Projects, refurbs and upgrades

London Underground improvement projects, station refurbishments, new train stock etc - and the problems and issues that come with them

Station Closed

Wasn't Queensway supposed to open at the start of May?

Er, yes. But Metronet couldn't manage to complete the refurb in the full year that the station was closed. Their excuse? Replacing the lifts was "complex". Actually, not just "complex", but "extremely complex".

Excuse us, but complex for the...

Lights Out

Last Friday evening, the sun went down and Dagenham East got so dark it had to close.

The reason? As part of the station refurb, contractors had fitted suspended ceiling tiles the previous night, which blocked out the lighting!

It's enough to make you think that separating infrastructure from...

Down the Drain

The Waterloo & City line is closing for refurbishment from April til September, cutting off the commuters' favourite route into the City.

The official alternative is to go from Waterloo to Embankment and change there for the District line to Monument. However, Tubeworker strongly suspects that many...

Refurb Troubles

Cally Road thought it might have a quiet Christmas, as the refurb was supposed to have been finished last month. But no - it still trundles on.

Some people might think that £30k for a desk, £15k for a little cabinet, and £60k for ceiling bulkheads in the Ticket Hall is a right bargain. Others...

Trip Hazard

Manor House has been in the wars again. About 10m of the westbound platform was resurfaced during engineering hours. But when the station opened, it was found to be a trip hazard, and the platform had to close.

Now, which was the station which had to close a while back because the ceiling that had...

Puddles

Another non-success story about private contractors reaches us from New Cross.

A tip: When you resurface a platform, try to make sure that it is actually flat. Otherwise, big puddles can develop when it rains.

Weekend closure chaos

Last weekend's closure at the east end of the Picc caused chaos at Wood Green.

Drivers nearly stopped the job in protest at poor organisation and conditions. The gates swallowed singles and returns because they had not been reprogrammed, the DMIs showed the wrong destinations, rubbish built up...

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