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May's Metro
Hi. I'd be happy to help with the Metropolitan Issue 13. I'm pretty much available all day for the next two weeks. Oliver Fury, Esq.message •
contributions 15:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I'm sorry but with all my exams coming up in the next month (A levels), I haven't the time. As you can tell from my contributions, my edits have been scarce in the past 10 days. I wish I could help, but I really have to be revising! Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq.message •
contributions 19:57, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Adelante Picture
I did not put on the template on the picture. I uploaded it and i created it on the computer. It is not exactly the same as the official mock-up. Please can you remove the template off the picture.
A1personage (
talk) 16:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Your
ER has been open past the 30 day limit, and it is time for archival. Do you request any further time? If not, I will have to archive it.--Truco 02:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Rail usage bot request
Hey, I forgot to put this on your talk page yesterday, but I've taken up your bot request and am currently coding it. It's about 50-60% complete. You can see the progress of your request at
Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Rail_usage.
Take care! :) Control-alt-delete ★
user◾
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favs 05:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up! I've corrected the error which I've put down to overenthusiastic cut and paste and bad quality control. It'd be a good trick but they'd only try it once!
Britmax (
talk) 11:04, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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.
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.
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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Hope I haven't let the side down too badly. As there's not been much actually happening, I've left a fair bit of the material from the last issue in; feel free to take it out if you think it makes it too similar to the last one. –
iridescent 18:08, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
My suggestion for your next "guest editor" would be
DavidCane, if he's willing; as the author of large chunks of our London Underground articles he obviously knows his stuff, and it might be interesting to have someone coming at it from his "early history" perspective. – iridescent 20:05, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Maybe, but as L07ChLeo3 has shown a previous interest, i am going to see if they are interested in doing No. 14
Simply south (
talk) 20:46, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
He'd be good – although I wish he'd change his name to something more memorable. One of the "bus people" might be good, as well; we do have a tendency to be "WikiProject Tube Trains". – iridescent 22:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Per your somewhat discrete request Iridescent I have changed my username to Crest of London I think this is memorable and I would like to help out with No 14 please.
Crest of London(
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No 14
I would be happy to help out with the June metro, sorry I have been busy recently and have not had a chance to reply to as many things as I should have but I am free now.
L07ChLeo3(
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Dollis Brook Viaduct
I will look in the local library for any books with relevant information. Is there any specific info you would like to know? Nice job with the article btw. -
Grim23 (
talk) 19:18, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I've corrected the history slightly - the Finchley to Edgware section of the line was the original route not a branch from the High Barnet branch. And I've added an image of the inside of the arches. Not sure what more I can add. --
DavidCane (
talk) 01:40, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
As requested, I have had a look at the article, made some copyedits and directed the architectural terms to the appropriate articles. I have also done the geology ones, as I studied that once upon a time. --
DavidCane (
talk) 23:47, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Dollis Brook Viaduct
Hello! Your submission of
Dollis Brook Viaduct at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
Explanation: Don't panic! I just commented on the fact that you used {{
convert}} to display the height, and that the result doesn't actually match the LU source ref'd. (ie the hook shows 59ft rather than 60ft)
The moment I saw this article I thought 'DYK'! (Would have been my second London viaduct nomination, out of 6 DYKs...)
Hurrah for obscure railway topics!! --
EdJogg (
talk) 11:55, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
PS - I don't have the DYK talk page on my watchlist as it creates too much noise, so please respond here if you wish me to contribute/discuss further.
I haven't used that template in the past. However, the tfl link does say 60ft. Btw, who changed the 60ft to 59ft (i originally put 60ft)? And also, with so many do you think that bridge is some sort of mutant?
Simply south (
talk) 16:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Well, if you wrote it as 60ft, you presumably won't mind the hook being changed to match!
(BTW 'convert' is not mandatory, but it does save a lot of effort, usually)
Not sure what you mean by "...with so many [what?] do you think that bridge is some sort of mutant?".
Well, it's certainly very 'leggy'... --
EdJogg (
talk) 22:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
In the civil engineering book, Walter Brydone is described as chief engineer, but it does not clarify whether that is civil or not.
