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Forum: London Transport January 30th 06, 08:12 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,148
Posted By Matt Ashby
LU station abbreviation codes

Andy wrote:

Offically IIRC only the Central line and W&C has
fixed codes

Thanks for the information. I was told by a Station
Assistant at Hounslow West the other day that that
station has the...
Forum: London Transport January 30th 06, 04:56 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,148
Posted By Matt Ashby
LU station abbreviation codes

Does anyone know where I can get a list of the three-letter station
codes that LU uses to refer to stations? I don't know what the system
is called but I know each station has a code.

All help...
Forum: London Transport January 30th 06, 10:02 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 8,095
Posted By Matt Ashby
Ladies & Gentlemen

I think it is a good idea. Putting some "unimportant"
words at the start of an announcement gives people
chance to tune in without missing the important
content.

The problem is that...
Forum: London Transport January 23rd 06, 09:33 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,619
Posted By Matt Ashby
Stratford

Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:

Hmm - I can't remember if the NLL is shown on the tube
maps these days. Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot easier to
make the tube map show all and only Oyster...
Forum: London Transport January 14th 06, 10:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,405
Posted By Matt Ashby
Any useful Oyster card FAQs?

how can I access on-line a record of my recent journeys

It doesn't tell you how for the same reason it doesn't tell
you how to buy fish & chips with Oyster. Because I don't
think you...
Forum: London Transport December 7th 05, 04:53 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,998
Posted By Matt Ashby
Two commutes - suggestions for where to live ?

Stratford. Easier for the Chelmsford, but Jubilee and
Waterloo for the Bracknell.

OK for now, but be prepared to move on before 2012.

Why? Do you think prices will peak just...
Forum: London Transport December 2nd 05, 08:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 681
Posted By Matt Ashby
Buses off their routes?

Regent Street is closed in both directions between Conduit Street and
Piccadilly Circus due to a burst water main. Buses are being diverted
Piccadilly Circus-Shaftesbury Avenue-Charing Cross...
Forum: London Transport August 18th 05, 09:36 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 7,368
Posted By Matt Ashby
Licencing reforms & the tube

Tom Anderson wrote:

Anyway - The question is... Will LU reflect this in extending
the time of the last trains? It's a bit pointless pubs applying
for later licences if people still have...
Forum: London Transport August 16th 05, 11:03 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,388
Posted By Matt Ashby
De Menezes casually picks up a Metro, rushes for a tube then gets killed - photo of body

Morton wrote:

CO19 should be SO19 I believe.

The Force Firearms Unit was moved from Specialist Operations to the new
Central Operations a few months ago. Specialist Operations units have
'SO'...
Forum: London Transport August 5th 05, 09:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,124
Posted By Matt Ashby
Route 43 murder

why have we not seen any CCTV footage released? Is this
another case of equipment fitted but not working, as on the 7/7
explosion on route 26?

Just because footage hasn't been released to the...
Forum: London Transport July 15th 05, 08:56 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 7,478
Posted By Matt Ashby
Emergency services gone crazy

There might well have been a noticeable increase in the number of
emergency services vehicles that you will see going to incidents on
blue lights. The number of security alerts has gone up...
Forum: London Transport July 6th 05, 09:19 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 10,651
Posted By Matt Ashby
2012 Olympics come to London

Paul Terry said:

London is full

No London is not. I'm sure you've seen the figures that show that even
during the summer Olympics fewer people will be using public transport
per day than during...
Forum: London Transport June 30th 05, 12:04 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 14,101
Posted By Matt Ashby
Buggies are wheelchairs!

you won't have the trouble of push chairs and kids
annoying real passengers who need to get from
A to B. Lets not forget that these women have all
day to do their shopping or what ever it is...
Forum: London Transport June 29th 05, 11:30 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,129
Posted By Matt Ashby
Parking in Lambeth

The contract in Lambeth which stipulates Control Plus
have to hand out 200,000 tickets a year, otherwise
their profits are significantly reduced.

Most of these contracts, and certainly the...
Forum: London Transport June 20th 05, 10:33 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,491
Posted By Matt Ashby
Bus Route 3 Oxford Circus - Crystal Palace

Going off on a tangent... do night buses have speed
limiters? On some it certainly seems like they don't!

Night buses are just day buses with a different part of the destination
blind showing,...
Forum: London Transport June 20th 05, 10:28 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,940
Posted By Matt Ashby
Heathrow Express etc. Today (Sun 19/6)

I travelled from Oxford to Paddington today, which took
2 hours. I heard from another passenger there had
been a suicide on the line at Southall, but I don't know
if that was actually the...
Forum: London Transport June 17th 05, 10:18 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,482
Posted By Matt Ashby
Train-home ban for big bike ride

When I was a penniless student oaf, the Uni cycling club
would meet up on a Sunday morning, decide where we
wanted to go, ride to the appropriate station, get on the
train, go to the green...
Forum: London Transport June 7th 05, 10:14 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,491
Posted By Matt Ashby
Bus Route 3 Oxford Circus - Crystal Palace

Isn't there an emergency release lever by the rear doors?
If so, I would certainly have used it in those circumstances.

There was. I used it. The driver shouted at me that he was going to get
me...
Forum: London Transport June 5th 05, 10:29 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,491
Posted By Matt Ashby
Bus Route 3 Oxford Circus - Crystal Palace

I was on a number 3 about 18 months ago when the driver accelerated
into the back of a car that had just overtaken him. The driver then
refused to open the doors to let anyone off (the bus was full...
Forum: London Transport May 15th 05, 10:23 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 9,670
Posted By Matt Ashby
Rail symbol on tram destination blinds

There is more than 5,000 acres of public open space in Richmond -
about 14% of the total for Greater London.

Eek! That is quite a bit. Damn you with your fancy great park! And
what
...
Forum: London Transport May 4th 05, 09:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,016
Posted By Matt Ashby
Temple & Cannon St weekend opening

Being Section 12 underground stations, they can't
actually be opened without staff.

What's a section twelve station?

Fire safety in underground stations (both TfL and NR)
is covered by the...
Forum: London Transport March 30th 05, 09:03 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 15,746
Posted By Matt Ashby
Fantasy bus routes

Keith Spink wrote:

I would reinstate the 726 to run its original
complete route from Heathrow to Dartford, and
also extend it to Bluewater. I would increase
the appalling current frequency...
Forum: London Transport March 21st 05, 07:40 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,786
Posted By Matt Ashby
Ken stole my 80p!

With the central line down from North Acton this morning, snip
Next time, I would suggest that you choose any one of the
many very good transport links available in that part of
London...
Forum: London Transport March 20th 05, 06:50 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 8,885
Posted By Matt Ashby
Integrating river services

I took a Thames Clippers boat from Canary Wharf to St.
Katherine's pier on Friday, and it was a really enjoyable
experience and a reasonably quick way across the city.
The journey time from...
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