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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 concerts and events.


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, their suppliers, customers, and friends.


​If you'd like to participate in our activities, details are on our NEW MEMBERS page.
If you are planning an event and interested in hiring us, see our HIRE US page.

Rehearsal details for Spring and Summer 2025 are on our ACTIVITIES page.
Past concerts and lots more pictures appear on our RECENT EVENTS page.


Our Chair is Bob Aley and the Secretary is Rachel Yorke - do contact us at [email protected]
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​FORTHCOMING / PLANNED EVENTS

SUMMER CONCERT
Saturday 21st June 2025
St Mary the Virgin, Eversholt Street NW1 1BN
A joint event with BT London Choir

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RAILWAY 200 LAUNCH EVENT
Thursday 26th June
Paddington


EPPING ONGAR RAILWAY
Sunday 27th July 2025
Real Ale & Cider Festival

CHRISTMAS 2025 - save the date

Thursday 4th December 2025
TfL FESTIVAL OF CAROLS

Thursday 18th December 2025
RAIL STAFF CAROLS


More details of events will appear here when confirmed​

​RECENT EVENTS

Christmas 2024
​RAIL STAFF CAROLS - ST MARY'S EVERSHOLT STREET
THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER
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TfL CAROLS - ST PAUL'S COVENT GARDEN
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER
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CAROLS AT LONDON BRIDGE STATION - FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER
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​Summer 2024

​We performed at the Epping Ongar Railway on Sunday 28 July - and here are some  pictures.
​It was a lovely summer's day!


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TfL event at Palestra - Friday 17 May 2024
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Event at London Bridge - Monday 18 December 2023
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​Railstaff Carol Service - St Mary's Eversholt Street - Thursday 14 December
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TfL Christmas Lunchtime Event - Tuesday 12 December
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TfL Festival of Carols - St Paul's Covent Garden - Thursday 7 December
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We took part in an event in Paris on Saturday 18 November
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​​We performed at the TfL Awards Event at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden on Thursday 9 November ​

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​We performed at the Epping & Ongar Railway on Sunday 23 July

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​WITH FRIENDS FROM THE BT LONDON CHOIR WE SANG AT A TfL EVENT ON WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL 2023

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​More details are at https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2021/october/tfl-unveils-memorial-design-for-london-s-transport-workers-who-tragically-lost-their-lives-to-coronavirus


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

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Our events in 2022 are pictured above and below.

International Women's Day Wednesday 8 March at Stratford

Rail Industry Memorial Day Event in York - Thursday 23 March

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


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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, and is currently managed by John Hawthorne.
​It was last updated on 10th May 2025.
​For more information about this website, contact us at [email protected]
For information about the choir, email us at [email protected]
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