Simply south (
talk) 17:20, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
That's OK. The inline comment can remain for future editors to consider if we cannot give him a definitive job title.
EdJogg (
talk) 17:36, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Btw, would you say the new image (a cropped version of the Northern Heights plan) is okay?
Simply south (
talk) 18:02, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Very nearly. I'm being really picky mentioning these, but I'll let you decide whether any additional work is worth the effort:
For a start you've labelled it "Dollis Road Viaduct", which doesn't match the article name (although is noted as alternative).
Also, since it is mentioned, some indication of the location or direction of Finsbury Park might be in order, although this can be determined (with a little thought) from the text.
Burnt Oak has been rather harshly cropped: would be less obvious if the cut had not fallen across the station
Thank you for doing this. I think this map really helps sort out how the geography relates to the history...
I labelled it as Dollis Road as according to both ICE sources that appears to be its official name, although according to some others Mill Hill Viaduct is also quite official. Dollis Brook Viaduct is a very common name for it. I don't think there will be any consensus on which name to use.
Simply south (
talk) 13:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty of replacing the diagram with an extract of the 1934 Ordnance Survey map marked up to indicate the location of the viaduct. --
DavidCane (
talk) 01:31, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, that'll make the location more geographically accurate.
Simply south (
talk) 13:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty of putting it back again! The OS map is good for locating it precisely, but doesn't help in understanding of the accompanying text. Both maps serve different purposes.
Yea, thanks for the work! I was out camping for several days, so I wasn't able to respond. Whoever assembled the queue in the preparation area missed your credit. I took the ill-prepared set of hooks and moved it to main page. It's difficult to double check everything and things do definitely get missed. I check more carefully for terrible grammar in the hooks and for unsourced controversial statements. Please accept my apology for the omission and thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention. You deserve the proper credit! Royalbroil 01:45, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
RE: MOTD
I'll be happy to help if need be. Can't promise anything though.
weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:39, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Re: MOTD
I'm always happy to help out...and I know that the MOTD project should get as many user contributions as possible. I'll try my best to nominate new mottos and participate to the best of my ability.
ARTICHOKE-BOY (Talk) 22:25, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
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No 14
Hello Simply south, I have written the Metro for June and I will be very grateful if you can review it. The link to it is
here.
Crest of London(
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This user is busy in real life due to this person being busy in real life
Was
that accidental? Also thanks for the note about MOTD, I've nominated a few, as you have probably noticed, all the best
SpitfireTally-ho! 16:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
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 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.
...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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Okay, this is the finished copy. I have added new information and extra bits so if you think it needs a bit of maintenance feel free to correct it. Cheers!
Crest of London(
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Newington Green Unitarian Church
Hi there.
User:Kbthompson suggested you would be a good person to ask. Would you like to have a look at
Newington Green Unitarian Church? It is the first substantial article I've written. And it is about people more than architecture. Many thanks.
BrainyBabe (
talk) 16:28, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Decision Question
I am curious as to why you approved, in
this decision, Juliancolton's suggestion as having consensus. By my count, it features two editors speaking in support (pjoef and juliancolton) and one speaking in opposition (myself). Unless I missed something.
Nutiketaiel (
talk) 13:33, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. I didn't mean to be a bother, I was just a little concerned.
Nutiketaiel (
talk) 13:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
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Newport Pagnell
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July Metro
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Hey. I'm halfway through
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Hey. I'm just leaving a note here in case you didn't see my talk page. I've finished the newsletter, and was wondering if you could give it a quick scan, and tell me what you would like to be credited as. Then I'll start distributing. Cheers. Oliver Fury, Esq.message •
contributions 20:13, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
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.
...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?
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On
July 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line, which you recently nominated. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (
here's how) and add it to
DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
Did you know? talk page.
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Re: Elvis
I've responded
here. :) Pyrrhus16 11:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
The Metropolitan
I can't say I've really paid much attention to the Metropolitan in the past, but I will have a look at it and see what I can do. --
DavidCane (
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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.
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.
