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Hiya, cheers for your pictures of Harringay railway station. Can I encourage you to upload then direct to Wikimedia Commons, where they will reach an even wider audience. The process is just as easy. Railwayfan2005 (talk) 20:59, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

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Reply by L07ChLeo3

I am sorry for any inconvenience I have caused all if not most of the problems with my article have been rectified once again I am very sorry L07ChLeo3 21:35, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hiya, cheers for your pictures of Harringay railway station. Can I encourage you to upload then direct to Wikimedia Commons, where they will reach an even wider audience. The process is just as easy. Railwayfan2005 (talk) 20:59, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

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If you claim you got the owners permission, you're going to have to show some pretty serious proof, given that Transport for London and Wikipedia never allow permission to use their logo (hence the rather peculiar logo for WP:WikiProject London Transport) and I find it hard to believe that either Microsoft or Adobe have granted you permission to release their logos into the public domain. You are obviously here in good faith; please don't put me in a position where I have to block you from editing to stop you getting us into trouble or disrupting other editors' work. – iridescent 21:07, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Reply by L07ChLeo3

I am sorry for any inconvenience I have caused all if not most of the problems with my article have been rectified one again I am very sorry L07ChLeo3 21:35, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

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Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway

Hi L07ChLeo3,

I see that you changed the boxes on the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway station articles to show that the route forking after St Ann's Road railway station to Tottenham Hale or to South Tottenham. This is the same thing I did when editing the articles initially but then I decided that I was probably mistaken. You see, St Ann's Road only opened in 1882 and the route to Tottenham Hale seems to have finished in 1870 (after the first incarnation of the line had been a commercial flop). By the time St Ann's Road opened the line was running on its current route via South Tottenham. If I am right then Haringey Green Lanes was the station before Tottenham Hale at the time that Tottenham Hale was in use. Does that make sense? More to the point, is it correct? Was there a post 1882 service on the line which served Tottenham Hale that I am not aware of? If so then the boxes are correct as they are. If not, then I think we should change them back. What do you think?

BTW: It would be very useful if there were some old timetables we could use to check these things against. Do you know of any good sites for these?

--DanielRigal (talk) 18:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Thank you I am mistaken sorry I don't know any good websites... thanks for the notification L07ChLeo3 18:21, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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Spacevezon (talk) 17:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Thank you for the information I will help out by finding more or making constructive edits. --L07ChLeo3 (talk) 23:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)L07ChLeo3 22:09, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

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A:please take into note the rule of this page you have clearly done this without taking this rule into consideration B:It is my work and is designed for my user page only; I seriously doubt that it can be used in any more articles

L07ChLeo3 (talk) 11:41, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

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The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 11 - February 2009)

January | The Metropolitan

London Transport News

February 2009

New bus designs are put on display in the London Transport Museum

East London Line phase 2 gets go-ahead, completing orbirail proposal

Chesham to get 2 trains per hour from London in 2011 following consultation

Taxi fare increased by 3.4% to meet rising costs

Blackheath Hill and Shooters Hill sections of the A2 to undergo eight week improvement scheme to reduce maintenance and improve facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.

Spring poems are released on the Underground

Following a planned upgrade, London Overground will see an increased number of trains per hour to 8.

Bus route 263 extended from Archway to Holloway

Possible suspension of the third phase of the London Low Emission Zone for those vehicles affected in October next year

January 2009

Safety campaign for motorcycle users driven forward with two-day summit

Winter Wanders talk place around many London walks

Tube maps have been changed to make it easier for people with disabilities, bicyles, luggage and other things with clarifications on the step-free map. A new map is also introduced showing toilet facilities.

Changes in London Board

TfL wants views on changes to some buses in north-west London

Funding is to be given to improve Exhibition Road in London's museum quarter

New bus route 228 between Central Middlesex Hospital and Maida Hill via White City is introducd

The Docklands Light Railway extension to Woolwich Arsenal opens

£50 penalty fares are introduced

Stonewall has named Transport for London one of the top five firms for employing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered staff

PPP report published

Preparations begin at Tottenham Court Road for the construction of Crossrail

Please note that events are arranged from newest at the top to oldest at the bottom.

Member News

Welcome to the new members that joined during the months of January to February:

Dennisman
L07chleo2

And a special sad goodbye to

Unisouth

Bringing us to a total of 70 members!

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

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Congratulations to all the people involved in getting Edgar Speyer from good article status to featured article status. Well done for this achievement.

Please can people become more involved with other areas of the portal. The portal still seems to be only gaining contributions on the selected article and picture areas. It seems there is still a general lack of interest in the portal other than these areas.

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From the editor

The last month makes the first anniversary of this newsletter, hence the birthday cake at the start.

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Simply south (talk) (Editor, Main Contributor and Distibutor)
Credits to other people who fix minor formatting and spelling in this and the last issue.

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
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Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
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Assessment

GA

A1 road (London)
A215 road
Docklands Light Railway
Hammerton's Ferry
High Speed 1
London Paddington station

GAC
None

FA\FL

City and South London Railway
London congestion charge
List of London Underground stations
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Edgar Speyer

FAC\FLC
None

A
None

Other assessment notes

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In Janary 22nd, 1 year has passed for the launch of this newsletter

Images were discussed, some on Carshaton station and others which could not be identified until some later.

Creation of a list on London bus stations and also confusions with it and London bus garages.

Founder Unisouth has departed

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Also, thank you for the prompt. Simply south not SS, sorry 14:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

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Sorry

Sorry I haven't had the time to fix that error it has been rectified now thanks L07ChLeo3 (talk) 19:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Noticed you had problems with the syntax, I have helped you done it. Syjytg (talk) 08:49, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

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List of scholarly publications by Norman Wengert

I gather you just tagged this page for speedy deletion, at the same time I placed a substantial number of references on the page. Now they have all dispappeared, and were removed from the Norman Wengert page. Do you know how to recover them? I do not, and I'm not looking forward to making the list up again from scratch. Please? Mervyn Emrys (talk) 23:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

The references are still there don't worry. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 00:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Where? Can't see them. Checked. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 00:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I concur that the information seems to have disappeared from both the article and the relevant edit histories, an act which I am puzzled by, yet would appear to be the case. LO7ChLeo3, I accept your reasoning for tagging the article for speedy deletion. However, I believe you should have given more time to allow the creator a chance to develop the article further before tagging. I have also advised the creator to employ an under construction tag in future. Allventon (talk) 01:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I am sorry for the information I was merely hasty but the reason why the edit history may have gone is because an Oversighter must have deleted it; they have the power to delete pages PERMANENTLY which would explain why the history may have disappeared however I will see what I can do. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 20:34, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: NewPageWatcher

Done. Sorry for the wait. Cheers, –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 20:54, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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Speedy Deletion

Thanks for telling me. Spacevezon (talk) 20:35, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

stubs

Hi, Please don't add {{stub}} to articles like Passy-Kéli when they already have categorised stub tags - it just wastes the time of people at WP:STUBSORT. If you feel the article needs expanding, Wikifying, etc there are plenty of other templates you can use. Thanks, PamD (talk) 22:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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{{helpme}}

