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The author is ASLEF's District Organiser covering London Underground, Tubelines and Croydon Tramlink. He writes in his personal capacity.

With Battersea’s affordable housing levels cut again, Londoners risk funding an exclusive Tube link for the rich

June 25, 2017 by Finn Brennan

I first heard about the Northern line’s extension to Battersea from a now retired senior manager on the line. He told me that, for the first time since he had been an apprentice 30 years before, he had had to fill in a timesheet. This was to account for every minute he spent in meetings […]

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