 332 travel by tube 1^4 Electric Trains to Manchester 248 ALLEN, R.Y. 78 Walks in Wembley, 1924 436 ARNOLD, G.H. 151 Wellington College history, 1859-1959 437 AYLARD, J. 246 BRADFORD, R. 412 Bridge, D.20 rolled in 13.1.90, 178 & PREDECESSORS B CHILTERN LINE First Turbo DMU and order 189,226 BADMAN, V. 334 Locomotive-hauled DMUs on the 119 BAKER, T.R. 246 New trains and signalling 21 New mileposts, -Quainton Road 409 Powers for original BS&WR 426 Proposed extension to Dartford, 1937 22 Benefits for Ilford 45 BANCROFT, P. 80,103,170,297 Effect on Mayfair (Bond Street) 421 BOOK AND OTHER REVIEWS AND NOTICES Effect on TV studio production companies, Soho 300 Amazing Electric Tube, C&SLR date discrepancies 21 Map of central area route and stations 243 Bing Toy Catalogue, 1906 & 1907 240,345 Map of possible routes BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS FROM THE AIR Northwood & , no stations 207,420 First book 308 Plans unveiled, 2.7.91 298 Second book 149 Preliminary report on environmental effects 241 Camden Public Transport Map & Guide 416 Probable effect on property development 86 Christ Church, Chorleywood, history 1845-1970 109 Rickmansworth, new station 421 CrossRail, preliminary environmental effects report 241 Rolling stock designers appointed 146 Dolgarrog, An Industrial History 94 ISLE OF WIGHT Getting Off In London (positions of station exits) 188 Last Pre-1938 stock "withdrawn" 180 Harrods Knightsbridge (escalators) 301 Nine-car train 103 Isle of Wight Railways Then & Now 332 Progress with 1938 Tube Stock 177 Removal of Pre-1938 Standard stock 177 4 5 B - Continued C - Continued

BRITISH RAIL & PREDECESSORS - Continued CENTRAL LINE - Continued ISLE OF WIGHT - Continued Scroll for 46 years travel 206 Ryde Esplanade, planned redevelopment 308 CHAMBERS, E.D. 301 Shanklin-Ventnor reopening, cost 226 CHANNEL TUNNEL Smallbrook Junction, opened, 20.7.91 188,308,*312 Link line via Stratford 424 King's Cross Bill, progress through Commons 107 Speed of tunnelling 20 station, platforms resurfaced & lengthened 227 Waterloo terminal, start of work 44 London Tilbury & Southend Society proposed 309 Chelsea-Hackney tube, route protected from development 107 Neasden South signalbox, removed for preservation *68 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR NORTH LONDON LINES Services 1961 331 Cable fault, Watford-Harrow 5.10.91 435 Services 1990/91 40 Class 313 switched to in error *439 CIRCLE LINE CROXLEY GREEN Study of plans to merge with H&C 300 Buffers 'nudged' 436 Survey of running, 24.6.91 300 Current state 323 Citizen's Charter for Underground passengers 299 300 Severely reduced service 93,108 CITY & SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY Diversion of main line trains 344,435 CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS Proposed diversion, Liverpool Street train to Stratford 207 Letter stamps 173 Protest over withdrawal of Liverpool Street service 146,207 Plaque, Stockwell 41 Richmond-North Woolwich, no winter Sunday service 437 Talk by Mr. Printz P. Holman 24 Sandite/de-icing units 435 CLEANING SERVICES Two-car DMU Watford-Queen's Park, 16. 2.91 120,189 Less frequent collections of escalator rubbish 174 Watford Junction platform reconstruction 435 Rubbish collecting lorry *2,46 PADDINGTON-HEATHROW Closed circuit TV, Holborn experiments, 1962 388 Deferred for three years 424 Commemmorative plaques, proposed articles 83 Reviewed-restrictions on BAA charges 229 Commercial advertising, "The Pope Must Die" amended 248 South West boroughs, proposed network using BR lines 45 Computer timetabling, GMC Ltd., Delhi 44 Stansted Airport, fares proposed 147 CONNOR, P.R. 413 CRIME Newspaper advertisements 44 Metal poles thrown at Metropolitan Line trains 335 Revised public timetables 308 On the Underground, 1964 article 389,429 St. Paul's renamed City Thameslink 436 Robbery on Central Line train 45 St. Paul's station 177 Woman fined for knifing men 424 Tilbury Line, intensive drive/fare dodgers 20 CROOME, D.F. 21,42,82,103,152,413 West London Line, 3rd rail electrification, North Pole access 396 Croxley-Croxley Green, request for LA contribution 109 Westbourne Park, proposed closure British Transport Police, new station at Wembley Park 31 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre acquires New York car 93