Hello whenever I try to make an account on the ACC (Account Creator Control) interface I am told I already have an account on it and that my username is already registered but on the message I was sent about a week earlier it says that my account wasn't ready for creation which means that my account hadn't been made on the ACC so why am I getting that Error message! Can anyone help please? Thanks. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 20:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

You should ask this question at WT:ACC. //roux 20:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 20:24, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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Just letting you know, I've replaced your speedy with a prod, because it doesn't look like its advertising the game at all, it just looks completely made up, but it isn't speedy material. Keep up the new page patrolling! Regards, FingersOnRoids♫ 21:45, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I am a user with some +1750 edits to Wikipedia who has not done anything wrong, I am affected by a hardblock please grant my account an ip-block exempt. Cheers. P.S. The ip address that I am blocked from is as follows 82.198.250.2

Decline reason:

Since you are on the same checkuser-hardblocked IP address as User talk:Spacevezon, who made a very similar request at exactly the same time, I've blocked you directly for abusing multiple accounts. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 08:22, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

I've had a checkuser look into this, and it seems I was mistaken on the sockpuppetry. You have been unblocked, and should be able to edit again. I apologize for the confusion. Your bot I will leave blocked for now - it should not be making edits without approval anyway, unless it's only making edits to your own userspace. If this is the case, or when it gets approval for a trial, post an unblock request on its talk page with this account and it will be unblocked.

Request handled by: Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 09:22, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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Why did you post identical unblock requests then? You've also suddenly come up on an IP address blocked by a checkuser in response to severe abuse of multiple accounts. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 08:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

We were merely nearby each other. We are both avid contributors to Wikipedia. When we try to edit Wikipedia from our school ip address we can't as it has been hardblocked and I got the idea from him to request ip block exemption when I saw him requesting it thus I tried to do it, I can say, truthfully and honestly that we are not the same person. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 08:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the unblock I am sorry for any confusion caused, I don't mind that the bot is blocked as the source code is taking a while to construct and it won't be finished for some time now. Anyway I'm babbling too much. Cheers. --L07ChLeo3 (talk) 11:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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This blocked user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request.

Crest of London/Archive (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

79.66.119.129 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Block message:

Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "Jokers1234". The reason given for Jokers1234's block is: "Creating attack pages and/or nonsense pages".

Blocking administrator: Mentifisto (talk • blocks)

Decline reason: I'm pretty sketpical here. The blocked editor created Lucy Pierce at 20:16; then you marked it for deletion at 20:20; then he created it again at 20:23, all this from the same IP with all indications it is the same person doing all the edits. Either you're playing games with Wikipedia, or your computer is insecure; in either case, you'll need to at the very least sit out the autoblock until your friends go away. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 21:28, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

{{helpme}}

Hello, I have a question, how do I persuade my friends and others to not vandalize Wikipedia as they keep doing it, can anyone give some answers. Thanks. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 20:57, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

You tell them not to. In any case, that's probably not something you should ask using the helpme template. Killiondude (talk) 21:04, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

ok thanks. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 21:08, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I can honestly say that I have not vandalized Wikipedia I am sorry if people from my ip address are causing distress they often bully me for having an interest in Wikipedia and thus I am often the subject of their random attacks but I can honestly say I do not vandalize Wikipedia, I'll wait for the autoblock to lift if I have to but I do not like people thinking that I am a dishonest Wikipedian. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 21:35, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

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April Metro

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 12 - April 2009)

February | The Metropolitan

London Transport News

April 2009

The Thames boat services are to be made easier with for example, more integration, a new ferry service from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, extending Tower Pier and acceptence of Oyster Pay as you go.

The London Overground's Stratford platforms will open later this month

Taxi fares in London increase by 3.4%

A bird photo competition, with partnership between tfl and RSPB, is launched

March 2009

£9.2 billion is to be used to deliver many transport improvements in the tube, Crossrail, DLR, East London Line and Cycle Hire

A £4.2 million programme is launched to help promote sustainable travel in the London Borough of Richmond

Southern Gas Networks has been prosecuted for breaking rules on street works

Various service changes will occur from late April until December to facilitate upgrade work on London Overground

Two weeks were left for Community Cycling Fund for London to apply for grants help promote cycling

Major work on A406 to facilitate gas works for three months

New artwork for tube map cover

Consultation begins on London Permit Scheme

A map is launched showing Coach Parking in central London

A bridge on Dalston Lane will be replaced in late May to help with the running of the East London Line Extension

A spring campaign is launched to warn drivers to watch out for motorcyclists

From December, Circle Line services will extend to Hammersmith

£1 million used to help set up car club package for residents as essentially a car-for-hire service within five minutes walk over next two years. Cars will have designated spots where they can be used on a pay-as-you-go service.

New bus lane in the centre of Mitcham speeds up journeys

The revamped Tower Gateway station reopens early

Blackfriars LU station closes for 2 years for Thameslink Programme upgrades. The National Rail stations remains open.

February 2009

Operation Quash tackles crime on commonly shared routes in the boroughs of Barnet, Hillingdon and Harrow

Tim O' Toole, Managing Director of the London Underground steps down

At Stratford station, an exhibition of art, the Stratford Hoard, has been extended to summer

A theatre troupe called New You See Me Now You Don't is to tour schools from March four 4 months to increase awareness of road safety

Arrests by the Met and TfL lead to a crackdown on illegal cabs

A new system is launched allowing freight drivers to compare collisions, emissions, fuel use and fines and charges against other operators

A digital map which shows speed limits has been released by TfL for download

Operation Ridgeway, an attempt to combat antisocial behavior and pickpocketing on London buses leads to over 1000 arrests

As a result of the "Travel Smarter Sutton" scheme, cycling in that area has increased by 50%

Stansted Express sells Visitor Oyster cards

TfL invites manufacturers to look at new bus model

Please note that events are arranged from newest at the top to oldest at the bottom.

Member News

No members joined or left this project during the the period between this release and the last one

There are currently 70 members!

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

On the assessment side, there are still a lot of articles that need to be assessed for their quality and their importance to this project. Interest has now dipped in this area. Have we reached our peak or are there more out there?

Good luck to the people involved with to all the people involved in getting Edgar Speyer from good article status to featured article status. Well done for this achievement.

Please can people become more involved with other areas of the portal. The portal still seems to be only gaining contributions on the selected article and picture areas but now this area seems to be losing interest.

A new development has meant that things that happen to articles such as nominations for deletions, featured status etc are more easily reported. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Article alerts although for some of the articles, these would have to be seen at Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Article alerts or for rail transport related articles, most would have to be checked out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Article alerts.

Any other suggestions are welcome.

Interest in other areas are okay.

This month's selected image

From the editor

As usual, this issue is in the current format and is still awaiting suggestions for other improvements. The two newest DYK suggestions were added below. As a bonus if you add your DYK to the portal, it will also be added to the newsletter next time.

Please provide any suggestions for any improvements to this newsletter and any comments or anything else to include in the next issue. Please can ideas be given for a better layout on this newsletter. Feedback is much appreciated.

This newsletter is also looking for another editor to collaborate with since the departure of Unisouth. I am currently going to be busier until June so could i please ask that during the start of May, someone could create the may newsletter? If anyone is up for the task, pleasee use my talk page and i will give the sources of information for this issue (including some new sources thanks to a recent change mentioned above).

Newsletters for the time being will be launched during the months.

