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<big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport|WikiProject London Transport]] Newsletter'''</big><br/>(Issue 27 - August 2010)<br/>
[[File:Fairytale left blue.png|30px|link=Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Issue 26|Issue 26]][[Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Issue 26|July 2010]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Issue 28|September 2010]][[File:Fairytale right blue.png|30px|link=Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Issue 28|Issue 28]]
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{{center|<big>'''London Transport News'''</big>}}
'''August'''
*A £300 million contract is let for the upgrade of Bond Street station
*The first of 191 air-conditioned S Stock trains enters passenger service

'''July'''
*Transport for London launches Barclays Cycle Hire bicycle sharing scheme
*New safety measures announced for safety with cyclists around lorries
*New cable car system announced in the Thames Gateway area
*Southfields stations becomes step-free
*Fewer delays in cars being held up by traffic lights

'''June'''
*Bus crime lowest in six years
*Early closure of Northern Line cancelled
*Exhibition at Aldwych until July 9th
*More air-conditioned Underground and Overground trains on their way
*New electric vehicles with special livery to distinguish them join the taxis
*Hammersmith & City and Circle to close between 24th July and 15th August for upgrade work as well as works to do with Paddington station and Crossrail
*Rotherhithe tunnel to be southbound during weekend closures
*New Digital Countdowns to be trialled telling people how long they have to cross the road
*Deaths and serious injuries on roads half that of a decade ago in London
*Improvements such as maps, signs and timetables as well as flags showing "River Buses" for commuter boats and "River Tours" for tourists to be introduced

For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times)
''Note: Oldest news items at bottom of list''

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{{center|<big>'''Project News'''</big>}}

'''Articles'''
*One article was promoted to [[WP:FA|featured article status]] and one to [[WP:FL|featured list status]] in July
*Three articles were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article status]] in July
*[[Underground Electric Railways Company of London]] has been [[WP:FAC|nominated]] for featured article status and [[Aldwych tube station]] has been [[Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations#Transport|nominated]] for good article status
*There are currently 2,649 project articles; all have been assessed for quality and importance. If you see a new article on a project topic which is not rated, please add the banner to the talk page and assess it.

'''Portal'''
*Please [[Portal:London Transport/Vote|vote]] on potential selected articles, images and biographies for the Portal
*You can [[Portal:London Transport/Did you know/Suggest|suggest]] a ''Did You Know?'' for the Portal 

'''Requests'''
*New usage data has been published by TfL for the London Underground for 2009. These could be added to station article infoboxes
*[[User:Tyw7|Tyw7]] has requested help with improving [[Docklands Light Railway rolling stock]]
*[[User:MRSC|MRSC]] has requested help with improving [[North and West London Light Railway]] and [[West London Orbital]]
*[[:File:Thames tunnels.svg]] (below) requires updating (leave a note [[User talk:DavidCane|here]] explaining what needs doing)
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'''Members'''
*Newest members: {{user|Alzarian16}} and {{User|Sillybillypiggy}} joined in April
*Number of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Participants|participants]] is '''81'''

'''Editorial'''
*This month's guest editor: [[User:DavidCane|DavidCane]] ([[User talk:DavidCane|talk]])
*Usual editor [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] ([[User talk:Simply south|talk]]) has requested a volunteer edit the September edition of this newsletter 
*All suggestions to improve the newsletter are welcome at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/The Metropolitan/Feedback|feedback page]]
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'''[[Image:Cscr-featured.svg|15px]] Featured'''
*[[Albert Bridge, London]]
*[[Baker Street and Waterloo Railway]]
*[[Battersea Bridge]]
*[[Brill railway station]]
*[[Central London Railway]]
*[[Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway]]
*[[Chelsea Bridge]]
*[[City & South London Railway]]
*[[Edgar Speyer]]
*[[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]]
*[[List of former and unopened London Underground stations]]
*[[List of London Underground stations]]
*[[London congestion charge]]
*[[Richmond Bridge, London]]
*[[Timeline of the London Underground]]
*[[Vauxhall Bridge]]
*[[Waddesdon Road railway station]]
*[[Westcott railway station]]
*[[Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station]]
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'''[[Image:Symbol_support_vote.svg|15px]] Good'''
*[[A1 road (London)]]
*[[A215 road]]
*[[Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield]]
*[[British Airways]]
*[[Charles Pearson]]
*[[Chiswick Bridge]]
*[[Embankment tube station]]
*[[Eurostar]]
*[[Gloucester Road tube station]]
*[[Hammerton's Ferry]]
*[[High Speed 1]]
*[[Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway]]
*[[Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet]]
*[[London Country North East]]
*[[London Paddington station]]
*[[South Kensington tube station]]
*[[Underground Electric Railways Company of London]]
*[[Upminster Bridge tube station]]
*[[Wandsworth Bridge]]
*[[Westminster tube station]]
*[[Wimbledon and Sutton Railway]]
*[[Wood Siding railway station]]

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'''Recently promoted to Featured Article or Featured List'''
*[[List of former and unopened London Underground stations]], 20 July 2010
*[[Wotton (Metropolitan Railway) railway station]], 31 July 2010

'''Recently assessed as Good Articles'''
*[[Westminster tube station]], 4 July 2010
*[[Underground Electric Railways Company of London]], 7 July 2010
*[[Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway]], 1 August 2010

'''Featured Article candidates''' ''([[WP:FAC|here]])''
*[[Underground Electric Railways Company of London]]

'''Good Article candidates''' ''([[Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations#Transport|here]])''
*[[Aldwych tube station]]

'''Most visited pages'''
*For a list of the most Project's most visited pages, see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/Favourite pages]]

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