...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
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Re: Motto link
Thanks!!! I'm checking it out now. –
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Wanna help me with smoothing this article in order to get a GA class? Please reply in my talk page --Tyw7 (
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DYK for Portuguese Fireplace
On
August 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Portuguese Fireplace, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (
here's how) and add it to
DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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An anon ip user has messed up this article. The pictures are out of place and the lede has disappeared. I don't know what further damage has been done. --Tyw7 (
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Contributions) 21:38, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I've now fixed this. Sorry for accidentally deleting the intro in the process of doing so though - yes, it was me (embarrased)! I've now sorted it out again and is now fine.
Raywil (
talk) 23:19, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
TFL news
New DLR (B07/09) and overground trains has been seen in service. I rode the new DLR rolling stock and
User:Sunil060902 has rode on the
British Rail Class 378 (new over ground train). And can you consider adding one of my images to the next metropolitan issue? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I have made the new issue but I'm afraid I just copy and pasted the September issue and edited in the changes. --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:33, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Can you choose which of my pics you want to use? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:35, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Can you comment on my version of the metropolitan? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:56, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject Train IRC
Are you using this irc channel: #wikipedia-trains-en. If you are, what time are you guys online? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 09:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Experiment
I saw
User:Simply south/cfd experiment. If yo are done with the experiment you can delete the page by putting {{db-g6}} on top of it. I stumbled upon it, because it is in a maintenance category.
Debresser (
talk) 11:36, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the query. To be honest, I rarely read it; when I do I just have a look at the copy on the Project page. --
DavidCane (
talk) 20:51, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Hereford Road Skew Bridge
Hello. Thanks for taking the trouble to look at
Hereford Road Skew Bridge. I've implemented your suggestions and invite you to take another look. Further discussion on
my talk page. Cheers.
MegaPedant (
talk) 12:20, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
No, you're not the only one. I apologize for that. I'll try to do better to follow up each week and make sure the deliveries happen. This was an issue of the normal delivery bot operators going on wikibreak and me not realizing it.--
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On
September 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hereford Road Skew Bridge, which you recently nominated. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (
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Did you know? talk page.
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May's Metro
Hi. I'd be happy to help with the Metropolitan Issue 13. I'm pretty much available all day for the next two weeks. Oliver Fury, Esq.message •
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Hi. I'm sorry but with all my exams coming up in the next month (A levels), I haven't the time. As you can tell from my contributions, my edits have been scarce in the past 10 days. I wish I could help, but I really have to be revising! Thanks. Oliver Fury, Esq.message •
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Adelante Picture
I did not put on the template on the picture. I uploaded it and i created it on the computer. It is not exactly the same as the official mock-up. Please can you remove the template off the picture.
A1personage (
talk) 16:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Your
ER has been open past the 30 day limit, and it is time for archival. Do you request any further time? If not, I will have to archive it.--Truco 02:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Rail usage bot request
Hey, I forgot to put this on your talk page yesterday, but I've taken up your bot request and am currently coding it. It's about 50-60% complete. You can see the progress of your request at
Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Rail_usage.
Take care! :) Control-alt-delete ★
user◾
talk◾
favs 05:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up! I've corrected the error which I've put down to overenthusiastic cut and paste and bad quality control. It'd be a good trick but they'd only try it once!
Britmax (
talk) 11:04, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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.
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.
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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Hope I haven't let the side down too badly. As there's not been much actually happening, I've left a fair bit of the material from the last issue in; feel free to take it out if you think it makes it too similar to the last one. –
iridescent 18:08, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
My suggestion for your next "guest editor" would be
DavidCane, if he's willing; as the author of large chunks of our London Underground articles he obviously knows his stuff, and it might be interesting to have someone coming at it from his "early history" perspective. – iridescent 20:05, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Maybe, but as L07ChLeo3 has shown a previous interest, i am going to see if they are interested in doing No. 14
Simply south (
talk) 20:46, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
He'd be good – although I wish he'd change his name to something more memorable. One of the "bus people" might be good, as well; we do have a tendency to be "WikiProject Tube Trains". – iridescent 22:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Per your somewhat discrete request Iridescent I have changed my username to Crest of London I think this is memorable and I would like to help out with No 14 please.