This edition would not be here if not for the feedback, support from many people and the paper's subscribers and I would like to thank you all.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) (Editor, Main Contributor and Distibutor)
Credits to other people who fix minor formatting and spelling in this and the last issue.

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

GA

A1 road (London)
A215 road
Docklands Light Railway
Hammerton's Ferry
High Speed 1
London Paddington station

GAC
None

FA\FL

City and South London Railway
London congestion charge
List of London Underground stations
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Edgar Speyer

FAC\FLC

Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway

A
None

Other assessment notes

Other announcements

Jubilee Line was proposed for a split

Various transport stub templates were merged into one although this has resulted in some duplication

The list of London Underground stations is currently under a featured review (at the time of writing)

Template:London Buses was proposed with deletion but this was kept.

Did you know

...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
…that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?

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May Metro

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 13 - May 2009)

April | The Metropolitan

London Transport News

May 2009

Work to build the new Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road begins on 15 May; rebuilding work will cost over £1 billion and the new ticket hall will be six times the size of the existing one

The replacement of all trains on the Piccadilly line by 2014 is announced

A flyover bridge at Canning Town is due to be put in place in late May as part of the DLR extension along the former North London Line from Canning Town to Stratford

April 2009

The Thames boat services are to be made easier with for example, more integration, a new ferry service from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, extending Tower Pier and acceptence of Oyster Pay as you go.

The London Overground's Stratford platforms will open later this month

Taxi fares in London increase by 3.4%

A bird photo competition, with partnership between tfl and RSPB, is launched

March 2009

£9.2 billion is to be used to deliver many transport improvements in the tube, Crossrail, DLR, East London Line and Cycle Hire

A £4.2 million programme is launched to help promote sustainable travel in the London Borough of Richmond

Southern Gas Networks has been prosecuted for breaking rules on street works

Various service changes will occur from late April until December to facilitate upgrade work on London Overground

Two weeks were left for Community Cycling Fund for London to apply for grants help promote cycling

Major work on A406 to facilitate gas works for three months

New artwork for tube map cover

Consultation begins on London Permit Scheme

A map is launched showing Coach Parking in central London

A bridge on Dalston Lane will be replaced in late May to help with the running of the East London Line Extension

A spring campaign is launched to warn drivers to watch out for motorcyclists

From December, Circle Line services will extend to Hammersmith

£1 million used to help set up car club package for residents as essentially a car-for-hire service within five minutes walk over next two years. Cars will have designated spots where they can be used on a pay-as-you-go service.

New bus lane in the centre of Mitcham speeds up journeys

The revamped Tower Gateway station reopens early

Blackfriars LU station closes for 2 years for Thameslink Programme upgrades. The National Rail stations remains open.

February 2009

Operation Quash tackles crime on commonly shared routes in the boroughs of Barnet, Hillingdon and Harrow

Tim O' Toole, Managing Director of the London Underground steps down

At Stratford station, an exhibition of art, the Stratford Hoard, has been extended to summer

A theatre troupe called New You See Me Now You Don't is to tour schools from March four 4 months to increase awareness of road safety

Arrests by the Met and TfL lead to a crackdown on illegal cabs

A new system is launched allowing freight drivers to compare collisions, emissions, fuel use and fines and charges against other operators

A digital map which shows speed limits has been released by TfL for download

Operation Ridgeway, an attempt to combat antisocial behavior and pickpocketing on London buses leads to over 1000 arrests

As a result of the "Travel Smarter Sutton" scheme, cycling in that area has increased by 50%

Stansted Express sells Visitor Oyster cards

TfL invites manufacturers to look at new bus model

Please note that events are arranged from newest at the top to oldest at the bottom.

Member News

Jsp3970 has left the project and no new members have joined this month.

There are currently 69 members!

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

There is a proposal for a bot to tag all articles in London-related categories as falling under WikiProject London or WikiProject London Transport. The upside of this is that it will give us a much better idea of how many articles we have and help to promote the two projects to people who may not be aware of them. The downside is that it will greatly increase the number of unassessed articles; the manual tagging of articles in Category:Tourist attractions in London to test the viability of the proposal added over 2,000 articles to WP:LONDON and over 50 articles to WP:LT. Please comment on the proposal and on which categories should be included if it goes ahead here.

Even aside from those pages that will be added by the bot, there are still a lot of articles that need to be assessed for their quality and their importance to this project. It's easy and quick; please get involved if you can!

Template:Nearest tube has recently been proposed for deletion. Those who use this template – or those who don't find it useful – are invited to join the discussion.

It's been said before, but please can people become more involved with other areas of the portal. The portal still seems to be only gaining contributions on the selected article and picture areas but even this area seems to be losing interest. If anyone has any suggestions about how to raise the profile of the portal and/or increase participation, please do suggest it!

The new Article Alerts system means that things that happen to articles such as nominations for deletions, featured status etc are more easily reported. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Article alerts although for some of the articles, these would have to be seen at Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Article alerts or for rail transport related articles, most would have to be checked out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Article alerts. By watchlisting the appropriate Alert pages, you can see right away when relevant articles are nominated at GAC/FAC, proposed for deletion etcetera, making it much easier to keep track of any proposed changes that may affect articles that interest you. Transport articles sometimes suffer because many of those who comment at Articles for Deletion, Featured Article Candidates etc aren't necessarily aware of what's significant and what isn't; although discussions can sometimes look daunting, please don't be afraid to get involved if you have an opinion on an article that's being discussed.

This month's selected image

Qantas Boeing 747-400 about to land at Heathrow Airport, seen beyond the roofs of Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow.

From the editor

As Simply South is busy, this is my first time as editor, so if there are any mistakes feel free to correct them or point them out to me. As usual, this issue is in the current format and is still awaiting suggestions for other improvements. The two newest DYK suggestions were added below. As a bonus if you add your DYK to the portal, it will also be added to the newsletter next time.

Please provide any suggestions for any improvements to this newsletter and any comments or anything else to include in the next issue. Please can ideas be given for a better layout on this newsletter. Feedback is much appreciated.

This newsletter is also looking for another editor to collaborate with since the departure of Unisouth. If anyone's able to, please contact Simply South to discuss it.

This edition would not be here if not for the feedback, support from many people and the paper's subscribers and I would like to thank you all.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) (Editor, Main Contributor and Distibutor)
iridescent (talk) (Guest editor)
Credits to other people who fix minor formatting and spelling in this and the last issue.

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

GA

A1 road (London)
A215 road
Docklands Light Railway
Hammerton's Ferry
High Speed 1
London Paddington station
Richmond Bridge, London

GAC

Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Wandsworth Bridge

FA\FL

Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
City and South London Railway
Edgar Speyer
List of London Underground stations
London congestion charge

FAC\FLC
None

A
None

Other assessment notes

Other announcements

Jubilee Line was proposed for a split

Various transport stub templates were merged into one although this has resulted in some duplication

The list of London Underground stations is currently under a featured review (at the time of writing)

Template:London Buses was proposed with deletion but this was kept.

Did you know

...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
…that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?

If you want to stop receiving this newsletter or, if you are visiting this userpage, want to sign up for this newsletter then please visit this page. You may also like to provide your opinions on this newsletter by visiting The Metropolitan's feedback page or the project's discussion page. Any other issues with this, don't be afraid to drop a line at Simply south's talkpage.

