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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:49:35 +0000, asdf
wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:28:27 +0000, Paul Corfield wrote: Since PAYG was extended to the Overground there are 3 new valid out of station interchanges for PAYG purposes. These are West Hampstead LU / West Hampstead NLL / West Hampstead Thameslink PAYG isn't valid at West Hampstead Thameslink... Oh yes it is. It was extended there on the same date as Overground launched. The national rail PAYG map shows it very clearly and FCC have updated their page to make direct mention of it. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...yster-PAYG.pdf http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk...iCmsPageId=107 -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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John Rowland wrote:
No-one seems to have mentioned that the Victoria Line is kind of a replacement for the Goblin. Whatever journeys would be done with the Goblin if it had decent interchanges, or used to be done with the "Goblin" when it ran to St Pancras, are done with the Vic instead. That's not much use if you live in Crouch Hill or Harringay though. It may be true for the Walthamstow half of things, but the Vic is pretty useless east of there! |
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On 27 Nov, 21:26, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:07:31 -0800 (PST), wrote: On 27 Nov, 20:28, Paul Corfield wrote: Since PAYG was extended to the Overground there are 3 new valid out of station interchanges for PAYG purposes. These are West Hampstead LU / West Hampstead NLL / West Hampstead Thameslink Upper Holloway / Archway LU Leytonstone High Road / Leytonstone LU. Where are these out of station interchanges listed? They aren't always shown on the Tube map etc. I haven't seen them formally listed. The information was posted on another group I read by someone who is close to all of the detail on Oyster and PAYG. Please don't complain about lack of publicity - I was simply sharing some information that was relevant to part of the thread. -- Paul C Well I guess we could well complain about the lack of publicity - but if we were to do so we should direct the complain to TfL, rather than shooting the messenger... https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/contact/default.asp?type=tfl |
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In message of Tue, 27 Nov
2007 20:28:27 in uk.transport.london, Paul Corfield writes On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:42:17 -0800 (PST), Mizter T wrote: One useful change not mentioned yet (in this thread at least, though we've certainly been here before!) is the Upper Holloway to Archway/ Northern line (non-)interchange. What is the best term for describing such an interchange - an out-of- station interchange might be a good one, but in ticketing terminology that means a journey where a change that involves transfer between stations on the street can be completed on a single ticket. Using the phrase 'out-of-station interchange' where through tickets might not be valid would perhaps just serve to confuse things. Since PAYG was extended to the Overground there are 3 new valid out of station interchanges for PAYG purposes. These are West Hampstead LU / West Hampstead NLL / West Hampstead Thameslink Was validity extended to WHT on 11 November? Is there now a gate line? Validity used to stop at Kentish Town. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/oysteronline/5823.aspx supports your point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card_(pay_as_you_go)_on_National_Rail shows the old validity. Upper Holloway / Archway LU Leytonstone High Road / Leytonstone LU. -- Walter Briscoe |
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On 27 Nov, 21:13, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote: It may be true for the Walthamstow half of things, but the Vic is pretty useless east of there! Yes, a journey I have to make occasionally is Manor House - Barking, *walking* to Harringey Green Lanes and then taking the GOBLIN to Barking is by far the most pleasant way to do it. Francis |
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On Nov 28, 10:27 am, Walter Briscoe
wrote: In message of Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:28:27 in uk.transport.london, Paul Corfield writes On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:42:17 -0800 (PST), Mizter T wrote: One useful change not mentioned yet (in this thread at least, though we've certainly been here before!) is the Upper Holloway to Archway/ Northern line (non-)interchange. What is the best term for describing such an interchange - an out-of- station interchange might be a good one, but in ticketing terminology that means a journey where a change that involves transfer between stations on the street can be completed on a single ticket. Using the phrase 'out-of-station interchange' where through tickets might not be valid would perhaps just serve to confuse things. Since PAYG was extended to the Overground there are 3 new valid out of station interchanges for PAYG purposes. These are West Hampstead LU / West Hampstead NLL / West Hampstead Thameslink Was validity extended to WHT on 11 November? Is there now a gate line? Yes, on the 11th November. There is no gate line, just validators by the exit to the main road. I first found out about it in the week starting 11th November, but it was clearly advertised on the website and at the station. Validity used to stop at Kentish Town. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/oysteronline/5823.aspx supports your point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card_(pay_as_you_go)_on_National_... shows the old validity. |
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A similar critiscm can be made of the North London Line, that other
jewel in TFL's crown....We start at Richmond, where things initially look promising with full connections with the District Line (and South West Trains). No problems either at Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury (both now transferred to LU from 11/11). After this however the line passes under the Piccadilly Line and District Line Ealing branch, but of course there are no platforms. South Acton would have seen an inconvenient interchange possible with the District Line had the Acton Town - South Action shuttle not come off in 1959. Acton Central has no adjacent Underground station, but then when the line passes over the Central Line and Chiltern Railways Ruislip branch, it is only a few hundred yards from North Acton station, yet again no interchange is possible, despite long-standing plans for such a facility here. Willesden Junction does at least link with the Bakerloo and LO DC Lines, but its usefulness is much reduced by the loss of the 'main line' platforms, nor helped by the station's chaotic layout. Kensal Rise isn't near to Kensal Green; Brondesbury Park sits mid-way between Queen's Park and Kilburn, Brondesbury is little better, whilst at West Hampstead the line manages to miss two other stations of the same name! Finchley Road & Frognal is not, of course, linked to Finchley Road, and when passing over the Northern Line Edgware branch, no station has been since provided by either operator, instead Hampstead Heath lies about 20 minutes walk from both Hampstead and Belsize Park (to be fair the Underground lines came later and failed to site their new stations accordingly where possible). Gospel Oak at least serves LO's own GobLin service, albeit through an awkward subway WB, but as usual, the NLL has its own Kentish Town West which is nowhere near the Northern Line's Kentish Town. At Camden Town they had to change the station name to Camden Road to avoid confusion, it being so far away from its much busier LT namesake. Caledonian Road Piccadilly Line station stands quite properly in the thoroughfare which name in bears, but guess what? The NLL equivalent of Caledonian Road & Barnsbury sits in a side street (and would be better named "Caledonian Road for Pentonville Prison" given that its stands in the shadow of that establishment). At last Highbury & Islington provides a proper connection with the First Capital Connect and LU systems, though it took a 1960s rebuild for the Victoria Line to achieve this and move the LT station across the road to the NLR site. Dalston Kingsland is another isolated spot, whilst BR's cheap 1980s extension "East of Dalston" didn't even combine Hackney Downs with the revived Hackney Central station. Further isolated stations are at Homerton and Hackney Wick before finally, a triumphal return to a fully-integrated site is made at Stratford. |
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