Crest of London(
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No 14
I would be happy to help out with the June metro, sorry I have been busy recently and have not had a chance to reply to as many things as I should have but I am free now.
L07ChLeo3(
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Dollis Brook Viaduct
I will look in the local library for any books with relevant information. Is there any specific info you would like to know? Nice job with the article btw. -
Grim23 (
talk) 19:18, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I've corrected the history slightly - the Finchley to Edgware section of the line was the original route not a branch from the High Barnet branch. And I've added an image of the inside of the arches. Not sure what more I can add. --
DavidCane (
talk) 01:40, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
As requested, I have had a look at the article, made some copyedits and directed the architectural terms to the appropriate articles. I have also done the geology ones, as I studied that once upon a time. --
DavidCane (
talk) 23:47, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Dollis Brook Viaduct
Hello! Your submission of
Dollis Brook Viaduct at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
Explanation: Don't panic! I just commented on the fact that you used {{
convert}} to display the height, and that the result doesn't actually match the LU source ref'd. (ie the hook shows 59ft rather than 60ft)
The moment I saw this article I thought 'DYK'! (Would have been my second London viaduct nomination, out of 6 DYKs...)
Hurrah for obscure railway topics!! --
EdJogg (
talk) 11:55, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
PS - I don't have the DYK talk page on my watchlist as it creates too much noise, so please respond here if you wish me to contribute/discuss further.
I haven't used that template in the past. However, the tfl link does say 60ft. Btw, who changed the 60ft to 59ft (i originally put 60ft)? And also, with so many do you think that bridge is some sort of mutant?
Simply south (
talk) 16:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Well, if you wrote it as 60ft, you presumably won't mind the hook being changed to match!
(BTW 'convert' is not mandatory, but it does save a lot of effort, usually)
Not sure what you mean by "...with so many [what?] do you think that bridge is some sort of mutant?".
Well, it's certainly very 'leggy'... --
EdJogg (
talk) 22:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
In the civil engineering book, Walter Brydone is described as chief engineer, but it does not clarify whether that is civil or not.
Simply south (
talk) 17:20, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
That's OK. The inline comment can remain for future editors to consider if we cannot give him a definitive job title.
EdJogg (
talk) 17:36, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Btw, would you say the new image (a cropped version of the Northern Heights plan) is okay?
Simply south (
talk) 18:02, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Very nearly. I'm being really picky mentioning these, but I'll let you decide whether any additional work is worth the effort:
For a start you've labelled it "Dollis Road Viaduct", which doesn't match the article name (although is noted as alternative).
Also, since it is mentioned, some indication of the location or direction of Finsbury Park might be in order, although this can be determined (with a little thought) from the text.
Burnt Oak has been rather harshly cropped: would be less obvious if the cut had not fallen across the station
Thank you for doing this. I think this map really helps sort out how the geography relates to the history...
I labelled it as Dollis Road as according to both ICE sources that appears to be its official name, although according to some others Mill Hill Viaduct is also quite official. Dollis Brook Viaduct is a very common name for it. I don't think there will be any consensus on which name to use.
Simply south (
talk) 13:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty of replacing the diagram with an extract of the 1934 Ordnance Survey map marked up to indicate the location of the viaduct. --
DavidCane (
talk) 01:31, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, that'll make the location more geographically accurate.
Simply south (
talk) 13:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty of putting it back again! The OS map is good for locating it precisely, but doesn't help in understanding of the accompanying text. Both maps serve different purposes.
Yea, thanks for the work! I was out camping for several days, so I wasn't able to respond. Whoever assembled the queue in the preparation area missed your credit. I took the ill-prepared set of hooks and moved it to main page. It's difficult to double check everything and things do definitely get missed. I check more carefully for terrible grammar in the hooks and for unsourced controversial statements. Please accept my apology for the omission and thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention. You deserve the proper credit! Royalbroil 01:45, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
RE: MOTD
I'll be happy to help if need be. Can't promise anything though.
weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:39, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Re: MOTD
I'm always happy to help out...and I know that the MOTD project should get as many user contributions as possible. I'll try my best to nominate new mottos and participate to the best of my ability.