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As Simply South is busy, I've stepped in for this one; this is my first time, so feel free to fix any mistakes or let me know of anything I've missed. – iride scent 20:31, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps invitation

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the GA sweeps process. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --L07ChLeo3 ^(T|C|A) 19:52, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

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MOTD

Would be gatreful if you have any ideas for mottos. Please help at WP:MOTD/N. Also see Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Archival Simply south (talk) 22:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

No. 14

Closer to the time, i was wondering whether you would like to do the June Metro. I know you previously had an interest in this. Though it would normally be designed\updated a few days before or at the start of the next month. If you are interested, please drop me a line and i will help out with what i can. Simply south (talk)

If it is okay I'll give you the links now. I am going to be off the grid for a week. It may be easier to copy the previous issue and replace the sections with what needs to be updated and that. For how to do the editorial sections, see User talk:Simply south/February_to_August_2008_archive#The Metropolitan and User talk:Unisouth#Metro. For sources of various pages you need to check for developments and that see Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/sources and check other relevant pages. This will be the June Metro. And start it in a few days time. Simply south (talk) 22:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Probably to avoid the newsletter getting too large, i would delete the content from last month, except that which you feel is most important. I've noticed in the news section, there is a heading for June but unless you have links to future news articles that have either the incorrect date or have not been published, they should still be in May. Also, i would check every now and then seeing as this has been done early until June 1st (the next publication date) if there are any updates. It does look good so far. Btw, i am gong to be intermittent for the next week. Simply south (talk) 10:58, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I see your point, I have fixed the problems, so now I just wait until June 1st in case new info comes out. Crest of London ^(T|C|A) 11:23, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Saw it deleted. It updates every month after people have chosen or it is meant to (Pic of month that is). Simply south (talk) 11:46, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

talkheader

Howdy. There is a strong discouragement on adding the {{talkheader}} template to any pages that don't need it. See that template's documentation for details, (eg. "This template should be used only when needed. There is no need to add this template to every talk page."). See the template's talkpage for numerous and ongoing discussions about same. Thanks :) -- Quiddity (talk) 05:10, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

June Metro

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 14 - June 2009)

May | The Metropolitan

London Transport News

May 2009

TFL launches search for new, free London morning newspaper to replace The Metro which ends its contract on March 2010.

Victoria Coach Station has become the first organisation in the London transport sector to achieve the Government's Customer Service Excellence (CSE) standard award.

The construction of Crossrail has begun at Canary Wharf station.

The Mayor of London has started a cycle revolution; all are welcome to join the events hosted to reduce impact on the environment.

New pedestrian crossings at Marble Arch, have allowed a "more mobile service" around the station.

Crime is down by 8% on the tube since last year.

Work to build the new Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road begins on 15 May; rebuilding work will cost over £1 billion and the new ticket hall will be six times the size of the existing one

The replacement of all trains on the Piccadilly line by 2014 is announced

A flyover bridge at Canning Town is due to be put in place in late May as part of the DLR extension along the former North London Line from Canning Town to Stratford

April 2009

The Thames boat services are to be made easier with for example, more integration, a new ferry service from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, extending Tower Pier and acceptance of Oyster Pay as you go.

The London Overground's Stratford platforms will open later this month

Taxi fares in London increase by 3.4%

A bird photo competition, with partnership between tfl and RSPB, is launched

March 2009

£9.2 billion is to be used to deliver many transport improvements in the tube, Crossrail, DLR, East London Line and Cycle Hire

A £4.2 million programme is launched to help promote sustainable travel in the London Borough of Richmond

Southern Gas Networks has been prosecuted for breaking rules on street works

Various service changes will occur from late April until December to facilitate upgrade work on London Overground

Two weeks were left for Community Cycling Fund for London to apply for grants help promote cycling

Major work on A406 to facilitate gas works for three months

New artwork for tube map cover

Consultation begins on London Permit Scheme

A map is launched showing Coach Parking in central London

A bridge on Dalston Lane will be replaced in late May to help with the running of the East London Line Extension

A spring campaign is launched to warn drivers to watch out for motorcyclists

From December, Circle Line services will extend to Hammersmith

£1 million used to help set up car club package for residents as essentially a car-for-hire service within five minutes walk over next two years. Cars will have designated spots where they can be used on a pay-as-you-go service.

New bus lane in the centre of Mitcham speeds up journeys

The revamped Tower Gateway station reopens early

Blackfriars LU station closes for 2 years for Thameslink Programme upgrades. The National Rail stations remains open.

Member News

User:L07ChLeo3 has changed his name to Crest of London. So as to date no members have left or joined the project.

There are currently 69 members!

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

So to begin with good luck and well done to the people who keep attaining Featured article or list status to articles such as Richmond Bridge, London we would all like to thank you for doing one of the hardest jobs on the project and another thank you to all that helped out with this month's metro, it has been hard since Unisouth's departure but we have all kept it together by working hard. I would also like to give a special thanks to iridescent and DavidCane for writing the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway and Battersea Bridge articles in the amazing way that they did. Together those two have contributed to >70 per cent of the GA/FA articles in this Project so a large well done to those two!

The List of London Underground stations article is on featured review so please if you have anything that could improve the article, please add it.

It has been mentioned in previous editions but we really need people to get involved in other areas of the portal, the interest rate in it has dropped rapidly so if you know anyone interested in London Transport that isn't already a member please ask them to get involved in the portal. For the future of this Project.

The new system of Article Alerts has become a big hit, providing easy and quick access to information and developments on articles such as deletion and nominations to FA/FL status as well as many others so if you ever need information you can simply add the relevant page to your watchlist and wait for the updates to come in.

And finally talk pages may seem like a daunting prospect but still it is a good idea to voice your opinion once in a while. Who knows? Your single (relevant) comment could save an article from deletion or even boost it's chances of being promoted to FA/FL status.

As usual all suggestions to improving the metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

Thames Clippers service catamaran on the River Thames.

From the editor

This is my first time on the job, I have decided to fill the empty job space since Unisouth's departure, so as with standard procedure feel free to correct any mistakes and update any old links if necessary. We are still looking for improvements to the formats so please provide any suggestions for any improvements to this newsletter and any comments or anything else to include in the next issue. Please can ideas be given for a better layout on this newsletter. Feedback is highly appreciated.

This edition would not be here if not for the feedback, support from many people and the paper's subscribers and I would like to thank you all.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) (Editor, Main Contributor and Distibutor)
Crest of London (talk) (Guest editor)
Credits to other people who fix minor formatting and spelling in this and the last issue.

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

GA

A1 road (London)
A215 road
Docklands Light Railway
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Hammerton's Ferry
High Speed 1
London Paddington station
Wandsworth Bridge
Wimbledon and Sutton Railway

GAC
None

FA\FL

Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
City and South London Railway
Edgar Speyer
List of London Underground stations
London congestion charge
Richmond Bridge, London
Vauxhall Bridge

FAC\FLC

Battersea Bridge
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway

A
None

Other assessment notes

None

Other announcements

The Richmond Bridge, London article has been promoted to a featured article status.

The Vauxhall Bridge article has been nominated as a featured article.

The list of London Underground stations is currently under a featured review (at the time of writing).

The Church Road (Harlesden) article has been nominated for deletion.

Did you know...

