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Forum: London Transport April 7th 13, 08:28 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,180
Posted By solar penguin
live tube map

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:30:44 +0100, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2013\04\07 14:27, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2013\04\07 14:16, Roland Perry wrote:
In message...
Forum: London Transport August 15th 11, 09:54 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,419
Posted By solar penguin
Black door at Marble Arch Tube Station

On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:39:43 -0700, Rafael wrote:

Hi there

Does anyone know what is behind a black door at Marble Arch tube
station?
Here's a photo the door:
...
Forum: London Transport July 21st 11, 07:53 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 11,840
Posted By solar penguin
Overground SLL link

Paul Corfield wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:07:52 +0100, David Cantrell
wrote:

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 07:56:26PM +0100, Paul Corfield...
Forum: London Transport June 9th 11, 10:57 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,093
Posted By solar penguin
Oyster query - how could this have happened

wrote:


How did that happen?

Oyster isn't very reliable. By the law of averages, it was only a
matter of time until it made a mistake that benefited the customer...
Forum: London Transport March 5th 11, 10:30 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 20,794
Posted By solar penguin
Why no assigned platforms?

On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:14:12 +0000, Tristan Miller wrote:


OK, so maybe I should revise my question to "Given that both British and
continental railways allocate platforms well in advance, why...
Forum: London Transport March 3rd 11, 06:57 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,894
Posted By solar penguin
Journey History

On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:34:54 +0000, Robin wrote:


[2] OTOH you might also want to factor in the personal cost of the risk
of being assaulted by persons behind you in the queue on realising...
Forum: London Transport March 2nd 11, 10:46 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,894
Posted By solar penguin
Journey History

On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:31:26 -0800, Mizter T wrote:


(Anyone tempted to say something like 'they just want to make things
difficult for you' shouldn't, for it'd be an intellectually vapid
...
Forum: London Transport February 22nd 11, 06:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,013
Posted By solar penguin
Central line - Good Service

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:42:45 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:

On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:16:16 -0000
wrote:
How could the Central Line be running a good service this evening...
Forum: London Transport February 2nd 11, 09:17 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 18,730
Posted By solar penguin
Bus route - going back to depot

On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:41:04 +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 04:15:47 -0800 (PST), George
wrote:


Yes it does seem appalling that people in...
Forum: London Transport February 1st 11, 10:37 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 18,730
Posted By solar penguin
Bus route - going back to depot

"George" wrote in message
...

On 30 Jan, 13:23, solar penguin ...
Forum: London Transport January 30th 11, 12:23 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 18,730
Posted By solar penguin
Bus route - going back to depot

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:02:31 +0000, Mizter T wrote:


Perhaps worth noting that Paul C, who knows of George from other
recesses of the internet, said a few things on here when George first
...
Forum: London Transport January 20th 11, 07:47 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,488
Posted By solar penguin
Wobbly Oystercard charges

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:24:55 +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:37:49 +0000, Colum Mylod
wrote:

I topped up £10 to have £14 on my card by 1 Jan....
Forum: London Transport January 19th 11, 07:07 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,944
Posted By solar penguin
DLR Extension To Stratford International

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:29:36 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:


I'm still wondering how the DLR running this service is an advantage
over the old NLL service. Seems to me all its done is spent a huge
...
Forum: London Transport January 19th 11, 06:53 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,488
Posted By solar penguin
Wobbly Oystercard charges

On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:37:49 +0000, Colum Mylod wrote:

I topped up £10 to have £14 on my card by 1 Jan. So far so good. Journey
on Monday White City to LCY shows some oddities. The DLR...
Forum: London Transport January 2nd 11, 09:42 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 8,066
Posted By solar penguin
Victoria line map

On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:35:15 -0800, MIG wrote:

On Jan 2, 6:13Â*am, wrote:
In article
,

...
Forum: London Transport December 30th 10, 11:43 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,757
Posted By solar penguin
The "Third Rail problem"

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:30:06 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote:

Shorter Oxford Dictionary -
"Train ^sb1 [...] III.[...] 8. A number of railway carriages,
vans or trucks coupled together (usually...
Forum: London Transport July 19th 10, 05:29 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,474
Posted By solar penguin
LU pop songs

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:11:47 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:


This question gets asked occasionally; we really ought to compile a
comprehensive list.

The guys on ILM have tried:

...
Forum: London Transport July 9th 10, 01:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,022
Posted By solar penguin
London Overground at Crystal Palace

On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:22:18 -0700, Mizter T wrote:


The ELL is proving popular up Palace-way, I'm led to believe.

The only down-side is that they insist on terminating the off-peak trains
in...
Forum: London Transport June 30th 10, 08:53 AM
Replies: 158
Views: 26,801
Posted By solar penguin
Loogahgbaroogah

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:47:47 -0700, bob wrote:

On 28 June, 23:20, Arthur Figgis wrote:

Anyone mentioned Bombardier yet? (being from Quebec, the train and
...
Forum: London Transport May 21st 10, 04:16 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,473
Posted By solar penguin
Crystal Palace station

wrote:

In article
,
(Dr. Sunil) wrote:

On 21 May, 00:47,...
Forum: London Transport May 13th 10, 09:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,362
Posted By solar penguin
Stopping Getting Tail-Gated on Underground / NR

Willms wrote:

Am Thu, 13 May 2010 07:48:39 UTC, schrieb "solar penguin"
auf uk.railway :

Aren't ticket barriers just another...
Forum: London Transport May 13th 10, 07:48 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,362
Posted By solar penguin
Stopping Getting Tail-Gated on Underground / NR

Willms wrote:

Am Wed, 12 May 2010 16:58:01 UTC, schrieb Arthur Figgis
auf uk.railway :

Lambada only happens with ticket...
Forum: London Transport May 8th 10, 08:15 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 7,027
Posted By solar penguin
Newsflash: TfL buys out Tube Lines!

Mizter T wrote:
[original thread on uk.railway]
[x-posted to ik.transport.london]

On May 7, 11:59*pm, Bruce wrote:
Quite a surprise except to those who knew about...
Forum: London Transport May 6th 10, 07:18 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,007
Posted By solar penguin
Waterloo Eurostar platforms and "The Railway Children"

Offramp wrote:

On 5 May, 14:20, Old Central wrote:

The figures quoted for mothballing are breathtaking

But the platforms have not been mothballed. There are...
Forum: London Transport May 1st 10, 07:14 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,137
Posted By solar penguin
NXEA & OEPs

Neil Williams wrote:

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:53:04 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

Perhaps just in time
for the whole system to be abandoned come May!

Really? ...
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