DAVIS, P.R. 151 C DELAYS TO SERVICES 30.10.90 - Central Line short circuit and sleeper fire 45 CAR PARKING 18. 2.91 - Disruption after bomb threats, 1973 stock Moor Park, new arrangements 412 on District Line service 120,*123 South Woodford, plans to control 206 19. 2.91 - Central Line train fire and bomb alert 108,334 CENTRAL LINE 24. 5.91 - Various troubles, District Line and unusual workings 226 EPPING-ONGAR BRANCH 13. 8.91 - Central Line, fire in storage space. Bank station 334 Brass plaques stolen 189 25. 9.91 - Arising from class 313 EMU on District *439 Celebration, 125th anniversary 177 DISTRICT LINE Steam trains proposed 206,335 MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING Fibre-optics communications network 205,335 Campbell Road-Upminster 195 Hainault-Woodford in snow, 9.2.91 *96 Earl's Court-Bow Road 74 Leaflets & posters - "Towards 2000" 411 DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY Mechanical Interlocking Controls 316,405 Back-up buses, to run all day, September 1991 411.421 Modernisation progress, west end of line 189,*233,411 BANK EXTENSION Photographs of bridges, eastern extension 111 One platform open, 29.7.91 *265,279,282,*289 Realignment of tunnel lining 308 Ramp, from front of train *288 6 7

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DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY - Continued ENGINEERING WORKS - Continued BANK EXTENSION - Continued BR Chiltern Line resignalling, 24.11.90 14 Ramp, P.89 train on trial trip *192 BR Wimbledon-East Putney, 23/24.2.91 142 See also under Bank station Crossover removal, Wembley Park, 12.8.90 177 Work to protect the Mansion House 161 East Finchley, 12.5.91 204 Elephant & Lambeth North, 11.8.91 325 Occupation of offices 422 Hammersmith H&C IMR, 28/29.9.91 395 Overall roof of station *164,*192 Heathrow IMR, 15.9.91 395 Phase of development deferred 208 High Street Kensington, 24.11.90 13 Station developments 173,327 Hillingdon station from 3.6.91 236,326 Tower, progress and description 20 Hillingson station, last evening closure 434 Delta Junction, new flyover west to south *288 Holborn-Marble Arch, various 172,228 Diagram of system at 1.7.91 328 Leytonstone, various 144,177 ENGINEERING WORKS Marble Arch-White City 21 & 28.4.91 172 Delta Junction, three-day over-run 421,422 Neasden & Green IMRs, 20.7.91 292 Postponement of further works 423 North Acton, 16 & 22/23.6.91 239 GENERAL UPDATE, ALL LINES North of Queen's Park, 1 & 8.4.90 176 March 1991 119 North of Wembley Park, 24.2,91 & 3.3.91 121 April 1991 184 Northolt crossover, 9/10.3.91 144 May 1991 227 Old Street tunnel repairs, various 13,92,121 Hope of enough traffic, 1984 94 Parsons Green 25/27.5.91 *193,204 , *231,*232 Lewisham extension 11,20 Piccadilly bridge D.20, 13/14.1.90 176 Mr. Roger Freeman, visit September 1991 423 Queen's Park north shed, 12.5.91 *263 Operation during snow, February 1991 *69,*70 Queen's Park, 7.10.90 33 Paul Ebbutt, talk to LURS March 1991 153 IMR, 8/9.6.91 237 Publicity leaflets 101,281,411 Rickmansworth platform, June/July 1991 236 ROLLING STOCK Track repairs, Heathrow, 28.7.91 308 B.90 stock at Bank *289 Wembley Park resignalling, 10.3.91 145 B.90 stock under construction at BN workshops *287 -Earl's Court, 24.3.91 143 B.90 stock, deliveries and description 33.65,185,228,282 West Ruislip, from 24.8.91 326,395,411,437 B.90 stock, first in passenger service 280 ESCALATORS Livery variations, including Roundel 281 Annual summary, end-1990 62 Monthly review 343,393,433 In 1961 360 P.89 stock at bank *265 In Harrods store, 1898 & 1981 301,396 P.89 stock, deliveries 33,64 MONTHLY UPDATES P.89 stock, empty, Canary Wharf *92 7.3.91 185 P.89 stock conversion to sliding doors 64 7.11.91 434 Route diagrams on stations, new, including Bank 396 Expression, "One Under", derivation? 414 Three trains north of Bow Church, 23.1.91 94 TWO-CAR TRAINS Entering Crossharbour siding *164 F Trial running 44 FARES Cheap fares in 1961, examples 387 E Increase of 7^%, January 1992 424 Fibre-optic telecomms. Central Line contract 205,335 Film, "Death Line", location 150,171 Artificial smells 177 FIRE PRECAUTIONS D stock train on football special, 24.2.91 *124 Call for fewer calls on brigade 206 Football train, Paddington, 1.12.90 32 Fire watch teams disbanded 44 Management transfer to 397 Green Park, crisis control system 108 Mechanical Interlocking Controls 132 Investigation of "over-reaction" 424 Emergency Exercise, Flnsbury Park-Seven Sisters, 16.6.91 240 Passenger to help OPO drivers 147 ENGINEERING WORKS FORD, H. 80,171 Aldgate IMR, 15/16.6.91 237,326,*346 Freight services on LT metals, 1961 379 , 16/17 & 23/24.2.91 144 BR Chiltern Line in sections, 21.2.91 161 8 9

