This is a weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…

London Underground

More Tube tunnels switch on mobile coverage as rollout passes 60% ianVisits

Exclusive access: Testing London’s next-generation Piccadilly line trains BBC News

Good news for Barons Court tube station users as its long-running repair works are set to take a brief break, allowing trains to serve all four platforms again for a couple of weeks. ianVisits

Elizabeth line

The first of ten additional Elizabeth line trains has rolled off the production line in Derby and is now undergoing testing ahead of entering passenger service later this year. ianVisits

Mainline / Overground

The national rail platforms at Limehouse station in East London will be partially closed until late this year for maintenance. ianVisits

Fire officials are investigating after Monday night’s blaze at a recycling yard in Bermondsey that halted rail services and produced smoke that could be seen across London. Greenwich Wire

SWR’s QR Code Rollout Drives Surge in Real-Time Passenger Engagement  RTM

DLR

The first images of the proposed new DLR stations for the Thamesmead extension have been released as part of the final consultation on the plans. ianVisits

Miscellaneous

Roman gods, Saxon graves and witch marks: The strange and spectacular discoveries found beneath Britain’s HS2 railway ZME Science

40 years ago, on 10th June 1986, Network SouthEast was launched. Diamond Geezer

Greater London’s overlooked Art Deco railway stations London Reconnections

First Putney gym to win community protection now battling TfL over rent Putney News

A train passenger who grabbed a young woman’s hair and asked “can I kiss you?” has been sentenced in the first-ever conviction for harassment based on a person’s sex. Standard (he had also been stalking other women)

Woman ‘sexually assaulted’ on Eurostar train as two men arrested at busy London station  The Sun

Four teenagers have been arrested after a man suffered a broken nose and ribs in an unprovoked daylight attack on a Tube station platform.  Standard

MPs’ and peers’ anger at YouTube as firm plasters Westminster tube station in adverts telling parents it is their responsibility to restrict screen time Daily Mail

And finally: A Miscellany Of ‘Firsts’ On The London Underground Londonist

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The image is from a June 2020 article: Check out this London tube map made from a working circuit board