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- London Transport News
February 2009
- New bus designs are put on display in the London Transport Museum
- East London Line phase 2 gets go-ahead, completing orbirail proposal
- Chesham to get 2 trains per hour from London in 2011 following consultation
- Taxi fare increased by 3.4% to meet rising costs
- Blackheath Hill and Shooters Hill sections of the A2 to undergo eight week improvement scheme to reduce maintenance and improve facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
- Spring poems are released on the Underground
- Following a planned upgrade, London Overground will see an increased number of trains per hour to 8.
- Bus route 263 extended from Archway to Holloway
- Possible suspension of the third phase of the London Low Emission Zone for those vehicles affected in October next year
January 2009
- Safety campaign for motorcycle users driven forward with two-day summit
- Winter Wanders talk place around many London walks
- Tube maps have been changed to make it easier for people with disabilities, bicyles, luggage and other things with clarifications on the step-free map. A new map is also introduced showing toilet facilities.
- TfL wants views on changes to some buses in north-west London
- Funding is to be given to improve Exhibition Road in London's museum quarter
- New bus route 228 between Central Middlesex Hospital and Maida Hill via White City is introducd
- The Docklands Light Railway extension to Woolwich Arsenal opens
- £50 penalty fares are introduced
- Stonewall has named Transport for London one of the top five firms for employing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered staff
- Preparations begin at Tottenham Court Road for the construction of Crossrail
Please note that events are arranged from newest at the top to oldest at the bottom.
- Member News
Welcome to the new members that joined during the months of January to February:
And a special sad goodbye to
Bringing us to a total of 70 members!
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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1 year as a newsletter
- General
On the assessment side, there are still a lot of articles that need to be assessed for their quality and their importance to this project. Interest still remains on a level of a few articles every few weeks in assessment of articles. Although there has been an increase in the number of articles, assessments has not much improved.
Congratulations to all the people involved in getting Edgar Speyer from good article status to featured article status. Well done for this achievement.
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. It seems there is still a general lack of interest in the portal other than these areas.
Any other suggestions are welcome.
Interest in other areas are okay.
- This month's selected image
{{#section-h:Portal:London transport/Selected picture/Archive|1 January - 28 February}}
- From the editor
The last month makes the first anniversary of this newsletter, hence the birthday cake at the start.
As usual, this issue is in the current format and is still awaiting suggestions for other improvements. No new Did You Knows were available for this so have not been included, instead other Did you know suggestions were.
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.
Newsletters for the time being will be launched during the months.
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.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Simply south (talk) (Editor, Main Contributor and Distibutor)
- Credits to other people who fix minor formatting and spelling in this and the last issue.
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Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2006!
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- Assessment
GA
- A1 road (London)
- A215 road
- Docklands Light Railway
- Hammerton's Ferry
- High Speed 1
- London Paddington station
GAC
None
FA\FL
- City and South London Railway
- London congestion charge
- List of London Underground stations
- Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
- Edgar Speyer
FAC\FLC
None
A
None
- Other assessment notes
- Edgar Speyer promoted to FA-Class in February
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- Other announcements
In Janary 22nd, 1 year has passed for the launch of this newsletter
Images were discussed, some on Carshaton station and others which could not be identified until some later.
Creation of a list on London bus stations and also confusions with it and London bus garages.
Founder Unisouth has departed
Some articles including Thames Gateway Bridge itself and light rail and Bus Rapid Transit need updating to show that the proposal for the bridge has been cancelled
- Did you know
{{Portal:London transport/Did you know}}
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