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Forum: London Transport December 2nd 06, 08:00 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 922
Posted By [email protected]
Silverlink's last journey south of Stratford next Saturday

Is that really right? On the Silverlink website, it says:

"The Stratford-North Woolwich service, currently operated by Silverlink
Metro, will be withdrawn with effect from Sunday 10 December...
Forum: London Transport November 8th 06, 12:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,690
Posted By [email protected]
Cross River Tram Consultation

"We have had a
real focus on making the ward safe for children, and our work will be
ruined. The community is formed by people meeting on the pavements
outside the schools and they...
Forum: London Transport October 30th 06, 07:11 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 15,971
Posted By [email protected]
Rail network in London to adopt zonal fares

I know the Standard is not the most reliable organ out there, but
surely no one can be this wilfully stupid and the Standard just made
her up because they themselves were too lazy to think of a...
Forum: London Transport October 30th 06, 07:02 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 14,557
Posted By [email protected]
Oyster incomplete journeys - further info

*If* a Travelcard holder starts a journey and validates their card at a
station outside of their zonal validity then there will be a deduction
from their PAYG purse of £1 (starting at an origin...
Forum: London Transport October 22nd 06, 07:40 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 15,971
Posted By [email protected]
Rail network in London to adopt zonal fares

The cheap day return fares are completely pointless though as a travelcard
would be cheaper. So the actual price would be £4.90 for CJ-FP and £6..30 for
Orp-WH.

Clapham Junction - Finsbury...
Forum: London Transport September 19th 06, 03:21 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 909
Posted By [email protected]
Oyster Unresolved Journey as of November 2006

If you have a Travelcard season, unresolved journeys don't matter (as
long as the endpoint is within your zones). And PAYG isn't valid on
National Rail between Ealing Broadway and...
Forum: London Transport September 19th 06, 02:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 909
Posted By [email protected]
Oyster Unresolved Journey as of November 2006

I know this is a well rehearsed topic, but I am wondering how my work
journey home would work with this.

I get on at Ealing Broadway which necessitates a touch in.
Take first mainline train to...
Forum: London Transport July 26th 06, 01:03 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,081
Posted By [email protected]
reliability of NNL and district line richmond branch

Not sure of the direct answer to your question, but I've noticed on
South Eastern trains that when the train is later than the magical four
minutes, the automated announcements always reflect...
Forum: London Transport July 26th 06, 12:31 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,081
Posted By [email protected]
reliability of NNL and district line richmond branch

Next time get the bus (or walk) to Gunnersbury, and get the
District/NLL from there. The NLL has a timetable, so at least you can
plan for that, even though they are sometimes late.

Trains in...
Forum: London Transport July 8th 06, 09:24 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,569
Posted By [email protected]
First Class within Zones 1-6

First Class has become a peculiar anomaly the FGW trains I take from
Ealing Broadway most days: it's really Third Class. What seems to
happen is that nobody appears to actually pay for and travel in...
Forum: London Transport June 20th 06, 11:58 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,521
Posted By [email protected]
Zone validity

I'm hoping I was right as I've fired off a very shirty email to South
Eastern trains about it!

Patrick

***********************

Do make sure you post the reply you get to the email, I suspect it...
Forum: London Transport June 20th 06, 11:56 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,521
Posted By [email protected]
Zone validity

I'm hoping I was right as I've fired off a very shirty email to South
Eastern trains about it!

Patrick

***********************

Do make sure you post the reply you get to the email, I suspect it...
Forum: London Transport May 17th 06, 12:37 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,872
Posted By [email protected]
Hamm & City

The HamCity line is pretty disastrous: I have to go from Paddington to
Baker Street every day on my way home and change from an Ealing
Broadway FGW/HC train. Often the overground train will pull...
Forum: London Transport May 10th 06, 10:20 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 962
Posted By [email protected]
Help- access to Jubilee line at Baker St

St John's Wood is fine; it's a relatively quiet station and the
escalator goes straight from platform level to street level with a
wide, spacious entrance.
Forum: London Transport May 4th 06, 12:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,063
Posted By [email protected]
Exciting news on Thameslink 2000 (now "Thameslink Project")

Good news on the start dates...

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/indepth/features/display.var.749703.0.all_change_please.php

Before losing the franchise, Thameslink had set up the Thameslink...
Forum: London Transport April 4th 06, 01:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,041
Posted By [email protected]
Paddington Station - the squalor continues

Evening Standard: 3/2/2006

PART of Paddington station, one of the most celebrated structures in
British architecture, is to be demolished to make way for shops and
offices.

...
Forum: London Transport March 24th 06, 12:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 737
Posted By [email protected]
Oyster weirdness

The weirdest thing about this being that my Oyster is working barriers
just fine, despite the incomplete journey!

I have an incomplete joourney every single day when I take the mainline
from...
Forum: London Transport February 24th 06, 12:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,014
Posted By [email protected]
NG Admnistrator

Do we have an administrator or moderator and if so, can that person
please do something about the constant abusive topics we seem to have
these days? It's embrarassing to scroll through the topics on...
Forum: London Transport January 11th 06, 01:42 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 799
Posted By [email protected]
Direct Clapham Jcn - Stratford services

That's a pity. What is the cause of delays on this section - unreliable
rolling stock,signalling block length, track capacity constraints,
competition with competing cross London freight trains...
Forum: London Transport January 8th 06, 09:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 799
Posted By [email protected]
Direct Clapham Jcn - Stratford services

Trust me, we've noticed. 4tph was always ambitious on the stretch
between Stratford and Willesden X. Needless to say, these services have
made things even worse.

It's hard to see why the money was...
Forum: London Transport December 12th 05, 12:42 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,358
Posted By [email protected]
"Tube cheapest in Europe"

30p, please; 20% means multiply by 5. However, it's really not that
simple. There are other costs to consider.

It's not really the cost that is the issue, but the percentage of
income after...
Forum: London Transport August 30th 05, 09:58 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 6,537
Posted By [email protected]
Commuting from London to Oxford for Work

I did this journey every day for 3 years!

It really does so come down to where in Oxford they are going to and
where in London exactly they are coming from. Being in Paddington means
(I think!) that...
Forum: London Transport March 10th 05, 01:39 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,670
Posted By [email protected]
Later Tubes on Fri & Sat

Why is that the this is always presented as a balance between:

People out on the town late on Friday/Saturday night

vs.

People who start work early on Saturday/Sunday morning

What about the large...
Forum: London Transport September 10th 04, 12:28 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 777
Posted By [email protected]
Cheaper singles in Zone 1

The Carnets in London are OK, like you say. That's the ones I meant
when I wrote:

Paris 5.30 / 1.40 / 1.05
London 6.45 / 3 / 2.25

(ie the E2.25 being £1.50). The problem is the ratio: 2.25 is...
Forum: London Transport September 10th 04, 08:52 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 626
Posted By [email protected]
Cheaper singles in Zone 1

After a trip to Paris recently, it occured to me that it would be a
good idea for the tube to offer cheap single tickets in Zone 1, along
the lines of the Paris system (maybe £1 for a single in Z1,...
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