L - Continued G LIGHT RAIL - Continued GLASGOW UNDERGROUND, postcards and booklet 395 Croydon scheme 146,147,303,412 Government transport policy, switch from road to rail 208 Newspaper review of 50 schemes 107 Grade badges, the story updated 101 Lilie Bridge depot. Society visit, 22.9.90 177 Graffiti 19,254,335 Litter, Tidy Travel Week campaign 423 Greater London boundaries, changes proposed 141 London, lack of strategic transport plan 424 GRIERSON, A. 333 investment, local authorities' report 20 Guardian Angels, charged with assault 44,206 London Regional Transport, government contribution to three-year plan 20 LONDON TRANSPORT H Annual Business Plan, 1991/92 271 Annual Report for 1990-91 274,299,329 HANCOCK, B. 102 Annual Reports, 1933-47, more information 80 Harrods store, escalator history 301,396 Capital expenditure for next three years 107 , possible Terminal 5 85 Fares, dearest in Europe 174 Hong Kong Mass Transit, delays after train breakdowns 45 Lost Property in 1990 86 HYDE, N. 333,412 Statement of Strategy, 1991-94 268 To have an extra £53 million from Government 248 , Tunnel Vision exhibition in talk 426 J LONDON UNDERGROUND Cash crisis, January 1991 86,107,148 JOURNEY PLANNER - see "Maps" Cleaning Services, report of talk 254 JUBILEE LINE Cleaning, bus stop contract 343 Society visit. Signalling Control Centre 339 Economy measures, October 1990 45 Steam special to , July 1990 178 Historical comparisons with Paris Metro 4,43,81 STRATFORD EXTENSION Investment backlog, 6-7 years 147 Design contracts let 31,85,92,173,186 Monopolies & Mergers Commission Report 247,423 Directory shows Brunswick route 147,161 Possible job reductions 147 Diversion, North Greenwich 45,107 Present state 246,333 Green Park-Charing Cross prospects 78 Ilford extension proposal 206 Leaflet, summer 1991 411 H Olympia & York, "will be built" 20 Parliament Square not to be used 107 MAP, 1901, portrayal of Underground railways 261 Platform-edge screens 422,424 MAPS, POCKET, FOLDING Quick passage of Bill through Parliament 335 February 1991 168 S. Roberts and H. Cutler in 1977/78 94 Further separate line colours 80,151 Westminster station, revised plan 107,146 June 1991 327,426 METROPOLITAN LINE Chalfont & Latimer in the snow *96 K Chesham leaflet, Traveicard issue 412 City services 1961 381 KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY Leaf clearance measures, 1990 178 Metropolitan coach developments 33 Booking clerks covering glass 161 Pen nibs 85 L Moor Park, leaflet, car parking 412 Society visit, Signalling Control Centre 339 LATE SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY, service information leaflet 411 Steam on the Met. - report of talk 251 Lettering, Old and New Johnston alphabets 393 Steam specials, Harrow-Amershara 178 LIFTS Travel experiences, 1948-51 333 Annual summary, end-1990 61 Unusual workings from Chesham 413 In 1961 359 Mind the Gap, voice behind current announcements 20 Update to 17.3.91 185 MODELLING Update to 2.11.91 434 Bing Toy Catalogue, 1906-07 240,345 LIGHT RAIL Hornby Met. steam train sets 85 Commons Committee favours 208 Norden - N-gauge layout 22 10 11

