Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Issue 40

April

• New entrance to West Croydon station provides better access for all
• All the world's poets on the Tube
• Major resurfacing works to take place along Victoria Embankment across Easter Bank Holiday weekend
• Temporary changes to bus services during London 2012 Games test event in Woolwich.
• Capital's rogue limousines targeted
• Out-of-hours deliveries to be encouraged during London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
• MUMS-to-be travelling by Tube can get a baby on board badge so passengers know they may need to sit down

March

• London Underground publishes latest performance figures
• Improvement works to begin at Bow roundabout
• Work continues in London Bridge Station area
• Limited edition Oyster cards commemorate a summer of celebration
• DfT announces funding which will see 70 additional hybrid buses on London's streets
• Mercedes-Benz initiative to help London cabbies deliver cleaner air
• Wretch 32 and Stooshe take to YouTube in support of latest road safety campaign
• UK's leading personal safety charity backs TfL's real-time bus information service
• Mayor announces innovative technology is helping traffic flow more smoothly and cut disruption
• Mayor welcomes improvements to key piers in time for the 2012 Games
• First electric charge points installed at Games venue to support 2012 Games fleet and leave green legacy
• Plans for London 2012 Games transport legacy unveiled
• Mayor gets green light to levy hefty charges on utilities who dig up London's busiest roads from June 2012
• Victoria Coach Station celebrates its 80th birthday
• Excellence and bravery recognised at London Bus Awards
• 'Stop. Think. Live.' - Transport for London urges teenagers not to get distracted on the roads
• TfL sets out London 2012 Games road event plans
• Major eastern expansion of Mayor's flagship Barclays Cycle Hire scheme goes live
• Top London attractions announce Games-time 'after work' offers to encourage Londoners to re-time their commute
• Hammersmith Flyover work to restore full traffic use continues apace
• Report on air quality indicates no significant impacts expected during London 2012 Games
• London's utility bosses agree action plan for less disruptive roadworks
• Tube set to post most reliable performance figures for a decade
• Spiderweb reduces theft on London transport by 14 per cent

Articles

• 1910 London to Manchester air race, appeared as Today's Featured Article on the Main Page on 9th March
• Baker Street and Waterloo Railway appeared as Today's Featured Article on the Main Page on 10th March, the 106th anniversary of the line's opening
• British Airways underwent a successful Good Article Reassessment
• Metropolitan Railway has been promoted to Good Article
• The Good Article History of British Airways was added to the project
• Herne Hill railway station and Bow Back Rivers are currently Good Article candidates

Project discussions

• Within the project, discussions included how two project articles appeared on TFA in quick succession and an RfC on inclusion of particular viewpoint on future lengthening of certain trainsets on British Rail Class 458
• Within other related projects, a relevant discussion included was on canal bridges

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1910 London to Manchester air race • Albert Bridge, London • Aldwych tube station • Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield • Baker Street and Waterloo Railway • Battersea Bridge • Brill Tramway • Brill railway station • Central London Railway • Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway • Chelsea Bridge • City and South London Railway • Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway • Great Western Railway War Memorial • Green Park tube station • Herne Hill railway station • Charles Holden • London Necropolis Company • London and North Western Railway War Memorial • Marchioness disaster • Metropolitan Railway • Moorgate tube crash • RAF Northolt • Frank Pick • Sinking of SS Princess Alice • Quainton Road railway station • Richmond Bridge, London • Underground Electric Railways Company of London • Vauxhall Bridge • Waddesdon Road railway station • Wandsworth Bridge • Westcott railway station • Wood Siding railway station • Wotton railway station (Brill Tramway)

