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London's Transport Choir


​HOMEPAGE 

This is the home page for London's Transport Choir. ​We are an amateur workplace choir whose main aim is to bring together colleagues from across the transport industry to sing at events and concerts.  Membership is open to anyone working in or with an interest in the transport industry in London.  Singers include operational staff, new graduates, office workers and retirees from both National Rail and Transport for London, and their customers, and friends of choir members.

​If you'd like to participate in our activities, there are details on our NEW MEMBERS page.
Rehearsal details are on our ACTIVITIES page.
Latest news can be found on our MEMBERS' BLOG​​​ page
Past concerts and lots of pictures will appear on our RECENT EVENTS page, which is currently being updated.

Our Chair is Bob Aley and General Secretary Catherine Dady - do contact us at TransportChoirLondon@gmail.com


FORTHCOMING / PLANNED EVENTS 


​London Event - Wednesday 26 April - Details to follow
​Making Music Day - Wednesday 21 June - To be confirmed
Heritage Railway Event - Sunday 23 July - To be confirmed
TfL Festival of Carols - St Paul's Covent Garden - Thursday 7 December - confirmed
Railstaff Carol Service - Thursday 14 December - To be confirmed



​RAIL INDUSTRY MEMORIAL DAY AT YORK - THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2023

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Our most recent events - pictured above and below - were:

TfL Festival of Carols - Thursday 1 December: St Paul's Covent Garden - with BT London Choir
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​Railstaff Carols Service - Thursday 15 December: St Mary-the-Virgin, Eversholt Street - with BT London Choir


We also sang carols  at London Bridge on the evening of Monday 19 December by the Network Rail Organ

International Women's Day Wednesday 8 March at Stratford


Rail Industry Memorial Day Event in York - Thursday 23 March

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We performed at a TfL Awards Event  on Wednesday 16 November at City Hall in East London
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Our previous event was a private concert at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden on Thursday 30 June
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The choir performed at the opening ceremony at the World Congress of Rail Research in Birmingham.

Pictures courtesy of 
RSSB, University of Birmingham and Hi-Viz Media.
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This is a screenshot of how we were featured at the WCRR closing ceremony
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​We were featured in an industry brochure featuring the Station to Station Jubilee - above

 
​We sang at the opening ceremony for the Elizabeth Line - at Farringdon Station  on Tuesday 24 May.

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Our previous event was the TfL Bus Awards for which we recorded five songs on Tuesday 21 September. We sang Bus Stop, A Transport of Delight, Stand by Me, Don't Stop Believing' and Proud Mary.

​Here are some screenshots of the event.


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That was our first event in which we sang together since last Christmas but we had been doing lots of singing on line meanwhile!
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A few images from our 2020 Carol Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields. The complete service can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLpNT5nrO2A. The viewing figures were : total live viewers: 450; total views since live stream has ended (you can still watch the stream on TfL's social channels): 5,514.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST OF OUR REHEARSALS FOR THESE EVENTS, GO TO OUR GOFUNDME PAGE AT 
gf.me/u/y87f4i
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Some screenshots from the video
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Zoom Sessions were running regularly from late March 2020 to July 2021
You don't have to wear a hat .....
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The Choir 'at rehearsal' earlier in 2020
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Merel conducting the choir at TfL's International Women's' Day event on Thursday 5 March 2020
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The choir at our Railstaff Service at St Mary's Eversholt Street in December 2019 - Euston. Photo - courtesy Paul Bigland.
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The Choir, soloist Millie, and our new member, Sam's Steel Band, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, on Wednesday 11 December 2019

​SINGING AT OUR EVENT TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF MICHAEL KEYTE AT ST LEONARD'S SHOREDITCH IN OCTOBER 2019


​Contact

This website was set up in December 2017 by Michael Woods, webmaster.
​It was last updated on 23 March 2023
​For more information about this website, contact us at londonstransportchoirwebmaster@gmail.com
For information about the choir, email us at TransportChoirLondon@gmail.com
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