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Forum: London Transport July 5th 17, 08:29 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 21,903
Posted By Steve Lewis
Crossrail access to Heathrow still not settled

Heathrow Express uses dedicated platforms at Paddington, just like Gatwick Express does at Victoria, so the same mechanism could be used for charging a premium fare. Also, as Heathrow Express usually...
Forum: London Transport June 28th 17, 04:15 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,504
Posted By Steve Lewis
Are any of the new Crossrail platforms curved?

On the Jubilee Line Extension, Canning Town (both platforms) and Stratford (platform 15 only) are slightly curved, while Westminster (both platforms) are curved and have PEDs.
Forum: London Transport June 26th 17, 07:47 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,119
Posted By Steve Lewis
**** up, brewery? Not on LUs CV.

Good luck getting that past the safety regulators.
Forum: London Transport June 23rd 17, 06:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,119
Posted By Steve Lewis
**** up, brewery? Not on LUs CV.

When ATO/ATP dies, all the trains stop, as they have just stopped receiving the communication tells no them that they can proceed. The trains can't switch back to old style manual, as that needs...
Forum: London Transport June 23rd 17, 11:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,119
Posted By Steve Lewis
**** up, brewery? Not on LUs CV.

Without ATO/ATP available, each train has to receive verbal authority to proceed "on sight" as far as an agreed fixed point. The train will be in Restricted Manual mode, which enforces a maximum...
Forum: London Transport May 22nd 17, 07:19 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 21,903
Posted By Steve Lewis
Crossrail access to Heathrow still not settled

Would it be a fair compromise to put Heathrow (Crossrail) into a different fare zone to Heathrow (Tube)? That way you get to charge a small surcharge for using Crossrail rather than the Piccadilly...
Forum: London Transport April 8th 17, 01:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 617
Posted By Steve Lewis
Wooden Bus Shelters

There's one in Mill Hill on Hammers Lane at the junction with Shakespeare Road, served by the 240.
Forum: London Transport April 3rd 17, 11:04 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 589
Posted By Steve Lewis
Train cleaning on the tube

The line only has one train wash, at Stratford Market Depot. It has recently been out of order while it is replaced.
Forum: London Transport March 31st 17, 12:27 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 9,642
Posted By Steve Lewis
Top three transport things to do

If you want to see Canary Wharf Jubilee station from the same angle as its appearance in a Star Wars Rogue One, stand at the east end of the eastbound platform.
Forum: London Transport December 14th 16, 08:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 992
Posted By Steve Lewis
Blue Lights

If the doors are proved closed, the exterior orange light will be off, else it will be on. Away from a platform, the train management system will be of more use.
Forum: London Transport August 10th 16, 06:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 772
Posted By Steve Lewis
Northern line timetable changes

The Northern line Twitter feed announced on Saturday morning that the temporary arrangements were to be extended to Monday and Tuesday.
Forum: London Transport April 27th 16, 04:47 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 16,116
Posted By Steve Lewis
Heathrow runway will create £16bn burden for TfL

Anecdotally, there was a last minute realisation in the formation of TfL that it was being given control of those urban motorways, but didn't have the legal authority to manage motorways, therefore...
Forum: London Transport April 26th 16, 02:14 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 21,264
Posted By Steve Lewis
Taxu demos at KXStP

You can go to the trouble of finding out the phone number of a taxi firm in your current locality. Or you can just use the Uber app that you have already installed on your smartphone.
Forum: London Transport April 14th 16, 07:37 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 8,908
Posted By Steve Lewis
TfL, Oyster, contactless payment cards and Apple Pay.

You can configure your online Oyster account to send you a weekly statement of your Ouster usage (if there has been any). It comes as both a PDF (good for expenses claims) and a CSV (good for...
Forum: London Transport February 18th 16, 12:18 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,118
Posted By Steve Lewis
Overground line maps

I reckon that the District line is of the maximum complexity that can be covered by a single line identity. The expanded London Overground is now way beyond that level of complexity, and is crying...
Forum: London Transport January 27th 16, 01:43 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 9,868
Posted By Steve Lewis
Ntfl: usual suspects short-listed

It was the other way round at my school - there were no General Studies lessons, but everyone had to take the exam (2x3hr papers).
Forum: London Transport December 31st 15, 11:10 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 19,267
Posted By Steve Lewis
By London's Northern Line to Battersea

IIRC, the additional 7th cars inserted into all of the 96 stock were unpowered, having concrete blocks in lieu of traction motors so the weight and suspension settings remained the same. I always...
Forum: London Transport December 15th 15, 02:33 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,147
Posted By Steve Lewis
Crossrail to Tring

I couldn't agree more about the terrible decision to keep Sutton loop trains using Thameslink core. It's an established fact that loops (as opposed to termini) are bad for reliability, hence the...
Forum: London Transport December 7th 15, 02:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,041
Posted By Steve Lewis
West Ealing to Paddington

If you follow the BBC's Technology Correspondent (Rory Cellan-Jones) on Twitter, you'll see that he's a commuter from West Ealing and moans about the poor service and overcrowding. I expect Crossrail...
Forum: London Transport November 12th 15, 01:12 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,055
Posted By Steve Lewis
Chiltern to Old Oak Common

Old Oak Common is set to become a destination in its own right, just like Stratford.
Forum: London Transport October 23rd 15, 11:39 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 707
Posted By Steve Lewis
Aldwych

And we'll keep quiet about the scenes in Skyfall where a Jubilee line train at Charing Cross pretends to be the District line. And has a guard riding in the rear cab.
Forum: London Transport October 9th 15, 02:07 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 8,776
Posted By Steve Lewis
Clapham Junction Pink Oyster Reader

You should touch every pink Oyster reader that you encounter during your journey. It will either have no effect on the fare that you pay, or it will reduce your dare, it will never cause you to pay a...
Forum: London Transport August 13th 15, 11:33 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,882
Posted By Steve Lewis
Dormant Oyster funds - fuss about nothing?

I remember reading somewhere that all of those unspent funds in Oyster accounts has to be listed in TfL's accounts as a liability. With hindsight, from the start of Oyster the Ts & Cs should have...
Forum: London Transport June 14th 15, 04:06 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 13,576
Posted By Steve Lewis
Mayor's Boris Island plan killed off TfL takeover ofSoutheasternMetro services

There is one person who is closely associated with London, but has never uttered the phrases "Boris Bike" or "Boris Bus". That person is Boris Johnson.
Forum: London Transport May 18th 15, 08:46 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 10,535
Posted By Steve Lewis
UK faces first major train strike in 20 years

International law states that if a country splits, then in the absence of any other mutual agreement the national debt is split according to population size.
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