petrol/electric hybrid vans - why not? It is a no brainer for any logistics company to switch to petrol/ electric van: _it will make big savings in fuel cost. _exempt from the congestion charge

My card became unreadable somewhere between Warren Street and Dalston Junction today - apparently I have to go to a tube station to get it sorted, which is inconvenient. Why would it suddenly fail? It's in a plastic wallet. Could it be by being too close to a mobile phone - I think I may have held my phone near the pocket with the card in while listening to music. E.

Press release from TfL about the new improved Oyster on line account functionality. Not had a look yet myself but may well be of interest to many people. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/23837.aspx -- Paul C

The canopy over one of the entrances in Charing Cross Road has the letters LEICESTER SQUARE broken into segments, giving it an Art Nouveau appearance. Has it always been like that, are there now or have there ever been more of these on the Underground, and why is it like that?

This stretch is being doubled, started some weeks back, but much work still left to be done. The section was shut last weekend. New track looks like it will be laid to the south of the current track.

How can that be necessary on a line that only opened two years ago?

In article , ] (Steve Fitzgerald) wrote: In message , " writes On 17/05/2012 01:06, Paul Corfield wrote: I believe there are also plans to take out the bay platform at Mansion House as part of the SSL resignalling project.

As I wander through the wilderness of London I often see the 88 bus darting about with vim and vigor. Any chance of a breakdown of that route's vicissitudes over the last 25 years?

Anyone know what the plans are for the District line platforms at Whitechapel? There are two island platforms, originally numbered (I presume) 1 to 4. Plat 1 is the eastbound. The track has been lifted at plats 2 and 3 and the trackbed has been fenced off at both ends of the station. Plat 4 has been renumbered plat 2. This platform has been widened outwards so the track has been re-aligned. The...

As most people here probably know, the DLR Pudding Mill Station is the closest to the Olympic site at Stratford, but as it's too small to cope with large crowds, it'll close during the Olympics. It'll reopen after the Olympics, but not for long: it's being replaced by a larger station about 50m to the south, with the current site then being taken over by the Crossrail tunnel portal. Work on the...

In article , ] (Steve Fitzgerald) wrote: Staff who commute on National Rail services can apply for a subsidy for their annual Railcards but that's taxable. Aren't priv tickets generally taxable these days? -- Colin Rosenstiel

Can touching out from a station and touching in at the same station after a short while result in incomplete journeys when using Oyster? Last time I was in London I got charged for one or more incomplete journeys when going from Walthamstow Central to West Croydon, with a break at Kensington (Olympia) where I left the station for a few minutes touching out and then in again. (I was catching the...

On May 10, 12:22*pm, 77002 wrote: On May 9, 10:02*pm, D7666 wrote: The junction to the GN from Thameslink core at St Pancras International Low Level - for which i do not know the correct name. Trackwork has started to appear ... I think this must have been done over the last (may day bank holiday) weekend as I did not notice it in the week immediately before ... and it...

Did you see this comment about recent public sculpture in the Evening Standard? http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comment/comment/learning-to-drive-changed-my-city-view-7728173.html? "...With the Olympics, not only do we have Kapoor’s steel phallus, we have 12 further Olympic structures across Britain. Why not simply plant trees instead? Benches are cheap too. People also like water features and...

In article , ] (Steve Fitzgerald) wrote: In message , writes I'm not sure the ins and outs of the TDs at East Putney but I gather it's something to do with being controlled by National Rail from Wimbledon. They release trains from the platform there on demand and not to a program machine which usually drives these TDs

Hi there! I have a bus nominee pass for tfl, I live in Grays Essex and travel in to Kings Cross via Fenchurch Street. At one time I only used to pay from Grays to Barking and my Oyster used to work at Fenchurch Street for the rest of the journey as the underground rails ran parallel to the C2C ones. I understand that is now not the case. I assume I will now have to pay to Barking and take the...

I went to Putney today to deal with various matters to do with my late mother's estate. On the way back I arrived at East Putney to see the next train advertised as "City train" in 5 minutes. After a few minutes it changed to 1 minute and an Edgware Road train was added due in 5 minutes. So I thought I would let the first train go and get the Edgware Road train to Notting Hill Gate, on my...

Back in September 2011, I noted that the Countdown pages like http://countdown.tfl.gov.uk http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk didn't play well with the Kindle browser inasmuch that one couldn't type text into the Search box. (Subject Countdown Regenerated... ) I have since been using the workaround of putting the bus stop code into the URL directly as

Have TfL permanently ended Journeycheck for the Overground? My shortcuts for http://www.journeycheck.com/londonoverground now redirect to http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ . I welcome the fact that the service updates on TfL's site now include the Overground but neither that nor the more detailed inf. there matches what JourneyCheck used to provide. I know I can use nationalrail.co.uk to see...

I surprised that although is is mentioned on London Reconnections see: http://www.londonreconnections.com/ It has not been mentioned here. There is a Crossrail press release see: http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/press-releases/crossrails-first-tunnel-boring-machine-breaks-ground-at-royal-oak#.T6gAKb9JgXk When is 'she' expected to pop out under Eastbourne Terrace at Paddington? Jim

On May 7, 11:54*am, ian batten wrote: On May 7, 10:41*am, bob wrote: But given the requirement for HS2 is driven by capacity rather than speed, in a "we decided not to build HS2" world, in order to meet the capacity demands for travel between Manchester, Birmingham and London, the trains will almost certainly resemble crush loaded commuter stock much of the time, ...

Certain bus stops seem to have a bright red LED display on the roof, pointing upwards. What's that for? Surely it can't be an advert aimed at the people on the top deck. It's a long time since I went upstairs on a bus, and I have only noticed them from the ground in hilly terrain, so I have no idea how common they are.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/fly-me-to-the-dome-londons-first-cable-car-makes-maiden-voyage-over-thames-7706930.html

Yay! Returning for my annual dose of Vitamin L. My oystercard is all polished and I'm ready to take on the Capital. Sunday - a visit to Jermyn St to get shirts for H. and then lunch at Bentley's; Monday a tour of my old haunts in NW & a curry; ... more shopping and more visiting during the week, and then "What the Butler Saw" on Friday. I'm so excited! But don't make me have to carry an...

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-londons-secret-subterranean-river?image=0

Tfl has issued this statment: "TfL's High Court injunction prevents Addison Lee from instructing its drivers to use bus lanes Following a ruling from the High Court today (Thursday 26 April) Addison Lee is prevented from instructing or encouraging its drivers to drive in bus lanes and must remove the statement on its website instructing drivers to do so."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/9228164/Bakerloo-line-suspended-after-tube-hits-tunnel-no-casualties.html

I am currently using Google Mobile Maps (ver. 4.1.1) on my now ancient Nokia E71. In recent months, I have noticed that many tube stations have started to vanish from the maps along with timetable data. A small list of examples I have noticed so far are - Charing Cross Leicester Square Putney Bridge Liverpool Street Pimlico

On Apr 23, 9:03*pm, D7666 wrote: allantracy wrote A couple of weeks back, I made the effort to ride one of these before they finally go. A took a ride out to Uxbridge and back.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17807502 London 2012: TfL details Games rail and Tube hotspots Posters warning people about busy roads and trains during the Games have been put up. Olympics organisers have published details of the Tube and rail "hotspots" that those who live, work and travel in London should avoid during the Games. The information provides a "final picture" on...

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