Well, I did start gathering data and making my own journeyplanner to take with me on a mobile, and I am able to find quickest routes through most lines already... but some question to the line setup however remain, I am certain you will have no difficulties helping me with them: 1) Shepherd's Bush: There is a station by that name on Central and on Hammersmith & City - are that really...

My Season ticket runs out tonight. I'm paid weekly at the moment as I'm doing contract work. This year I am working TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and TWO DAYS just before New Year's Eve. I'm out of the country at all other times. I leave before 9:00 so it's peak-time travel.

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:45:15 +0000, Roger Hunt wrote in : Guy King wrote The message from Roger Hunt contains these words: There are times when taxis may pass South of the River at this time of night; the most common being when Phlemming's...

On my occasional trips to London, I would purchase a one week Zone 1/2 Travelcard, slip it in with my LT Photocard and be covered for most of my transportation needs. With the advent of Oyster, I'm not sure that's the preferred way, or even possible anymore. Assuming I would need to be in London once a year or so, what would be the best ticketing solution these days? Thx

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There appears to be work going on beside Holloway Road tube station, on some old railway land. Does anyone know what that apparent old alignment was? Were there plans for a high-level station at any point? http://www.islington.gov.uk/Council/CouncilNews/Consultation/currentconsultations/holloway_road_brief.asp ESB

I've heard some excuses but no trains due to excessive dust following weekend engineering work. What were they doing exactly? This is the line that was closed completely not long ago to completely relay the track (I think) so why didn't they do major engineering work when the line was closed. I wonder how much the dust cost the London economy? W&C, that would be Metronet wouldn't it. Kevin

I was passing through a metropolitan line station this morning and saw something that upset me at the time, and I just want to see what everyone's take on it is. We were waiting on a train, and the customer service assistant made an announcement that chiltern railways trains were holding up the met line trains, and he would try and find out where the next one was. He went to the ticket office...

Can anyone tell me why Albert Bridge was closed again all weekend? No sign of any work and looking remarkably like one of TFLs make congestion exercises! However will happily be proved wrong if anyone knows a better reason. Did wonders for traffic on Battersea Bridge, pretty much solified all the nearby roads at 15.00

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=984 "Transport for London (TfL) has announced that MTR Laing and Go-Via have been selected to submit a 'best and final offer' for the contract to run London Overground services on the integrated North and East London Railways, under the management of TfL." Interesting choice - nice to see MTR are in the...

Any idea who is responsible for the upkeep of this? Network Rail or Lambeth Council? Thanks -- Phil Richards London, UK Home Page: http://www.philrichards1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

I think I read somewhere this week that the new stock ordered for the Circle and Edgeware road branch of the District lines were going to have one extra carriage, and therefore have a passenger capacity. Up from 6 cards to 7 if I remember correctly. IS this going to involve a lot of platform lengthening, and if so where? If not, then why wasn't this done years ago? Or, (cynicism creeping in...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6182027.stm Seems the government have kicked GNER off the East Coast franchise and are going to retender it. What a mess and in some ways a shame as I've found GNER to be a pretty decent operator - admittedly from a small sample of journeys. I know there have been lots of issues with delays and overhead problems which may colour some people's views. --

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This is quite interesting. In the US, in order to decide how fatigue plays a part in accidents, they've used biomathematical fatigue models. Their Summary Report which has just come out about their fatigue assessment tool makes fascinating reading. For the short press release see http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/press-releases/121 For the actual report, you can read the 42-page document he...

Hi Can anyone assist me in obtaining Track Charts or Track Maps of the London Underground and the Docklands The maps should include Tracks,,Platforms,,crossover s or switches,,and Points ,,etc I do have maps,,that are 3 to 4 yrs old,,and i know there have been changes0---i e Northern Line or the Central Line

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=982 http://www.newsroom.barclays.co.uk/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=892&NewsAreaID=2 Barclaycard credit cards will incorporate two contactless (RFID) payment functions - Oyster along with Visa's new 'Wave and Pay' system for payments up to £10 (a quick transaction without need for a PIN intended as an...

Say I do some bus rides in the morning and lot of tube journeys at off peak time. Is Oyster intelligent enough to handle this? Peak bus and Z1-3 or less off peak tube would be best capped at the peak travelcard rate. But peak bus and Z1-4 or more off peak tube would be cheaper with a combination of bus cap and off-peak travelcard cap. Does this work or do I need two Oyster cards? Thanks ...

(Have they done this before? I don't remember it.) Network Rail have a new page on their website, offering discounts and special deals at many of the shops that now clutter the concourses of their London stations. There's also a "free food for a year" offer at Victoria - if you like sushi, and are incredibly lucky in prize draws. Oh, yes, the URL;...

I am possibly relocating to the Milton Keynes area due to my other half's change of employment. I intend to commute to London daily. Although I have travelled through MKC on the WCML from Manchester, I have never actually used the station as a starting point. Has anyone got experience of commuting to London from Milton Keynes ? Things such as getting a seat (Arriving London 0830/departing...