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MODELLING - Continued Post Office Tube Railway, Society visit, 16.4.91 174 Resignation of Modelling Secretary 66 Posters, 1971-1991 in talk 161 Secretary appointed 219 Preservation, LURS C&SLR bodies on wagons 177 Property development. Hammersmith foundation stone laid 435 PROPOSED LINES N Circle route linking BR lines 208 Croxley-Croxley Green, details 207,208 301,323 NEW YORK SUBWAY 73,93,147,151,160,186,422,423 Newbury Park-Ilford, opposed 206 PUBLIC STATION TIMETABLES Abandoned Northern extensions in 1991 201 Issued in 1973, 1982 & 1989 246 Centenary congratulations on bus *163 , April 1991 170 Train indicators failure, computer 84 PUBLIC TIMETABLE BOOKS "Northern Line" on bus destination *162 Bakerloo Line, 8.7.91 327 NORTHERN LINE MODERNISATION Central Line leaflet, December 1990 168 Design houses short-listed 84,85 Central Line, April 1991 168 Project on Tomorrow's World 72 East London Line, July 1990 168 Jubilee Line, April 1991 168 Metropolitan Line amended, 8.7.91 326 0 Metropolitan Line, October 1990 168 Northern Line, April 1991 168 OBITUARY Piccadilly Line, October 1990 168 Petty, John 173 PUBLICITY LEAFLETS OPEN DAYS Recent issues in 1991 168 326,411 East EWimbledon, BR and shuttle 188,*193,227,*234 Traveicard revisions, 12.5.91 262 Morden, 3//4.11.90 178 Underground tickets and fares 168 169,327 Northfields, 27.5.90 177 Visitor's Guide to LT 169 Ruislip, 28.10.90 177 Upminster, 5.8.90 178 Operating Manager's Personal Letters, enquiry 170 R

Railway Manufacturing Industry, BREL redundancies 423 P RENNIE, K.T. 79 RIDLEY, Dr. Tony, 20 PARIS METRO & RATP ROLLING STOCK Clearance of vendors from system 173 Bus lines 102,150 First class abolished 173,174 Colour schemes, inside & out, talk report 47 Grubby appearance 412 Liveries, LT Railways, 1948-1968 228 Historical comparisons with London Underground 4,81 LOCOMOTIVES Pont de I'Alma station wrecked, riot 21 BATTERY Renewal of Montmartre funiculaire 31 L44 at South Kensington and with blue numbers 92,*440 Sprague tour, 25.11.90 14 L50 in maroon livery *194 Strike, passenger between cars 247 Complete fleet list, 31.12.90 55 Passengers' Charter for Underground passengers on way 247 Electric service, liveries, 1948-1968 410 PEPINSTER, J. 81 METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC PICCADILLY LINE Awaiting disposal at Neasden, 1961 *400 Restoration of Aldwych service, 1946 109 British Westinghouse in picture 414 Trains withdrawn, shortage, 7.1.91 100,128 Liveries, 1948-1968 410 Plaque, King's Cross, in memory of lines lost, 1987 fire 437 Nameplate used on roller. Lords cricket ground 64 Plaques, blue, people associated with London Underground 294 Steam Locomotives 94,*349,*377 POEMS ON THE UNDERGROUND MONTHLY ALTERATIONS 18th set released 93 November 1990 30 19th set released 226 December 1991 51 20th set released 436 January 1991 91 Book of 100 344 February 1991 117,158 POLICE March 1991 158 Direct telephone line to control 148 April 1991 179,221 "PLOD" database 161 May 1991 222 12 13

