see: http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_railways/documents/ page/dft_railways_614009.hcsp "Before the final decision on funding is made, more work needs to be done on the project to improve the robustness of the plans and cost estimates, and to maintain the opportunity of delivering the project to the planned timetable. Therefore my rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Transport...

I've read that it's possible to purchase an Oyster-based Travelcard in advance. For instance, I can buy a 7-day Travelcard effective Sunday on Friday. If I were to do that on a brand new Oyster, would the £3 deposit be waived? That is, if I'm only going to do a bit of travel on Friday and Saturday, if I, on Friday, obtain a new Oyster with a Travelcard effective Sunday plus a PAYG balance...

This was forwarded to me for info - I wanted to drop you a note about photography on (or even near) LUL property. Earlier today I took a photograph of the front of Pinner station, and the footbridge. Two BTP officers who had seen this promptly detained me under section 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2000/00011--f.htm#44), and informed that...

Going through the barriers at Euston platform 8-11 I see that at least two of them have paper stuck over the slot for tickets with the words "Oyster only". Is this a temporary thing because the gates are faulty or is it intended to be permanent? I would be surprised if more than about 5% of passengers using these platforms can even use Oyster for their journeys and as it is the gates cannot...

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 or Monday morning. Any chance of finding one at this time? Cheers

.... out of order again.... seems to happen a lot. I don't know a lot about lifts, but they don't seem like rocket science to me, and they are a mature technology, so I can't see the reason for the problem. I hope LUL sued the people who made it. For such a short distance, would a lift which can either be powered or hand-wound be out of the question?

This is my first post on this group, and I wonder if someone here might advise me.. I am a holder of a disabled persons freedom pass. My disability means I cannot actually use public transport.. This is a miserable waste really, when all I would ideally require are some travel vouchers for my carer so he can come and help me. Anyway, in September I had to leave my carer in Rickmansworth to...

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, which is in itself unusual. This meant that there was a big crowd building at the bottom of the one up escalator. At Tottenham Court Road, when you get to the bottom of the escalators, you're meant to go straight ahead for the Central...

1) Does anyone know what's going on between Woodside Park and Finchley Central, also on a part of the Mill Hill East branch? (I rarely travel north of Woodside Park but haven't noticed anything.) They seem to be building roads along the side of the tracks - now someone is probably going to tell me that, but why? 2) I'm about to buy an annual travelcard. (my first!) I always wonder how much...

There is a new sign at Pinner tube station - all it indicates is Southbound trains and the time and there is one on the other platform that says Northbound trains and the time. It does not give a list of the next train.....so whats the point? Surely people know which is north and south bound side was it really worth putting in the sign. Would it not be better used if it said when the next...

I purchased a gold card from SW Trains at Wimbledon, from a very grumpy clerk. I wasn't asked to fill in any forms, and he just scribbled my address on the back of the cheque. Six weeks on, I still haven't received any information from SW Trains. I am looking forward to my six free tickets, but do I have to do apply for them or how does it work?

Signs are now appearing on the border, giving the start date .... there is one at Grosvenor Crescent.

The missus and I just watched a rather fascinating film called "It Happened Here", which is a mockumentary, made in 1958 by two teenagers (one was 18, the other 16) although released in 1966, about what would have happened had the worst happened, and Hitler succeeded and invaded Britain and made it part of the Reich. A chilling film indeed. And made by these two teenagers, with a teeny...

I was told last night that under the Lewisham Centre is provision for an underground station built in preparation for the terminus of the Fleet Line (now the Jubilee and running to Stratford) in the late 1970s. The former childrens play area in the sunken section in the middle is suposedly the entrance. I've looked on google and found plenty of references to the Fleet line's proposed destination...

Nobody else seems to have mentioned it, so I will; the Coulsdon bypass opened sometime yesterday,18-12-06. It was closed when I went to work, but had opened by the time I came home. I haven't seen it in daylight yet, but I noticed something strange this morning. I catch my bus from a stop on the section of road which has been bypassed, and since about September the traffic has been even worse...

My Annual Oystercard card (Zone 2-4) is up for renewel. I remember in the past, posters on here talking about getting an Oyster from a Natioanl rail station where you get additional benefits as well as a goldcard. Maybe SWT ? Did you get free weekend tickets possibly ? I will be using the travelcard in North London rather than on SWT, but would that matter ? Any ideas .

I wonder, is there any official way to see some closed stations like Aldwych or destroyed ones like British Museum? (for the purpose of non-commercial photographing by tube enthusiast ;-)

During the festive period, on the weekends of 23/24 and 30/31 December there will be no planned engineering work affecting train services. However, if you are planning to travel on the Tube on these weekends, please check if the following station closure will affect you. Regent's Park station is closed for refurbishment until June 2007. For further details click here

Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and Transport for London today announced that eleven stations currently managed by Silverlink Metro will become the operational responsibility of London Underground when the North London Railway transfers to Transport for London in November 2007. The move means that an important part of the overland rail network in London, along with staff currently employed by...

Can somebody with a pass take the tube to Earls Court then take buses to Shadwell then take the DLR to King George?