UNDERGROUND NEWS ISSN 0306-8617 INDEX 2012 Issues 601 – 612 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE LONDON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SOCIETY 654 INDEX TO 2012 ISSUES OF UNDERGROUND NEWS Page entries marked * are, or include, photographs or other illustrations. A Adjacent National Rail problem:- South Kenton, 15; Advertisements, Current:- 170, Air burst:- Bank, 191; Barkingside, 191; Embankment, 16; Leytonstone, 15; Moorgate, 122; Air Conditioning units, Oxford Circus, 625*; Air Line, 510-511x10*; Altercation outside station:- Blackhorse Road, 191; Animal on track:- Kenton, 192; Appeal:- 47; ATO problem/failure:- Jubilee Line, 17; Auxiliary Equipment, 67 Stock, 114-116*; B Bakerloo Line:- Christmas and New Year 2011-2012, 69-70; Battle of the Bulge, 286; Body on track:- Edgware, 552; Bogies:- 1967 Stock, 12-13*, 112*; C.L.E.R., 612x3*; Brakes:- Parking Brakes on 1967 Stock, 185; Rheostatic Braking, 13-14; Bridge strike:- Kew Gardens, 454; South Harrow, 239; Burning/smoke/gas smell on station/train:- Archway, 462; Canary Wharf, 617; Canning Town, 552; Chalk Farm, 552, Tooting Bec, 462; Wanstead, 239; C Cable fire:- Hainault, 341; South Kensington, 294; Cable repairs:- Earl’s Court-Wimbledon, 294; Cable theft:- Canons Park, 242, 492; Chalfont & Latimer, 66; East end of Central line, 239; Fairlop, 238; Grange Hill, 240x2; 655 High Barnet, 193; Snaresbrook to Leytonstone, 240; Cab signalling:- 1973 Tube Stock, 75-76; Central Line:- 1935-40 New Works Programme:- 35; Christmas and New Year 2011-2012, 69-70; Central London Electric Train:- Part 1 – The Route, 545-551*; Part 2 – The Locomotives, 608-615*; Charles Close Society, advertisement, 645; Christmas and New Year Underground and DLR services 2011-2012, 68-72; Circle Line:- Christmas and New Year 2011-2012, 69-70; Collector Shoes, CELR, 547*; Collisions:- Hammersmith Depot, 454; Corrections and Additions Corner, 47, 98, 325, 374, 477, 586, 646; Corrections to “Underground – Overground”, 556-566, 571-573, Crossrail:- Crossrail 2, 67-68, 396, 463-464; Future stations:- Canary Wharf(artists’ impression), 301*, Custom House(artists’ impression), 498*, London First on Crossrail 2, 396; Tunnel Boring Machines, 155, 349*; Two Crossrail 2, 67-68; Current Rails, CELR, 547*; D Damp and Ventilation in Tunnels, 183-184; Deep Tube Programme, 198, 464; Defective cable:- King’s Cross, 386; Defective Network Rail train:- Chorleywood, 341; Defective Network Rail engineering train:- Northwood, 15; Defective Overground train:- Richmond, 124; Richmond branch, 346; Defective trip-cock tester:- Northern line, 454; Defective Underground trains:- Bakerloo Line(1967/1972 Stock), 240, 293, 346, 461; Central Line(1992 Stock), 65, 189, 190, 191, 463, 491, 619; Circle Line(C69/C77 Stock), 191, 391; District Line(C69/C77&D78 Stock), 346, 388; Hammersmith & City Line(C69/C73 Stock), 342; Jubilee Line(1996 Stock), 14, 15, 16, 17x2, 66x2, 191, 194x2, 239x2, 295, 297x2, 340, 342, 343, 344, 386x2, 387, 391, 455, 617; Metropolitan Line(A60/A62 Stock), 342; (S Stock), 16, 239, 297, 345, 454, 555; Piccadilly Line(1973 Stock), 191, 346, 454, 616; Victoria Line(2009 stock), 189, 240x2, 293, 296, 342, 390, 491, 552, 