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ROLLING STOCK - Continued ROLLING STOCK - Continued MONTHLY ALTERATIONS - Continued SURFACE (OLDER TYPES) - Continued June 1991 256 R49 train at , 1961 *375 July 1991 305 Red-painted R stock *105,*106,150 August 1991 342,391,430 TUBE September 1991 391,430 1920 Cammell Laird body surviving in Midlands *68 October 1991 430 PRE-1938 TUBE STOCK OTHER SERVICE 1923 "Vintage" train at King's Cross & Mordem *35,177 Ballast motor car L147 repainted *1 1925 MCCW control trailer at Drayton Park *374 Complete fleet list 31.12.90 56 1927 Motor car heads eight-car train *373 Flat wagons with cement mixer *440 1928 Control trailer with seats in disused cab *373 Liveries, 1948-1968 229 1931 Cars in train at Hammersmith *372 LT Museum wagons to Acton Works 64 1931 DM 3104 in service Central Line *350 Track recording train on LMR dc line 93 1931 Two cars acquired for filming 305 TUNNEL CLEANING TRAIN 1935 Experimental with pantograph in advertisement 103,152 In talk 336 1938 TUBE Returns *314 BR scrap stock en route to Fratton *233 Review - No.14, 1990 52 BR stock scrapped at Wimborne, Dorset *311 Rolling Stock in 1962 355 In BTH advertisement 170 SUMMARY OF OUT OF SERVICE "Starlight Special", shuttle. 4.11.90 *37 At 31.12.90 53 Train at Bushey & Oxhey, 1961 *374 At 31.5.91 224 1959 TUBE STOCK SURFACE (MODERN TYPES) Cessation of interior repainting 180 A60/62 Heritage train on railtour, 29.9.91 302,*401 Application of line name and/or crest 119,307 Heritage train on Tomorrow's World at Edgware Road *2,72 'D' added by blue de-icing light 436 Modifications 176 East London units on Metropolitan Line 119,183 Seven-car train on brake tests, BR (WR) 119,180,*191 Eight cannibalised cars, de-icing units 94,122,176 1960 TUBE STOCK First unit on test trip, 12.2.61 *400 On Central "main line" on 1961 *350 REFURBISHED CARS Repainted as 1938 stock *165,*166,180 Car 5132 described 176 Unit still unpainted *166,180 On display, Rickmansworth 276 1962 TUBE STOCK On East London Line 92 Continuation of interior painting, roofs untreated 180 Repainted units on East London Line 177 Experimental shoegear 180 Worth rehabilitating bodies? 414 Larger car numbers fitted 65,306,*348 C69/77 Modifications in BREL works *38,122,176 Cars 5560-6560 with numbers still in original position 33 Overhauls completed 306 Diversions to Ealing Broadway and Richmond *231,*232 1967 TUBE STOCK REFURBISHMENT Movements between Leicester, West Ealing & Rosyth 255 At Doncaster 147,176 Painted trains back at West Ealing *97,*98 Diaplayed at Rickmansworth *267,276 Refurbished cars displayed at Rickmansworth 276 Train travelling with doors open 108 Route and timetable of refurbishment movements 31,118 D Trailer 4072 awaits refurbishment *98 Cab mock-up in South Kensington subway 226,*313 Trailer stripped for refurbishing *67 Ealing Common overhaul stickers 307,396 Wheel flange problems 181 East London Line football traffic *124 1972 TUBE STOCK SURFACE (OLDER TYPES) Babcock Thorn, to do refurbishment 161 Aluminium-painted R stock, Upminster *106 First tube train over Forth Bridge 432 Complete B stock train, 1939 21 Mkl stock converted to OPO for Bakerloo Line 181 CP Stock at Dagenham East, 1960's *105 Mkll car numbers above driver's cab windows 32,*126,181 District F stock *399 Mkll DM 3543 awaits refurbishment *98 Metropolitan rigid 8's in France *402,404 Mkll DMs 3249 & 3558 await refurbishment *126 P Stock at Ruislip, 1961 *399 Movements between Leicester, West Ealing & Rosyth 255 Q23 motor cars *375,*376 Refurbished cars displayed at Rickmansworth 276 Q27 motor car heads ex-Putney train, Aldgate *376 Route and timetable of refurbished movements 31,118 Q31 trailer uncoupling at Parsons Green *377 R49 car in ITV programme "Shrinks" 120,188 15

