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Forum: London Transport September 9th 07, 04:56 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 988
Posted By Earl Purple
Petition for orbital railways

I think this is a good idea to help London's transport problems:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/OrbitalRailway/
Forum: London Transport February 26th 07, 12:06 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 787
Posted By Earl Purple
Road Pricing Petition Sign-Up

On 20 Feb, 22:33, Dave wrote:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:54:35 +0000, Fred wrote:

All of the above is true, yet incredibly, apart from a few token
...
Forum: London Transport February 15th 07, 03:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 761
Posted By Earl Purple
A13 Closure

On 14 Feb, 11:54, "Kev" wrote:
Is the Aldgate one way system actually shut? The AA says that the A13
is closed between the B134 Brick Lane and the B108 New Rd/Cannon St
but it...
Forum: London Transport February 6th 07, 12:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,031
Posted By Earl Purple
Pudding Mill Lane

On 6 Feb, 00:38, "Harry G" wrote:


I can't for the life of me see where around 1000 passengers a day at
PML would go to or come from (that must work out at around 20...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 07, 03:23 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,762
Posted By Earl Purple
Opposition to the West London Tram steps up

On 24 Jan, 15:11, "Boltar" wrote:
Umm , am I missing something or isn't the tram FOR commuters? Why would
they all still need to be driving once its built?

Because maybe...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 07, 03:18 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 10,063
Posted By Earl Purple
Trains no longer waiting for pulling-up train

On 24 Jan, 16:07, "www.waspies.net" wrote:
Last time I made that interchange (Jubilee to Met Southbound) the
Jubilee line train sat for a while just before the station,...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 07, 03:11 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 10,063
Posted By Earl Purple
Trains no longer waiting for pulling-up train


I can understand at peak times if there are trains every minute or so.
Otherwise it does nothing but infuriate passengers (who may next time
choose to take their cars).But even five...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 07, 11:33 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 10,063
Posted By Earl Purple
Trains no longer waiting for pulling-up train

On 24 Jan, 10:27, Barry Salter wrote:

The most extreme example I've experienced was when I was coming back
from work one day. I got the 22:40 299 from Muswell Hill...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 07, 11:25 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 10,063
Posted By Earl Purple
Trains no longer waiting for pulling-up train

Sorry for being so indistinct. Probably didn't make a lot of sense there.
:-))I can tell you why the Met and Jubilee no longer wait at Wembley Park,
the system of lights does not work, so...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 07, 11:20 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 10,063
Posted By Earl Purple
Trains no longer waiting for pulling-up train

On 23 Jan, 14:45, "MIG" wrote:
It's a kind of passenger protest some of the time. "I don't care how
annoying it is to you to have a chorus of rings at every stop. ...
Forum: London Transport January 23rd 07, 02:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,222
Posted By Earl Purple
Carriage nearest platform exit

Walter Briscoe wrote:
Can somebody point me to a site which indicates which carriage is
nearest the platform exit for all tube platforms. e.g. at Moorgate, the
platform exit is at the east end...
Forum: London Transport January 16th 07, 12:05 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,682
Posted By Earl Purple
So much for the Oyster Revolution in London

Mizter T wrote:
Though in the last example you only paid FCC for *part* of your journey
- the Moorgate to Finsbury Park portion. The Oyster system would have
allocated the rest of the journey...
Forum: London Transport January 16th 07, 11:05 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,682
Posted By Earl Purple
So much for the Oyster Revolution in London

wrote:
Is there a ticket machine right by either of the bus stops? You can buy a
one-day ticket from those.

No there isn't, but with pre-pay now it is a problem only if we...
Forum: London Transport January 15th 07, 11:29 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,682
Posted By Earl Purple
So much for the Oyster Revolution in London

wrote:
Not every Londoner as a underground near them so they use a Overground
which don't take Oyster card pay as you go so we don't save on the cost
of one-day...
Forum: London Transport January 3rd 07, 10:30 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 16,126
Posted By Earl Purple
Brick Lane

congokid wrote:
In article , Tristán
White writes
What do you think of the petition by Brick Lane residents...
Forum: London Transport December 29th 06, 01:31 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 11,371
Posted By Earl Purple
Fare rises , legalised extortion?

eastender wrote:
solar penguin wrote:

Actually no. It take longer, because my local NR station doesn't sell
Oysters at all. The nearest newsagent which does is a quarter of a
mile...
Forum: London Transport December 27th 06, 03:25 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 10,601
Posted By Earl Purple
More trains on old WAGN lines

Olof Lagerkvist wrote:
whos2091 wrote:

South Ken is the 18th busiest Underground station (for entries and exits),
ahead of places like Tower Hill, Moorgate and Westminster. They're not...
Forum: London Transport December 27th 06, 09:56 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,938
Posted By Earl Purple
Taxi`s

Mizter T wrote:

Thanks for the reply, that's interesting that there's so many taxis and
so many prospective passengers around at that time.

The fact that the roads are fairly empty plus higher...
Forum: London Transport December 26th 06, 10:39 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,073
Posted By Earl Purple
Why don't tube staff enforce the routing systems in stations?

AndreaC wrote:

I exited TCR from the Northern yesterday lunchtime and although the
tunnel between the platform and the escalators is pretty wide, I came
up behind a family (mother, 2 children...
Forum: London Transport December 20th 06, 02:57 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,938
Posted By Earl Purple
Taxi`s

News_Demon (removespam) wrote:
Dear All.

Does anyone know the aprox cost of a Black cab from Edgware Road/Praed
Street to Colindale?

Also I would need to catch it about 5.30am on a Sunday...
Forum: London Transport December 20th 06, 01:31 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 6,550
Posted By Earl Purple
What station is this?

Tristán White wrote:

Trying to work out where it was taken. My guess is Edgware, the first
platform you come to on the right hand side which is on its own. I don't
know the number of the...
Forum: London Transport December 20th 06, 01:26 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,073
Posted By Earl Purple
Why don't tube staff enforce the routing systems in stations?

d wrote:

And how many people do you put out by doing that? Remember - just because
something is beneficial to you, it doesn't mean it's beneficial to others.
What if you saving 3 seconds...
Forum: London Transport December 17th 06, 12:51 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 10,601
Posted By Earl Purple
More trains on old WAGN lines

Dave Arquati wrote:
I make it four stations along the same road - Manor House, Turnpike
Lane, Wood Green and Bounds Green.

Bounds Green is not on the A105. It is on the cross-roads of the...
Forum: London Transport December 17th 06, 12:36 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,073
Posted By Earl Purple
Why don't tube staff enforce the routing systems in stations?

wrote:
Last night at about 1830 I was at Tottenham Court Road. Of the three
escalators which lead up to the ticket hall, two were coming down and
only one was going up,...
Forum: London Transport December 14th 06, 09:36 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,532
Posted By Earl Purple
Should David Cameron be allowed just to pay his £3 again...

Tristán White wrote:
... when we mere mortals, on our way to a pop concert saying "sorry I lost
my ticket", would most certainly have been charged £20??

And should David Cameron, as an...
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