...that the Underground's architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers?
...that Blackfriars Underground station (opened 1870) pre-dates the main line station by sixteen years?
...that the Westway, the West Cross Route and the East Cross Route are the only parts of the GLC's 1960s plan for the London Motorway Box that were built?
...that prior to the transfer of most of the route to the Central line in 1947, the Fairlop Loop saw circular services running from Liverpool Street to Stratford to Ilford to Woodford to Stratford to Liverpool Street?
...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
…that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?
...that Greenford station has the only remaining wooden escalator on the London Underground?

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July Metro

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 15 - July 2009)

June | The Metropolitan | August |

London Transport News

June 2009

Wrexham & Shropshire has become the first train operating company to sell Oyster cards to passengers before they arrive in London.

Art on the on the Underground, London Underground's art programme, has won an international award for culture on public transport systems.

Transport for London have announced a five month improvement scheme for the A316 Richmond Circus road junction, with increased accessability for cyclists and pedestrians.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has tested London's first air-conditioned tube train.

New superhero artwork has been added to Charing Cross and Embankment tube stations.

Due to the ongoing tube strike, and the lack of Chiltern services, over 70,000 football supporters were without transport after the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.

Union RMT announced a 48 hour tube strike, which began at 18:59 on Tuesday 9 June.

The new Three Mills Lock has opened in Bromley-by-Bow.

Transport for London has announced that six bus manufacturers have qualified to bid for the contract to design and build the new bus for London.

To aid overseas travellers, London Underground has upgraded all touch screen ticket machines to 17 different languages.

May 2009

TFL launches search for new, free London morning newspaper to replace The Metro which ends its contract on March 2010.

Victoria Coach Station has become the first organisation in the London transport sector to achieve the Government's Customer Service Excellence (CSE) standard award.

The construction of Crossrail has begun at Canary Wharf station.

The Mayor of London has started a cycle revolution; all are welcome to join the events hosted to reduce impact on the environment.

New pedestrian crossings at Marble Arch, have allowed a "more mobile service" around the station.

Crime is down by 8% on the tube since last year.

Work to build the new Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road begins on 15 May; rebuilding work will cost over £1 billion and the new ticket hall will be six times the size of the existing one

The replacement of all trains on the Piccadilly line by 2014 is announced

A flyover bridge at Canning Town is due to be put in place in late May as part of the DLR extension along the former North London Line from Canning Town to Stratford

April 2009

The Thames boat services are to be made easier with for example, more integration, a new ferry service from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, extending Tower Pier and acceptance of Oyster Pay as you go.

The London Overground's Stratford platforms will open later this month

Taxi fares in London increase by 3.4%

A bird photo competition, with partnership between tfl and RSPB, is launched

Member News

We have two new members! We welcome Trainzamania and Cɧrɩs, who both joined on 2 June.

There are currently 71 members!

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

It has certainly been a fantastic month for featured articles, with no less than three articles being promoted in June, Albert Bridge, London, Battersea Bridge and Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway. We would like to thank all the editors who worked so hard to get these articles where they are now. Richmond Bridge, London, which was promoted in May, was featured on the main page on 17 June. Chelsea Bridge has been nominated for featured status- I invite you to review or comment on the article here.

Concluding the news on featured articles, the List of London Underground stations article went through another featured list review. Fortunately, the list was able to keep its featured status.

The project gained two new members in June, Cɧrɩs and Trainzamania, bringing our total membership up to 71. We'll soon make it to 100!

As usual all suggestions to improving the metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

From the editor

This is my first time editing the newsletter, so I hope everything's alright. I've added a bit more colour to the assessment section so that GA and FA/FL stand out more. Any further improvements are welcome, so please comment on what could be done better. Suggestions for alterations to the layout of the newsletter will be appreciated.

I would like to thank all the members of the WikiProject who helped create this issue and all those who have contributed to the articles which have made featured status in the past month.

Contributors to this Issue

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Simply south (talk) (Contributor and Distibutor)

Credits to all who fix grammar, spelling and punctuation in this newsletter.

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

GA
A1 road (London)
A215 road
Docklands Light Railway
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Hammerton's Ferry
High Speed 1
London Paddington station
Wandsworth Bridge
Wimbledon and Sutton Railway

GAC
None

FA/FL 
Albert Bridge
Battersea Bridge
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
City and South London Railway
Edgar Speyer
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
List of London Underground stations
London congestion charge
Richmond Bridge, London
Vauxhall Bridge

FAC/FLC

Chelsea Bridge

A
None

Other assessment notes

None

Other announcements

Three articles have been promoted to featured status:

Albert Bridge, London
Battersea Bridge
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway

The Chelsea Bridge article has been nominated as a featured article

Richmond Bridge, London was featured on the main page on 17 June.

The Church Road (Harlesden) article was deleted following an AFD discussion.

Did you know...

...that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of a bottlenose whale removed from the River Thames at Battersea Bridge were put on public display in the offices of The Guardian newspaper?
...that in September 1844 a clown from Astley's Amphitheatre sailed from Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge in a washtub towed by geese?
...that the Dollis Brook Viaduct is the highest point on both the Northern Line and the London Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
...that the Dollis Valley Greenwalk is one of ten parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet to win a £400,000 grant to improve its quality and safety?
...that Chelsea Bridge was little used at night when it first opened, because of its owners' policy of only turning the lighting on if Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
...that Albert Bridge (pictured) in London is seriously structurally unsound in part because of rotting caused by dog's urine?
...despite the many motorways serving London, only four (the M1, the M4, M11 and M25) actually enter Greater London?
...out of the 32 London Borough, six have no underground stations- all of them south of the River Thames.
...Marylebone tube station opened with the unusual name of Great Central, reflecting the main line company that ran trains out of the terminus?
...that Routemaster's are still used on two heritage bus routes in London, routes 9 and 15?
...that for two years, from 1883 to 1885, the District Railway ran services along the Great Western Main Line to Windsor?
...that the Circle line was only designated as a separate line in 1949?
...Jerry Springer maintains that he was born in East Finchley tube station when his mother took shelter during the Blitz, despite East Finchley being a surface station.

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The Metropolitan - Issue 16

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 16 - August 2009)

July | September

London Transport News

July

48 hour strike disrupts main line services from Liverpool Street

The Victoria Underground station upgrade has received planning approval from the Secretary of State for Transport

East Thames Buses to be sold by TfL to London General Transport Services Limited

The First 2009 Stock train starts carrying passengers in service on the Victoria line

Visitors to Piccadilly Circus will be able to see Tube service updates on the Coca-Cola advertising board

Boris Johnson unveils the first of the new London Overground trains

June 2009

Wrexham & Shropshire has become the first train operating company to sell Oyster cards to passengers before they arrive in London.

Art on the on the Underground, London Underground's art programme, has won an international award for culture on public transport systems.

Transport for London have announced a five month improvement scheme for the A316 Richmond Circus road junction, with increased accessability for cyclists and pedestrians.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has tested London's first air-conditioned tube train.

New superhero artwork has been added to Charing Cross and Embankment tube stations.

Due to the ongoing tube strike, and the lack of Chiltern services, over 70,000 football supporters were without transport after the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.

Union RMT announced a 48 hour tube strike, which began at 18:59 on Tuesday 9 June.

The new Three Mills Lock has opened in Bromley-by-Bow.