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ROLLING STOCK - Continued SOCIETY ACTIVITIES - Continued TUBE STOCK - Continued REPORT OF MEETING - Continued 1973 TUBE STOCK December 1990 47 Air ventilation intakes painted blue on overhaul 120 Sound & Video Library service suspended 397 Car numbers above saloon windows *264 SPECIAL TRAINS De-icing 'D' on motor car 436 1973 Tube Stock football to Mansion House, 7.9.91 396 DMs 117 & 190 in pulling feat for "You Bet", TV *125 Hammersmith-Watford, in 1928 345 Extra and larger car numbers fitted/removed 65,160 The Baker Street Irregular, 29.9.91 302,*401 Hybrid unit not converted to proper double-ender *264 STATIONS Kawasaki bogie fitted with AEG shoegear 182 Car parks list, capacities and new charges 152 REFURBISHED CARS CLOSED Displayed at Cockfosters, Hoorgate, Uxbridge 65,176 List of main tube stations closed 7 Displayed at Rickmansworth *266,276 Wood Lane, remains visible beside eastbound track *373 Interior views *36 Detection of platform crowds 206 Reduction in seating 103,414 Graphic identity for retail outlets 84 Visited by Transport Minister 182 INDIVIDUAL Two roundels on same side of car 32,64 Aldgate, IMR rewiring, 15/16.6.91 237 1983 TUBE STOCK Aldwych, used for film making 171 Batch I cars with blue numbers and Underground roundels 65,182 Alperton, escalator access shaft bricked up 33 DM 3756 with car number above centre cab door *263 Arnos Grove, used for filming "Poirot" TV programme 94 Extra car numbers fitted 65 BANK 1986 Tube Stock damaged units moved to P.Way sidings Central subway for DLR 290 at Neasden 119 Late opening, morning of 22.7.91 299 1992 (CENTRAL LINE REPLACEMENT STOCK) Sheet cladding off Bank-Monument escalators 186 Method of power feed to 'B' cars 102 Bond Street, CrossRail station proposals 421 Mock-up displayed at Covent Garden Museum 178 Bushey & Oxhey with 1938 stock in 1961 *374 Signal safety features, refusal to let unions inspect 422 Camden Town, restitcted Sunday entry, escalator repairs 308,327 VINTAGE TUBE TRAIN - see "1923 Tube Stock" CANNON STREET Reversion to previous opening times 160 Station name roundels changed 344 S Chancery Lane, removal of entry restriction, morning peak 261 Chorleywood, temporary footbridge & BR test train 178 SALES ACTIVITIES, announcements 47,66 Covent Garden, building work reveals old decor 32 Self-winding clocks at Yerkes stations 414 Edgware Road (Met)., planning application for development 148 SIGNALLING Farringdon, errors in line diagram 345 Aylesbury area, varied in 1910 109 Fulham Broadway, "for Stamford Bridge" revealed 396 Central Line Mechanical Interlocking 316,405 GLOUCESTER ROAD District Line Mechanical Interlocking 74,196 No.l platform, closure and reopening 186 East London Line Mechanical Interlocking 132 Reopening of No.2 platform 261 Wimbledon line, centralised control 120 Golders Green, names on petition, Finchley Road entrance 161 SIGNS AND NOTICES Great Missenden, LMR locomotive heads Aylesbury train, 1961 *376 All-red station name roundels 344 Greenford, platforms in 1961 *350 Farringdon, line diagram with errors 345 HAMMERSMITH Moorgate, line diagram, wrong colour 95 Centre West foundation stone laid 435 Old signs described in talk 424 With 1931 Tube Stock in 1961 *374 Two-language notice, Whitechapel *438 Hampstead, "a squalid mess" 19 Snow, February 1991, unusual Underground workings 119 Hillingdon 65,*115,187,236,326,*346 SOCIETY ACTIVITIES Holborn, CCTV and talkback, 1962 389] Annual General Meeting, 1991 66,86,211 King's Cross 423,437 Auditor needed 429 Mansion House, reopened after reconstruction 160 Committee & Officers, lists and amendments 27,219 , refurbishment nearly complete 226 Committee Report for 1990 87 Mill Hill East, 50th anniversary as Northern Line 226,247,297 Extraordinary General Meeting, September 1991 249,301,391 Monument, escalators to DLR from westbound platform *290 Modelling Secretary appointed 219 MOORGATE Postal Auctions 90,259,430 Line diagrams in wrong colours 95 REPORT OF MEETING Public address, John McCarthy freed 334 November 1990 24 Mornington Crescent, Sunday opening, Camden Town closed 308 16 17

