Piccadilly line

In 2022-23, across the entire UK rail network, there were 226 SPADs. The Picc had 187 on its own last year, nearly as many as every other UK railway combined. Over half of these SPADs were from drivers with less than two years of driving experience, who make up a small minority of those on the line...

With no clear timescale for it to be torn down, Bollo House, the Picc train crew depot, is starting to do the work itself. With the rat population exploding back to record levels now Spring has sprung, the latest development in the ongoing saga of disrepair and neglect was a whole window falling...

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This edition reflects on discussion at our recent meeting about the 40th anniversary of the miners' strike, and argues for a real fightback against LUL's plans for attacks on drivers' conditions. Plus local and...

After last year's long wait for the westbound points to be replaced and consistent failures, which took all Heathrow services down the local, the eastbound points have been feeling left out, and now every service from Heathrow is pushed down the local.

But the points that failed were brand new...

It was another autumn/winter of flats on the Piccadilly line, with some days seeing multiple trains being pulled out of service due to the noise.

Management still seem in denial about the scale of any problem. The controllers never suffer from the noise so they won't ever tell us to take a train...

In news that came as a shock to no one, the date for the new Piccadilly line trains entering full service has been pushed back.

While the first train is still due before the end of 2025 (original date: 2014), the company say that with only half the money promised by government, they've had to push...

From 1 October all existing car parking for Acton Town District line drivers and REW Acton Works will be removed. RMT is now balloting over the issue. The new and very expensive housing development on Bollo Lane had parking for staff rejected at the planning stage. Management chose not to appeal...

After a period where the outside of the Picc trains were gathering more and more dust it is now the windscreens which need attention. More and more blotches, stains, marks, dirt and grime are making our already yellowing windscreens even worse to see out of. Couple this with terrible windscreen...

As station cuts continue to hit us all over the Combine two stations with no staff including a terminus could put staff and passengers at risk. Lifts couldn’t operate at either station. If a driver had to take a train into a depot and couldn’t have got a passenger off a train, we’d have been on our...

With the upgrading of sidings and depots ready for the ever delayed new trains, some work has moved a bit too quickly. Once the 7 car marker was removed from Wood Green sidings, drivers could still rely on the stopping mark in the 4 foot… until that also disappeared until safety reps flagged up...