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A1 in London • M25 motorway • A215 road • Acton Town tube station • Angel tube station • Arnos Grove tube station • William Henry Barlow • Becontree tube station • Blackfriars station • Blackwall Tunnel • BOAC Flight 712 • Bond Street • Boston Manor tube station • Bow Back Rivers • Bow Street • Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway • British Airways • British Rail Class 700 • Broad Street railway station (England) • Cannon Street station • Charing Cross railway station • Chesham branch • Chiswick Bridge • City Thameslink railway station • Coventry Street • 2016 Croydon tram derailment • Dartford Crossing • Denmark Street • District Railway • Down Street tube station • Earl's Court tube station • East Finchley tube station • Elephant & Castle tube station • Embankment tube station • Euston Road • Euston railway station • Euston tube station • Fenchurch Street railway station • Finchley Central tube station • Fleet Street • Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet • Gants Hill tube station • Gloucester Road tube station • Great Marlborough Street • Hammersmith & City line • Hammerton's Ferry • High Speed 1 • Highgate tube station • History of British Airways • Holborn Viaduct railway station • Holborn tube station • Hounslow West tube station • Kennington tube station • Kensington (Olympia) station • Kilburn tube station • King's Cross Thameslink railway station • King's Cross St Pancras tube station • Leicester Square • Murder of Deborah Linsley • Liverpool Street station • London Bridge station • London Country North East • London King's Cross railway station • London Necropolis Railway • London Necropolis railway station • London Paddington station • London Ringways • London Underground departmental stock • London Victoria station • London Waterloo station • M11 link road protest • Marylebone station • Moorgate station • Morden tube station • Newbury Park tube station • North Circular Road • Northern line extension to Battersea • Northumberland Avenue • Old Kent Road • Old Street station • Oxford Circus • Oxford Circus tube station • Oxford Street • Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) • Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) • Pall Mall, London • Park Lane • Charles Pearson • Pentonville Road • Piccadilly • Piccadilly line • Pimlico tube station • Regent Street • St Pancras railway station • South Circular Road, London • South Kensington tube station • Strand, London • Tillingbourne Bus Company • Trafalgar Square • Upminster Bridge tube station • Vauxhall station • Victoria line • Vine Street, London • Warren Street tube station • Waterloo East railway station • Westminster tube station • Westway (London) • Whitechapel Road • Whitehall • Wimbledon and Sutton Railway • Woolwich Ferry

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A1 in London • M25 motorway • A215 road • Acton Town tube station • Angel tube station • Arnos Grove tube station • William Henry Barlow • Becontree tube station • Blackfriars station • Blackwall Tunnel • BOAC Flight 712 • Bond Street • Boston Manor tube station • Bow Back Rivers • Bow Street • Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway • British Airways • British Rail Class 700 • Broad Street railway station (England) • Cannon Street station • Charing Cross railway station • Chesham branch • Chiswick Bridge • City Thameslink railway station • Coventry Street • 2016 Croydon tram derailment • Dartford Crossing • Denmark Street • District Railway • Down Street tube station • Earl's Court tube station • East Finchley tube station • Elephant & Castle tube station • Embankment tube station • Euston Road • Euston railway station • Euston tube station • Fenchurch Street railway station • Finchley Central tube station • Fleet Street • Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet • Gants Hill tube station • Gloucester Road tube station • Great Marlborough Street • Hammersmith & City line • Hammerton's Ferry • High Speed 1 • Highgate tube station • History of British Airways • Holborn Viaduct railway station • Holborn tube station • Hounslow West tube station • Kennington tube station • Kensington (Olympia) station • Kilburn tube station • King's Cross Thameslink railway station • King's Cross St Pancras tube station • Leicester Square • Murder of Deborah Linsley • Liverpool Street station • London Bridge station • London Country North East • London King's Cross railway station • London Necropolis Railway • London Necropolis railway station • London Paddington station • London Ringways • London Underground departmental stock • London Victoria station • London Waterloo station • M11 link road protest • Marylebone station • Moorgate station • Morden tube station • Newbury Park tube station • North Circular Road • Northern line extension to Battersea • Northumberland Avenue • Old Kent Road • Old Street station • Oxford Circus • Oxford Circus tube station • Oxford Street • Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) • Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) • Pall Mall, London • Park Lane • Charles Pearson • Pentonville Road • Piccadilly • Piccadilly line • Pimlico tube station • Regent Street • St Pancras railway station • South Circular Road, London • South Kensington tube station • Strand, London • Tillingbourne Bus Company • Trafalgar Square • Upminster Bridge tube station • Vauxhall station • Victoria line • Vine Street, London • Warren Street tube station • Waterloo East railway station • Westminster tube station • Westway (London) • Whitechapel Road • Whitehall • Wimbledon and Sutton Railway • Woolwich Ferry

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