618; 656 Defective Underground engineers train:- Ruislip Manor, 14; Woodford Junction, 619; Depots, Works and Sidings:- Acton Works, 173*, 227*; Barking Sidings, 596*, 648*; Ealing Common, 223*, 271*, 485x2*, 533*; Hammersmith, 80x2*, 177*, 433*, 454; Lillie Bridge, 5*, 181*; Asset Inspection Train, 140-141x4*; Neasden, 5*, 109*, 344*, 380*, 486*, 536*; A Stock, 329*; New washing sheds, 25*; New signal panel, 25*, 57*; New Cross, 271*; Northumberland Park, 188*, 281*; Northwood, 354-355x4*,605*; Queen’s Park, 356*; Rickmansworth sidings, 647*; Ruislip, 56*, 172*, 219x2*, 230*, 253*, 256*,277*, 289*, 593*, 644x2*; Stonebridge Park, 303*; Stratford Market, 256*; Unknown, 399*; Uxbridge sidings, 280*, 385*; Wood Lane, 548*, 608*, 613-615x3*; Derailments:- Cockfosters depot, 121; Morden Depot, 14; Northfields Depot, 189; Detraining passengers:- Neasden, 492; Diamond Jubilee livery, 334x2*, 344*; District Line:- Christmas and New Year 2011-2012, 69-70; Whitechapel and 10-Car Trains, 74-75*; WTT No.141(major changes), 31-32; Docklands Light Railway (DLR):- Christmas and New Year 2011-2012, 72; Forward to the Olympics, 137-138; New Docklands Timetable, 136-137; Olympic Schedules, 447-453; Doors:- Misalignment with platform doors, 333*; Driver controls:- 569*; Driverless Trains:- 185; E Engineering possession problems:- Metropolitan line, 192; Northfields, 124x2; Piccadilly line, 192; Emergency Response Unit:- Vehicles, 180*; Emirates Air Line, 510-511x10*, Epping & Ongar Railway:- 335x3*; 657 Escalators:- Defects causing part/full station closures:- Angel, 240, 616; Highgate, 17, 72, 121; Hyde Park Corner, 239, 342; Marylebone, 193; Oval, 340; St. John’s Wood, 66, 121, 124; Swiss Cottage, 124; Replacements:- Oxford Circus, 203*; Stratford, 202*x2; Excessive dust:- St. James’s Park, 386; Extraordinary General Meeting Minutes(10 Jan. 2012):- 161; F Fares:- TfL 2012 Revised Fares, 72-73*; Fire adjacent to railway:- Brent Cross viaduct, 388, Fire equipment/alarm system defect/operation:- Bank, 295; Blackfriars, 493; Bounds Green, 391,; Canary Wharf, 462; Cannon Street, 390x2; Charing Cross, 297; Earl’s Court, 122, 491; Elephant & Castle, 388; Embankment, 555; Euston Square, 121; Farringdon, 193; Heathrow T4, 17; Heathrow T5, 391; Hyde Park Corner, 492; King’s Cross, 454, 552, 617; Liverpool Street, 67; London Bridge, 343; Moorgate, 555; Old Street, 340; Oxford Circus, 193, 552; Russell Square, 461; St John’s Wood, 386; Tottenham Court Road, 454; Tooting Broadway, 66; Waterloo, 390, 391, 462; West Ham, 388; Westminster, 341, 389; Fire near to station:- Temple, 294; Warren Street, 124; White City, 124; Flooding in depot:- Waterloo, 121; Flooding near station:- Holland Park, 345; Flooding on station:- Aldgate, 493; Bayswater, 121; Chorleywood, 121; Covent Garden, 493; East Finchley, 121; Finsbury Park, 297, 340; Gant’s Hill, 121, 455x2; Gloucester Road, 493; Heathrow T123, 122; Lambeth North, 493; Moorgate, 297; Old Street, 193; Oval, 552; Upminster Bridge, 454; Victoria, 14, 66, 121, 123, 342; White City, 493; Flooding on track:- Stratford, 387, 388; 658 Waterloo, 462, 463; Food for Thought:- 173 From the Papers(period):- (Oct.-Nov.11) 40-43; (Nov.