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STATIONS - Continued TIMETABLES AND TRAIN SERVICES - Continued INDIVIDUAL - Continued Christmas and New Year, 1990/91 40,100 Newbury Park, car park season tickets available 108 Circle Line 128,334 North Acton, new third platform 239,*346 DISTRICT LINE Northolt, installation of new crossover *233,309 New timetable, 28.10.91, 15-minute gaps to Ealing 334 Northwood, view in 1961 during four-tracking work *400 Services in 1961 361 Oxford Circus, building work reveals old decor 32 East London Line, special London Marathon service 171 Parsons Green, old posters revealed during modernisation 396 Jubilee Line, WTT No.10, April 1991 129 PUTNEY BRIDGE METROPOLITAN LINE Old style bullseye, new staircase 188 Revisons, 8.7.91 285,326 Simms motor cars built in arch 300 Services in 1961 364 RAYNERS LANE , services in 1961 368 IMR rewiring, 8/9.6.91 237 NORTHERN LINE Poposed renaming "Harrow Garden Suburb" 345 WTT No.40, April 1991 130 Regent's Park, fluorescent lighting for frieze *38 Services in 1961 367 Rickmansworth 189,236,421 PICCADILLY LINE Ruislip, with P stock train in 1961 *399 Continuation of two-train reduction, April 1991 128 South Kensington, development scheme 146 Services in 1961 371 Stockwell, commemmorative plaque unveiled 41 TTN 68/90, Late Spring Bank Holiday 1990 100 Tottenham Court Road, proposed enlargement 146 Summary of Trains in Service, April 1991 136 Waterloo, Channel Tunnel works 31,33 Trains scheduled for service, end-1961 379 WATFORD (MET). Victoria Line, WTT No.23, April 1991 129 Car parking charges and season tickets 146 Topsy Turvey Underground 33 Plans for flats, houses, car park 109 Traffic statistics, trends in speeds & commuting 20 Water tower to Buckinghamshire Railway Centre 208 Train describers. District dot matrix "Northfields" 188 Wembley Park, YMCA canteen in grounds, 1924 436 West Harrow *116,177,150 Increased rates. May 1991 148,187,207 WESTMINSTER New LT-only, all-day, 1991 187,207,411 Revised plan for Jubilee Line station 107,146 TYNE & WEAR METRO Victoria Embankment entrance 42,82 Airport extension 146,395,422 Whitechapel, notice in English and Hindi *438 Safety measures introduced 146,422 Woodford, notice on closed gents toilet 345 Ten years, review 16,78 Woodside Park, used in "All Change" ITV programme 120 Train with overall advertising 146 Reduced ticket office cover, from 8.4.91 128 Signs, new style 79 Suicides 19,189 V Supercar, hybrid vehicle for Traveicard promotion 79,,*124,415 VICTORIA LINE, wheel wear and stock shortages 44,121,181 VINCENT, H.J. 21 T

TERRORISM 107,423 The Things They Said 94,161 W Ticket Machines, 50p coins not accepted 247,299 TICKETS WATERLOO & CITY LINE Second reading of Bill - On-the-Spot Fines 299 Closed all-day on Saturdays, 29.6.91 261 UTS - dramatic fraud reduction 188 Demolition of Armstrong lift 32 Unmanned barriers. Barking, Upminster 32 Demolition of power station chimney 261 TIMETABLES AND TRAIN SERVICES Free trouser-ironing 20 BAKERLOO LINE Motor car 61, possible preservation 228 Services in 1961 368 Society visit, 18.5.91 250 WTT No.12, July 1991 286,327 WAITERS, W. 150 CENTRAL LINE Wellington College, underground passage 437 Services in 1961 371 WHITTINGTON, J. 170 WTT No.51, December 1990 92 WTT No.52, April 1991 131 WTT N0.52A (eastern stabling) 437 18 19