ARTICHOKE-BOY (Talk) 22:25, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
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No 14
Hello Simply south, I have written the Metro for June and I will be very grateful if you can review it. The link to it is
here.
Crest of London(
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This user is busy in real life due to this person being busy in real life
Was
that accidental? Also thanks for the note about MOTD, I've nominated a few, as you have probably noticed, all the best
SpitfireTally-ho! 16:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
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 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.
...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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Okay, this is the finished copy. I have added new information and extra bits so if you think it needs a bit of maintenance feel free to correct it. Cheers!
Crest of London(
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Newington Green Unitarian Church
Hi there.
User:Kbthompson suggested you would be a good person to ask. Would you like to have a look at
Newington Green Unitarian Church? It is the first substantial article I've written. And it is about people more than architecture. Many thanks.
BrainyBabe (
talk) 16:28, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Decision Question
I am curious as to why you approved, in
this decision, Juliancolton's suggestion as having consensus. By my count, it features two editors speaking in support (pjoef and juliancolton) and one speaking in opposition (myself). Unless I missed something.
Nutiketaiel (
talk) 13:33, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. I didn't mean to be a bother, I was just a little concerned.
Nutiketaiel (
talk) 13:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
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Newport Pagnell
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July Metro
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Hey. I'm halfway through
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Hey. I'm just leaving a note here in case you didn't see my talk page. I've finished the newsletter, and was wondering if you could give it a quick scan, and tell me what you would like to be credited as. Then I'll start distributing. Cheers. Oliver Fury, Esq.message •
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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.
...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?
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Re: Elvis
I've responded
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The Metropolitan
I can't say I've really paid much attention to the Metropolitan in the past, but I will have a look at it and see what I can do. --
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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.
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.
...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?
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Re: Motto link
Thanks!!! I'm checking it out now. –
pjoef (talk •
contribs) 09:54, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Wanna help me with smoothing this article in order to get a GA class? Please reply in my talk page --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 03:05, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Portuguese Fireplace
On
August 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Portuguese Fireplace, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (
here's how) and add it to
DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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An anon ip user has messed up this article. The pictures are out of place and the lede has disappeared. I don't know what further damage has been done. --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 21:38, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I've now fixed this. Sorry for accidentally deleting the intro in the process of doing so though - yes, it was me (embarrased)! I've now sorted it out again and is now fine.
Raywil (
talk) 23:19, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
TFL news
New DLR (B07/09) and overground trains has been seen in service. I rode the new DLR rolling stock and
User:Sunil060902 has rode on the
British Rail Class 378 (new over ground train). And can you consider adding one of my images to the next metropolitan issue? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I have made the new issue but I'm afraid I just copy and pasted the September issue and edited in the changes. --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:33, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Can you choose which of my pics you want to use? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:35, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Can you comment on my version of the metropolitan? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 23:56, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject Train IRC
Are you using this irc channel: #wikipedia-trains-en. If you are, what time are you guys online? --Tyw7 (
Talk •
Contributions) 09:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Experiment
I saw
User:Simply south/cfd experiment. If yo are done with the experiment you can delete the page by putting {{db-g6}} on top of it. I stumbled upon it, because it is in a maintenance category.
Debresser (
talk) 11:36, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the query. To be honest, I rarely read it; when I do I just have a look at the copy on the Project page. --
DavidCane (
talk) 20:51, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Hereford Road Skew Bridge
Hello. Thanks for taking the trouble to look at
Hereford Road Skew Bridge. I've implemented your suggestions and invite you to take another look. Further discussion on
my talk page. Cheers.
MegaPedant (
talk) 12:20, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
No, you're not the only one. I apologize for that. I'll try to do better to follow up each week and make sure the deliveries happen. This was an issue of the normal delivery bot operators going on wikibreak and me not realizing it.--
ragesoss (
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On
September 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hereford Road Skew Bridge, which you recently nominated. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (
here's how) and add it to
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PeterSymonds (
talk) 15:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC) 20:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)