- London Transport News
- St Pancras International station has finnaly opened bringing Europe closer than ever in 2hrs 15mins.
- St Pancras Thameslink also opened.
- Langdon Park station has opened on the Docklands Light Railway.
- The tube has opened later as usual for New Years Eve and Day despite threats of strikes.
- The London Overground has started service with new benchs, station repaints and new station signs already appearing. New Trains are due later this and some parts of the East London Railway extension will be launched.
- The East London Line has closed for up to 3 years.
- Tube and bus fares have frozen for 2008.
- Project News
- Our front page has recieved a major revamp in order to simplify it for new members.
- Our project navtemplate has also recieved a revamp and now includes all pages related to this project.
- We have reached two birthdays in the past few months.
- We celebrated one year since we started of as WikiProject Undergound.
- We celebrated one year of WP:LT.
- Member News
There are now 53 members of WikiProject London Transport! Welcome to the 1 new member that joined during the month of December:
This WikiProject would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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The success of our Bot is really showing. More than two thirds of our articles have now been rated.
- Did You Know,...
- ...that in January 2005 London Underground announced that it would play classical music at stations prone to loitering by youths. A trial had shown a 33% drop in abuse against staff. This had been first tried, with success, on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
- ...that Arsenal is the only Underground station named after a London football club (it was previously known as Gillespie Road). Watford is named after the area which it serves, as is West Ham. The nearest station to West Ham United Football Club is Upton Park, the name of West Ham United's Stadium.
- ...that the phrase "Mind the gap" is played when trains stop at stations with curved platforms. It has become the Underground's best-known catchphrase.
- ...that five stations are named after pubs: Angel, Elephant & Castle, Manor House, Royal Oak and Swiss Cottage. There might have been a sixth, as the proposed North End Station (between Hampstead and Golders Green) became known as Bull and Bush for the famous nearby drinking house; the station was abandoned before its completion.
- ...that it is possible to travel through ten stations in a row all beginning with the same letter by starting at Hounslow East, travelling towards Heathrow and round the Heathrow loop and returning to Hounslow East again. Intermediate stations are Hounslow Central, Hounslow West, Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3, Heathrow Terminal 4, Hatton Cross again, Hounslow West again, Hounslow Central again, returning to Hounslow East.
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- From the Editors
Thank you for participanting in this trial. I hope you have an fantastic new year.
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