I heard tonight at a meeting in Acton between local residents and Network Rail/Tfl/LOROL representatives that Ian Brown (MD, London Rail, TfL) had announced in his report to the Mayor at the TfL Board meeting last week that the North London Line resignalling was to be postponed until after the Olympics. This was reported by someone in the audience tonight, and was clearly a complete...

Odd one this - I expected the overcharge, didn't expect that they couldn't fix it or that I couldn't subsequently work out how it was calculated. Basics - rushing back for a train at Waterloo I got through the gates before it left but just missed it (it left a minute early, I reckon). I then went back out through the gates (touching out on the way) and took the Tube back to Z2 rather than...

Hello all, I'll be making a trip to the Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday. We'll be taking the Tube from St.P to Whitechapel (got one day Travelcards). Afterwards, we'll be having a walk around, a few things on the list - Smithfield, Borough market, Globe Theatre, Lincoln and Grays Inn. From the map, all of these look pretty walk-able from Whitechapel. Is that so in real life? Also, anything else...

A few years ago I used to regularly see Bova Futuras belonging to Eurobus Express in London. They were a new rival to Eurolines, and their timetable leaflets were available at Victoria Coach Station. I never travelled with them, and I've not seen them for a while now. Were they a UK or foreign based company, and are they still operating? Thanks, Dominic

Can I suggest a Glossary section be added to the FAQ for this group explaining the meaning of the abbreviations used here? For example, the earlier thread entitled "LM penalty fares scheme: New Oyster Bizarrity" (Message-ID: ) the following abbreviations were used with no explanation, meaning I couldn't make head nor tail of...

How cool is this! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8506154.stm The Clyde is 100-150 metres wide where they are using it, which is comparable with the Thames at Battersea. There must be places in London where some of these could run - and if they had a few unused at the weekend, they might be able to run Jubilee Line replacement services in East London, which they can't at the moment. But...

Clap-ham Comm-on was shut today between about 16:25 and 16:35. Ha-Haar! An 'twas a pretty short closure at that! Ha Haar! It was caused by a still-unexplained smell of poo.

Is there a relay transmitter in the dartford tunnel? I assume there must be since some stations remain clear even in the centre but how come only some work? Heart is clear , LBC disappears into static about 100 metres in. Do the stations have to pay a fee to be re-broadcast? B2003

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8467292.stm -- We are the Strasbourg. Referendum is futile.

Traveling from Cricklelwood to Bromley South today and changing trains at Kentish Town (by guess as no information about the service appears at Cricklewood) I was expecting an ex Sevenoaks to terminate and start back. Instead, the ex SV terminated in Plat 3 and the 12 56 to SV arrived at Plat1 from the north. Is this the normal arrangement or was this a stock changeover? The empty arrival was...

I've been thinking abot the Oyster card. I can see some of the major benefits, lack of moving parts, no damage to ticket etc. But I wonder if the primary reason for Oyster was to prevent dumbelling? AFAICS It's impossible, on any Oyster card, to Dumbell a journey. Anyone disagree? --

A press release has landed in my inbox: NEWS RELEASE 15th February 2010 MISERY ALL ROUND ON LONDON OVERGROUND! Less trains in 20th February timetable Rail user group condemns Transport for London for prolonging chronic

Today I travelled to London on a super off-peak London One-day Travelcard purchased from FCC at Luton Airport Parkway. I know from past experiences that these tickets operate the gates at all TfL stations that I've used, but consistently fail at those of South Eastern Trains (e.g. Charing Cross and London Bridge). Today I also found both of our tickets were rejected at London St.Pancras...

Twice now I have touched-out at Kings Cross St Pancras station on my way to St Pancras International train station. On both occasions, the "Exit" has not been recorded on my Oyster account, and I have been overcharged. I know I touched out, because I managed to get through the barriers, so how come it didn't register?

Why is there a door in the ceiling at the south end of platform 10 at moorgate (behind that cage thing) ?

Have there been any in public service yet? I hoped I'd get lucky when I arrived at Canary Wharf at 9am this morning, but no sign. Nothing when I was on my way home either.

This is actually a story that has originated from TfL, in a bid to try and raise awareness of the need to touch-in and touch-out (see below for the article itself). No mention of any OEP issues, instead this is just the old requirement to touch-in and touch-out, which will always be a requirement unless the ultra-radical notion of a flat fare ever came to be (which will happen right after TfL's...

The Jubilee line is only running between Waterloo and North Greenwich is it really worth having it open?

It has happened to me that I've know the time of the last train but, when I get to the station in good time, the station seems closed (grids pulled across entrances). Last week I went to Leicester Square station at about 12:15 and both the entrances facing each other on Charing Cross Road were closed. I walked to Piccadilly Circus and the station entrance near to Eros had its grid pulled to...

Here is a photo of Tooting Broadway Station from an unusual angle. http://picasaweb.google.com/alaneobrien/FromPhone#5435453231324090130