Transport for London has announced that six bus manufacturers have qualified to bid for the contract to design and build the new bus for London.

To aid overseas travellers, London Underground has upgraded all touch screen ticket machines to 17 different languages.

Member News

Welcome to new member Tyw7 who joined on 29 July.

We currently have 72 members signed-up.

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article, Chelsea Bridge (well done again Iridescent), and one new good article, Charles Pearson. We therefore, currently have 10 Featured Articles, 1 Featured List and 10 Good Articles in the Project. Unfortunately, one former Good Article, Docklands Light Railway has been demoted to B-class. We have 110 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved and taken through the Good Article review process - so come on guys, get those books out and get fact checking.

As usual all suggestions to improving the metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

London Underground Battery-electric locomotive L16 designed to operate over tracks where the traction current is turned off for maintenance work.

From the editor

Thanks for reading.

Contributors to this Issue

DavidCane (talk) (Guest Editor and Distributor)
Simply south (talk) (Contributor and Distibutor)

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

Featured Articles & Lists

FAC/FLC
None

Good Articles

GAC
None

A
None

Other assessment notes

None

Other announcements

One article was promoted to Featured Article status:
- Chelsea Bridge

One article was promoted to Good Article status:
- Charles Pearson

A new timeline has been created for the London Underground listing important events in the network's history

Did you know...

...that Sir Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport wrote a book encouraging Londoners to walk round the city.
...that in the 1960s Chelsea Bridge was a venue for illegal bike racing and, in 1970, a battle took place between rival motorcycle gangs.
...that before Charles Pearson campaigned for the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, he proposed a giant underground railway terminus in Farringdon?
...that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of a bottlenose whale removed from the River Thames at Battersea Bridge were put on public display in the offices of The Guardian newspaper?
...that in September 1844 a clown from Astley's Amphitheatre sailed from Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge in a washtub towed by geese?
...that the Dollis Brook Viaduct is the highest point on both the Northern Line and the London Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
...that the Dollis Valley Greenwalk is one of ten parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet to win a £400,000 grant to improve its quality and safety?
...that Chelsea Bridge was little used at night when it first opened, because of its owners' policy of only turning the lighting on if Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
...that Albert Bridge in London is seriously structurally unsound in part because of rotting caused by dog's urine?
...despite the many motorways serving London, only four (the M1, the M4, M11 and M25) actually enter Greater London?
...out of the 32 London Borough, six have no underground stations- all of them south of the River Thames.
...Marylebone tube station opened with the unusual name of Great Central, reflecting the main line company that ran trains out of the terminus?
...that Routemasters are still used on two heritage bus routes in London, routes 9 and 15?
...that for two years, from 1883 to 1885, the District Railway ran services along the Great Western Main Line to Windsor?

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September Metro

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 17 - September 2009)

August | October

London Transport News

Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

September

Introduction of pink Oyster validators may mean cheaper fares for people avoiding Zone 1 if they touch in Midway through their journey, at some key interchanges.

TfL will launch Countdown, a new sevice which shows when and where the next bus is for mobile and internet users.

August

More bendy buses removed

Upminster tube depot celebrates 50 years

New cameras to ease traffic

New Travel Support card launched for people with certain disabilities

Signals now use LEDs to save energy

TfL moves to Greenwich Peninsula

Extra staff on London Overground to help passengers

Serco operator to set up and run London Cycle Hire scheme

New bus lane to be installed at Piccadilly Circus

Local pedestrians and cyclists would use Henleys Corner in Barnet more if it were improved

Member News

Hello to Klomphy, Huangcjz, mattdickinson and Likelife

We currently have 76 members signed-up.

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article, Chelsea Bridge (well done again Iridescent), and one new good article, Charles Pearson. We therefore, currently have 10 Featured Articles, 1 Featured List and 10 Good Articles although two of thse are under reassessment. Unfortunately, one former Good Article, Docklands Light Railway was demoted to B-class in July and in early August this was followed by Jean Charles de Menezes. We have 90 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved as suggested before.

However, overall assessment of articles appears to have dropped with 43% of articles now unasssessed for quality. Also, 35% of articles have no assessment or importance rating at all. This is quite an increase whereas it was only 1/4 at the start of the year.

There are concerns over what areas of the project are still in use and what are not. Please see WT:LT#Condition of the Wikiproject London Transport page.

On the Portal, the only active areas seem to be the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems to be infrequently updated with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter!

As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

From the editor

August, despite some significant changes appears to have been a quiet month. I hope this is still interesting\informative.

Thanks to DavidCane and Huangcjz for some corrections.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) (Editor and Distibutor)

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

Featured Articles & Lists

FAC/FLC

Timeline of the London Underground

Good Articles

GAC
None

A
None

Other assessment notes

Timeline of the London Underground is currently a featured list candidate

A1 road (London) and A215 road are on good article review as part of a larger project to see whether articles should have their GA statuses retained.

Jean Charles de Menezes was demoted to B-Class.

Other announcements

Sheila Gallagher was nominated for deletion but the decision was decided to keep it as a disambiguation page.

Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

A major move request was done by MRSC, who has recently returned, at Talk:London Paddington station#Requested move. The move involves the format of names of many London stations. Please see the discussion.

Mattdickinson brought up an interesting point on correcting Live departure boards

Template:Nearest Over has been deleted.

Did you know...

...that Sir Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport wrote a book encouraging Londoners to walk round the city.
...that in the 1960s Chelsea Bridge was a venue for illegal bike racing and, in 1970, a battle took place between rival motorcycle gangs.
...that before Charles Pearson campaigned for the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, he proposed a giant underground railway terminus in Farringdon?
...that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of a bottlenose whale removed from the River Thames at Battersea Bridge were put on public display in the offices of The Guardian newspaper?
...that in September 1844 a clown from Astley's Amphitheatre sailed from Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge in a washtub towed by geese?
...that the Dollis Brook Viaduct is the highest point on both the Northern Line and the London Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
...that the Dollis Valley Greenwalk is one of ten parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet to win a £400,000 grant to improve its quality and safety?
...that Chelsea Bridge was little used at night when it first opened, because of its owners' policy of only turning the lighting on if Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
...that Albert Bridge in London is seriously structurally unsound in part because of rotting caused by dog's urine?
...despite the many motorways serving London, only four (the M1, the M4, M11 and M25) actually enter Greater London?
...out of the 32 London Borough, six have no underground stations- all of them south of the River Thames.
...Marylebone tube station opened with the unusual name of Great Central, reflecting the main line company that ran trains out of the terminus?
...that Routemasters are still used on two heritage bus routes in London, routes 9 and 15?
...that for two years, from 1883 to 1885, the District Railway ran services along the Great Western Main Line to Windsor?

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October Metro - better late than never

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 18 - October 2009)

September | November

London Transport News

For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx

Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

October

A few London Overground new British Rail Class 378 is seen in service.

The new Docklands Light Railway rolling stock B07/09 seen in service. In the past, this model has been a rare sight but now it is becomming common.

A new Cycle Hire scheme is introduced in London.

New report shows Countdown could be solution to pedestrian confusion at traffic lights

Route P13 has been revised to improve reliability for passengers

September

Introduction of pink Oyster validators may mean cheaper fares for people avoiding Zone 1 if they touch in Midway through their journey, at some key interchanges.

