This is a weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…Elizabeth lineAn [Essex] bus route has been extended to facilitate direct access to the Elizabeth line via Harold Wood. ianVisitsDaily trains running between Stratford-upon-Avon and London are to be reinstated. BBC NewsA union has confirmed its staff members at East Midlands Railway (EMR) will take strike action over “growing safety concerns the company has failed to address”. BBC NewsPlans to double the number of train services between Sutton and Belmont stations have hit a £4 million problem, as costs have risen sharply in recent years. BBC News–The image is from a July 2017 article: The early plans for the DLR to be a Tram not a Train