CREDITED ARTICLES - 1991 LIBRARY EVENINGS - 1991 Held at 62 Beauval Road, Dulwich, London, SE22 8UQ ISSUE PAGE TITLE & AUTHOR Thursday 24 January Wednesday 20 March Tuesday 21 May Monday 1 July Friday 16 August Monday 23 September 349 4 Historical Comparisons, London Underground and the Paris Tuesday 26 November Metro. A.D. Russell. 349 16 Ten Years of the Tyne & Wear Metro. David Rove. 351 72 Catching the Tube on Tomorrow's World. Saul Nasse. LIST OF SOCIETY VISITS AND TOURS 351 74 Mechanical Interlocking Controls - Earl's Court-Bow Road. John Talbot. Date Venue 352 101 More new leaflets from the Docklands Light Railway. Kim Rennie. 16 April Post Office Railway (report on page 174) 352 101 London Underground Limited Grade Badges - An Update • Kim Rennie. 20 April 2 May Belgium & the Netherlands 353 132 Mechanical Interlocking Controls - East London Line • John Talbot. 18 May Waterloo & City Line (report on page 250) 353 141 Changes Proposed to London's Boundaries. E. Relton 1 June Earl's Court Control Room 354 168 Publicity Update. Trevor Baker. 27 July Baker Street Signalling Control Centre 355 196 Mechanical Interlocking Controls - Campbell Road- (report on page 339) Upminster. John Talbot. 4 September 355 201 Return to the Northern Wastes. Jim Blake. 24 September Golders Green depot 355 228 London Transport Railway Liveries, 1948-1968 (Part III). 27 September Belgium Albin J. Reed. 22 October Post Office Railway 356 240 Bing Brothers Underground Models. E.D. Chambers. (See also page 345). 23 October Stonebridge Park depot 357 294 Commemorative Plaques - Group 1 - Blue Plaques. 23 November Cobourg Street Control Room Desmond Croome. 358 316 Mechanical Interlocking Controls - Liverpool Street - Hainault. John Talbot. ISSUE NUMBERS. PAGES. DATES, NEWSFLASHES ETC. - 1991 359 352 Thirty Years of the LURS - Our 30th birthday. Eric Felton. From Points 359 352 Looking Back Thirty Years. Joe Brook Smith. Issue the of Tail 359 353 The Society's Beginnings. lionnan Fuller. No. Date 1991 Pages Newsflashes Papers Letters Interest Pieces 359 354 Thirty Years Ago - Underground. Brian Hardy. _ 359 389 Crime on the Underground (1964). 349 January 1-36 1/91-16/91 19 21 33 Alan A. Jackson. (See also page 429). 350 February 37-68 17/91-25/91 44 43 42 - 351 March 69-96 26/91-39/91 84 78 - 95 360 404 An Unexpected Discovery (1963). Harry Luff. 352 April 97-124 40/91-58/91 107 102 - - 360 405 Mechanical Interlocking Controls - Buckhurst Hill-Ongar. 353 May 125-164 59/91-64/91 146 150 149 161 John Talbot. 354 June 165-192 65/91-83/91 173 170 - - 355 July 193-232 84/91-96/91 205 - - - 360 409 New Line Mileposts. Albin J. Reed. 356 August 233-264 97/91-101/91 247 246 245 - 360 410 London Transport Railway Liveries, 1948-1968 (Part IV). 357 September 265-312 102/91-109/91 298 297 301 309 Albin J. Reed. 358 October 313-348 110/91-114/91 334 333 - 345 359 November 349-400 115/91-128/91 - - - - 360 411 Publicity. Trevor Baker. 360 December 401-440 129/91-144/91 420 412 438 20

PAST-PRESIDENTS

1966- 67 Alan A. Jackson 1979- 80 Gordon H. Hafter 1967- 68 H.V.Borley 1980- 81 Peter R. Davis 1968- 69 Desmond F. Croome 1981- 82 Dennis F. Edwards 1969- 70 C.R.L. Coles 1982- 83 Dr. Tony M. Ridley 1970- 71 Norman E,W. Fuller 1983- 8A B. John Prigmore 1971- 72 Charles E. Lee 1984- 85 Allan J. Barter 1972- 73 Joe S. Brook Smith 1985- 86 Peter D. Stephens 1973- 74 Charles F. Klapper 1986- 87 W.R. ('Bill') Clarke 1974- 75 Harry Paar 1987- 88 Michael A. Fopp 1975- 76 Sir John Betjeman 1988- 89 Piers R. Connor 1976- 77 John R. Day 1989- 90 W. Jack Wyse 1977- 78 J. Graeme Bruce 1990- 91 Oliver Green 1978- 79 Eddie A. Allchin

SOCIETY DIARY - 1991 - LIST OF MEETINGS

Date Title & Speaker Review

11 January The Society's Collections and Archives. J.F, Thomason. 109 8 March A Docklands Light Railway Update. Paul Ebbutt. 153 5 April Illustrated Review of 1990 London Underground 175 Events. F.W. Ivey. 12 April Badges, Uniforms and Insignia of London's 212 Underground. Kim Rennie & David Rove. 10 May Steam on the Metropolitan Line - Today. 251 Roger Paddison. 14 June The work of the LUL Anti-Graffiti Unit. 254 Alan Walker & Pat Greenvay. 12 July Light Rail Development in London. 301 Scott Mcintosh. 9 August The Refurbishment of the Tunnel Cleaning Train. 336 R.J.Greenaway. 13 September Tunnel vision. Old Underground signs. 424 Acts of Parliament for the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway, Some Underground Posters - 1971-1991. J.F. Thomason, D. Rove, R. Cline, F.W. Ivey. 11 October Quality & Design - The Way Forward. - (Presidential Address) N.P. Agnew. 8 November The London Underground - Then and Now. Brian Hardy. 13 December Cine Film Presentation. John Laker. -*

Index compiled by D.F. Croome - December 1991.