TfL will launch Countdown, a new sevice which shows when and where the next bus is for mobile and internet users.

TfL's Lost Property Office celebrates 75 years

London's taxi drivers take a large group of seriously ill children on a trip of a lifetime to Disneyland Paris

Mayor opens new Imperial Wharf station

Strike threat lifted as RMT leadership accepts Victoria line working patterns

New edition of 'Poems on the Underground' hits bookstores

New Travel Information Centre opens at Euston

'No reason' for Victoria line strike, says London Underground

Transport for London tightens guidelines for licensing taxi and private hire drivers in London

TfL calls on PPP Arbiter to set a fair price for Tube Lines contract

Ian Brown, the Managing Director of Transport for London's (TfL) London Rail directorate and Chairman of Docklands Light Railway received an award for making 'an outstanding personal contribution to the rail industry'

Free Guided Walks across the Capital on 26-27 September 2009

Urgent utility works in Victoria for next eight weeks

Central London roads close as weekend of cycling comes to London

Work progressing on Hanger Lane bridges

Ten rail stations to be managed by Transport for London

TfL campaign urges drivers to 'give motorcyclists a second thought' and cut road deaths

Saddle up for Cycle Fridays this week and you may end up on the winners' podium at the Tour of Britain

Mike Brown named as new Managing Director of London Underground

London Underground staff turn the Tube green, purple and pink

Giant eye warns drug drivers to stay away from the wheel

TfL agrees £1bn loan for Crossrail from European Investment Bank

Introduction of pink Oyster route validators at selected stations

Better bus information on the way

Writer Sarah Butler discovers Underground literary talent

Wanstead station re-opens following major works

Member News

We currently have 77 members signed-up.

Welcome User:Mackenzieblu who joined on September 26, 2009.

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

September has seen an increase in the number of articles as well as October. There was only the promotion Timeline of the London Underground to featured list status so congratulations to those involved. October so far has been eventful in other areas except for the assessment side.

On an assessment at the start of October the overall assessment showed that (and still is at the time of writing) there are 41% of articles have no assessment or importance rating at all.This seems to be getting worse compatred to to the start of the year when this figure was only at 25%.

On the Portal, the only active areas seem to be the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems to be infrequently updated with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter!

As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

The following WikiProject London Transport pictures have been selected as amongst the best from the Project and are displayed in random rotation on the London transport Portal.

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Selected pictures

Purge server cache
List of former monthly choices

This month's gallery of images (added by User:Tyw7)

Two B07/09 rolling stock next to an older B92 rolling stock at the Poplar DLR depot next to Poplar DLR Station.
A B90 stock pulling into Pontoon Dock DLR station.
A British Rail Class 378 no. 007 awaiting departure at Richmond station (London)
The interior of a London Overground owned British Rail Class 378 put into service on the East London Line.
First generation Docklands Light Railway rolling stock (P86) stock in original livery, September 1987
The control desk of a Docklands Light Railway rolling stock. This control desk is usually closed.

From the editor

Tyw7 has contributed well to this edition with the addition of a gallery section which may be present in future editions as well as updating the transport news. Thank you for this.

DavidCane has also done some reorganising of the whole project after little response on the status on various pages from 2 months ago. This has helped in some ways and thanks to him.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) - (Editor and Distibutor)
Tyw7 (Talk • Contributions) - Guest Contributor

Improving Wikipedia one edit at a time!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

Featured Articles & Lists

FAC/FLC
None

Good Articles

GAC
None

A
None

Other assessment notes

Timeline of the London Underground was promoted to featured list status in September. Well done to all involved.

A1 road (London) and A215 road retained their GA statuses from good article review as part of a larger project to see whether articles should have their GA statuses retained.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel has been under featured article review.

Other announcements

London School Buses was nominated for deletion but the decision was decided to keep due to no consensus.

Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

MRSC requests help with improving North and West London Light Railway

Move requests occurred with M4 motorway, M1 motorway and History of transport in London (1933–2003).

WikiProject London Transport has been added to a project that has generated a list of the most visited pages related to this project. These can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages.

The station naming convention move outcome was no consensus.

All other templates related to Nearest Over have been deleted.

Did you know...

...that the Underground's architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers?
...that Blackfriars Underground station (opened 1870) pre-dates the main line station by sixteen years?
...that the Westway, the West Cross Route and the East Cross Route are the only parts of the GLC's 1960s plan for the London Motorway Box that were built?
...that prior to the transfer of most of the route to the Central line in 1947, the Fairlop Loop saw circular services running from Liverpool Street to Stratford to Ilford to Woodford to Stratford to Liverpool Street?
...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
…that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?
...that Greenford station has the only remaining wooden escalator on the London Underground?
...that There are only two tube stations which have all five vowels in them - Mansion House station and South Ealing station.
...that the Docklands Light Railway rolling stock is capable of travelling 100 km/h (62 mph)?
... that after World War II, designs of the London Transport brand were simplified to reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs?

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Nov Metro

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 19 - November 2009)

October | December?

London Transport News

For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times)

Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

November

Bendy buses to be removed from route 38 to be replaced by double-decker buses

New traffic light timings in Camden Town on trial, giving green light to those within speed limit and red light to speeders

Coca-cola to sponsor LU busking over Christmas period

new Surface Transport and Traffic Operations Centre opened by Duke of York

Brixton Hill gyratory removed

October

Hydrogen refuelling site to be built in east London for Hydrogen buses

Baby born on bus route 394

South Quay DLR station resited

Consultation on removing Tottenham Hale gyratory

First new 'S' Stock arrives

Automated payment proposed for congestion charging and also stopping fines for those who opt-in

Mayor tackles investement in transport network

Roadworks permit scheme introduced

River service between Greenwich and Woolwich extended to 2013

Pay offer for LU workers accepted by union after strike

Bank DLR platforms to close at Christmas for upgrade work

A few London Overground new British Rail Class 378 is seen in service.

The new Docklands Light Railway rolling stock B07/09 seen in service. In the past, this model has been a rare sight but now it is becomming common.

A new Cycle Hire scheme is introduced in London.

New report shows Countdown could be solution to pedestrian confusion at traffic lights

Route P13 has been revised to improve reliability for passengers

Member News

No new members to report.

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

There has been a general increase in articles. However again there is not much to report other than the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway a candidate for promotion to Good Article whilst British Airways was promoted. September has seen an increase in the number of articles as well as October. October so far has been eventful in other areas except for the assessment side during the start but it has been relatively quiet also in November.

On an assessment at the start of October the overall assessment showed that there were 41% of articles that had no assessment of quality or importance rating at all. This seems to be getting worse compatred to to the start of the year when this figure was only at 25%.

On the Portal, the most active areas seem to be the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems to be infrequently updated with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter! Did you know is now being improved.

As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

The original Hampton Court Bridge in 1753, the first of four on the site.

This month's gallery of images (added by User:Tyw7)

Two B07/09 rolling stock next to an older B92 rolling stock at the Poplar DLR depot next to Poplar DLR Station.
A B90 stock pulling into Pontoon Dock DLR station.
A British Rail Class 378 no. 007 awaiting departure at Richmond station (London)
The interior of a London Overground owned British Rail Class 378 put into service on the East London Line.
First generation Docklands Light Railway rolling stock (P86) stock in original livery, September 1987
The control desk of a Docklands Light Railway rolling stock. This control desk is usually closed.