-Dec.11) 89-93; (Dec.11-Jan.12) 150-155; (Feb.12) 209-215; (Mar.12) 259-264; (Apr.12) 315-318; (May.12) 366-370; (May.12-Jun.12) 418-422; (May.12-Jul.12) 470- 475; (Aug.12) 518-523; (Aug-Sep.12) 580-584; (Oct.12) 636-642; G Gapped off current:- Cockfosters Depot, 191; Harrow-on-the-Hill, 491; Neasden, 491, 617; Guard’s Panels, 568-569*; H Hammersmith & City Line:- Christmas and New Year 2011-2012, 69-71; Hand Lamps:- 486*; Help required:- 374, 645, 646; High Speed 2:- 464; I Icing/snow on rails:- Bakerloo line, 190; Burnt Oak, 190; Central line, 189, 190; Chesham, 189; Circle line, 190; District line, 190, 191; Hammersmith & City line, 190x2, 191; Jubilee line, 189, 190x2, 191x2; Metropolitan line, 191; North Wembley, 189; Stanmore sidings, 190; Wembley Park, 189; Incident outside station:- Goodge Street, 297; Warren Street, 297; Incorrect berthing of train:- Edgware Road, 554; Neasden, 618; Incorrect route taken:- Aldgate East, 191; Camden Town, 297; Gloucester Road, 455; Hangar Lane junction, 456; Tower Hill, 16; Industrial action:- By Line:- Piccadilly Line, 297, Insulators, 376x4*; Intermittent signal failure:- Finsbury Park, 391; King’s Cross, 390; Seven Sisters, 239x2; 659 J Jubilee Line:- Christmas and New Year 2011-2012, 69-70; K L Lack of train staff:- Central Line, 66, 124, 190, 294, 297x2; Circle Line, 241, 554; District Line, 193x2, 342, 343, 389x2; Hammersmith & City Line, 554; Jubilee Line, 239; Metropolitan Line, 66, 124, 190; Piccadilly Line, 190; Late running/incomplete engineering work:- Baker Street, 461; East Putney, 490; Finsbury Park, 65; Fulham Broadway, 552; Golders Green, 390; Hangar Lane Junction, 342, 552; Harrow North Junction, 492; Kensal Green, 296; Morden depot, 14; Paddington, 296; Queens Park, 454; South Kensington-Gloucester Road, 455; Warren Street, 122; Wembley Park, 123; Letters to the Editor:- 34-36, 81-83, 138, 143-145, 199-200, 205, 244-246, 308-309, 350-352, 397- 400*, 500-506, 620-624; Lifts:- Lift defects causing part/full station closures:- Borough, 619; Chalk Farm, 345; Covent Garden, 16; Gloucester Road, 17x3, 67, 343, 345, 492, 619x2; Hampstead, 618x2; Highgate, 343; Lambeth North, 14, 122x2, 461x2, 491; Regent’s Park, 14, 15; MIP lifts:- Waterloo, 203*; Line Diagrams:- Stations:- Olympic stickers, 459x2*, Trains:- 170*, 649x2*, Line Gradients, CELR, 546*; Line Schematics, CELR, 549x2*, 551*; Local power/lighting failure/surge:- Baker Street, 123; Bond Street, 193; Borough, 190; Buckhurst Hill, 192; Chalfont & Latimer, 490; Clapham Common, 121, 190; East Putney, 340; Ealing Common, 189; Euston, 342; Gloucester Road, 463; Green Park, 65; Gunnersbury, 341, 454, 617; Heathrow T123, 340; Kennington, 296; Lancaster Gate, 14; Leicester Square, 346; Marble Arch, 489; North Greenwich, 461; Northolt, 17; Oxford Circus, 66, 552; 660 Rayners Lane, 343; Seven Sisters, 341x2; Southfields, 293; South Kensington, 65x2; South Kenton, 17, 295; Theydon Bois, 341; Tottenham Hale, 342, 388; Totteridge & Whetstone, 390; Uxbridge, 190; Walthamstow Central, 342; Warwick Avenue, 493x2; West Kensington, 239; Wood Green, 618; Woodside Park, 17; London Underground:- LU’S 150th Anniversary Celebrations 2013, 20-21; LU’S Operational Vision – Technology Enable Change, 19-20;