From the editor

Tyw7 has contributed well to the previous edition with the addition of a gallery section which may be present in future editions as well as updating the transport news. Thank you for this. Any suggestions welcome for also updating of images.

Huge thank you to DavidCane for helping to reorganising of the whole project after little response on the status on various pages from a few months ago.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) - (Editor and Distibutor)

Improving Wikipedia one edit at a time!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

Featured Articles & Lists

FAC/FLC
None

Good Articles

GAC

Baker Street and Waterloo Railway

A
None

Other assessment notes

British Airways was promoted to Good Article status in early November. Well done to all involved.

New article Baker Street and Waterloo Railway is nominated for Good Article

Isambard Kingdom Brunel has been under featured article review.

Other announcements

Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

MRSC requests help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital

WikiProject London Transport has been added to a project that has generated a list of the most visited pages related to this project. These can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages.

File:Thames Tunnels.svg requested to be updated

Did you know...

...that the Underground's architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers?
...that Blackfriars Underground station (opened 1870) pre-dates the main line station by sixteen years?
...that the Westway, the West Cross Route and the East Cross Route are the only parts of the GLC's 1960s plan for the London Motorway Box that were built?
...that prior to the transfer of most of the route to the Central line in 1947, the Fairlop Loop saw circular services running from Liverpool Street to Stratford to Ilford to Woodford to Stratford to Liverpool Street?
...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
…that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?
...that Greenford station has the only remaining wooden escalator on the London Underground?
...that There are only two tube stations which have all five vowels in them - Mansion House station and South Ealing station.
...that the Docklands Light Railway rolling stock is capable of travelling 100 km/h (62 mph)?
... that after World War II, designs of the London Transport brand were simplified to reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs?
... that that the London Underground's Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was built so Londoners could get to cricket matches?

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December Metro

The Metropolitan

The WikiProject London Transport Newsletter
Issue 20 - December 2009)

November | January

London Transport News

For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times)

Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list

December

ING direct will sponsor free travel on the Underground at New Year's Eve

Maida Vale tube station received the National Rail Heritage Award due to its modernisation

November

Blackwall Tunnel temporarily closed because a vehicle caught fire

A new ticket hall is installed at Kings Cross St Pancras station giving a 30 per cent increase in capacity with more entrances and escalators as well as lifts installed giving most of the remaining lines at this station step-free access for disabled passengers. The exception to this is the Northern Line with works still occurring until mid 2010.

New bridges installed at Limehouse station to provide easier interchange between DLR and National Rail services

A new campaign is launched warning Londoners of unbooked minicabs.

South Croydon railway station is to cut its power from the National Grid and instead have its CCTV and lighting powered by solar panels to be installed. This is part of an effort to go green and have a big cut in carbon emissions

The Docklands Light Railway celebrates 10 years of its Lewisham extension

Oyster Pay As You Go now accepted on Thames Clipper services

Oyster Pay As You Go to be accepted on all National Rail services in London from 2 January 2010

The TfL Lost Property Office has donated a lot of new toys to the Salvation Army to help disadvantaged children in south London

During the festive period, London Overground will be operating extra services on Saturdays to help Christmas shoppers

Bendy buses to be removed from route 38 to be replaced by double-decker buses

New traffic light timings in Camden Town on trial, giving green light to those within speed limit and red light to speeders

Coca-cola to sponsor LU busking over Christmas period

new Surface Transport and Traffic Operations Centre opened by Duke of York

Brixton Hill gyratory removed

Member News

No new members to report.

This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

General

Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was promoted to good article. Well done to DavidCane. This now also on as a candidate for featured article. Otherwise this month has been again fairly quiet. The portal went through a candidacy for featured portal with not much luck. The areas of the portal are becoming more active with the voting and changing of the selected pictures and articles. The transport news seems has started to be updated again but with the most up-to-date news being in this newsletter. Did you know is being improved.

As usual all suggestions to improving the Metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.

This month's selected image

This month's gallery of images (added by User:Sunil060902)

Stratford International station opened for Southeastern preview services on 30 November 2009.
Westbound platforms at Stratford International.
The new northern entrance and ticket hall at King's Cross St. Pancras tube station opened on 29 November 2009.
The new northern ticket hall at King's Cross St. Pancras tube station.
The footbridge linking the mainline (c2c) and DLR platforms at Limehouse station opened in late November 2009.
The new South Quay DLR station opened on 26 October 2009.
South Quay new station platforms looking west.
The bay platform at Mudchute DLR station opened in early October 2009.

From the editor

I am sorry for the previous editions for being late as well as this one due to being busy

Thank you to Sunil060902 for the gallery update

If you think there is anything else i have missed, please drop me a note or leave a message at The Metropolitan's feedback page. Also if you feel you want to do an edition, again leave me a message.

Contributors to this Issue

Simply south (talk) - (Editor and Distibutor)

Sunil060902 (talk) - Guest gallery updater

Improving Wikipedia one edit at a time!

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup
Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan · Heathrow Airport · River Thames · London Bridge · London Underground · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) · Gatwick Airport · London Congestion Charge · Tube map · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings · Buses in London · Crossrail · London Passenger Transport Board · London Transport (brand) · London Transport Museum · Transport for London · Transport in London
Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons
Stubs : Improve a stub article
Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge
Other :
- Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here.
- Patrol: Recent changes
- Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others

Assessment

Featured Articles & Lists

FAC/FLC

Baker Street and Waterloo Railway

Good Articles

GAC
None

A
None

Other assessment notes

Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was promoted to Good Article status in early November. Well done to all involved.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was demoted from featured article status in mid-November.

Portal:London Transport was nominated for featured portal status with no success

The percentage of article assessed remains roughly the same as in October

Other announcements

Tyw7 requests help with improving Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

MRSC requests help with improving North and West London Light Railway and West London Orbital

WikiProject London Transport has been added to a project that has generated a list of the most visited pages related to this project. These can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages.

requested to be updated

A discussion arose over the addition or removal to succession to the London Underground lines and their histories

Transport categories (and the other categories generally) were renamed for Kensington & Chelsea and Barking & Dagenham

Did you know...

...that the Underground's architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers?
...that Blackfriars Underground station (opened 1870) pre-dates the main line station by sixteen years?
...that the Westway, the West Cross Route and the East Cross Route are the only parts of the GLC's 1960s plan for the London Motorway Box that were built?
...that prior to the transfer of most of the route to the Central line in 1947, the Fairlop Loop saw circular services running from Liverpool Street to Stratford to Ilford to Woodford to Stratford to Liverpool Street?
...that Belsize Park station is one of the only eight stations in London to have a deep level bomb shelter beneath it?
…that Mile End tube station is the only station on the London Underground network from which it is possible to reach any other station with only a single change of train?
...that Greenford station has the only remaining wooden escalator on the London Underground?
...that There are only two tube stations which have all five vowels in them - Mansion House station and South Ealing station.
...that the Docklands Light Railway rolling stock is capable of travelling 100 km/h (62 mph)?
... that after World War II, designs of the London Transport brand were simplified to reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs?
... that that the London Underground's Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was built so Londoners could get to cricket matches?

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