Yesterday I tried using my Oyster card on National Rail for the first time. In just 2 NR journeys and 2 tube trips I got at least two problems. The first unresolved journey (ticket barrier at London Bridge NR at fault, apparently) I managed to get sorted out at South Kensington ticket office by merely queuing for 10 minutes, first refund £4. When finishing the day at King's Cross my...

On Mar 2, 11:58*am, Graeme wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8544491.stm ....so says the the Commons Public Accounts Committee report. Rather interestingly, the poor management being criticised here is not that of Metronet (though that seems a given, considering it collapsed), nor that of LUL/TfL, but that of the DfT... here's an excerpt of the...

On Jan 20, 12:31 pm, plcd1 wrote: On Jan 20, 9:25 am, "Paul Scott" wrote: "John Salmon" wrote: "Paul Scott" wrote Main reason for posting though is that I noticed a London Reconnections report today, giving a start date of 4th April for an 'ELL only' service,

Subject says it all. Is London Overground part of the National Rail, network, or not? The observation that triggered the question was seeing, on one of the maps on board a tube train, a station showing an interchange opportunity with London Overground, but *not* showing the National Rail symbol against the station name. Which would seem to imply not. -roy

On Feb 28, 12:44*am, Mark A wrote: On 28/02/2010 08:04, Willms wrote: * *Mr. Adonis has concluded from the experience with the WCML upgrade, that it might be cheaper to build new instead of upgrading existing lines. M1/M6 Parkway station and Leicester. Electrify the London to Birmingham route at 25kV. Gradual

I'm on a "via Victoria" (anticlockwise) circle train that started from Edgware road on platform 2, which necessitated crossing from the other island where the westbound Hammersmith train (albeit a Metropolitan) had arrived at platform 4. To achieve a cross-platform change I would have had to wait until a District Line train reversed in platform 3 (there was none present at the time). And...

This morning I've seen a three-unit train running on the DLR, with the designation "Special", in between other services. (Am I the only one having trouble perceiving the "articulated vehicles" as anything other than units of two coaches?) Presumably it is some kind of test run. The one I saw was made up of the new units.

How much of this still exists in some form? I believe the 405 to Redhill and the 409 to East Grinstead as they are now were once part of it, but what else is there?

There are a few high streets which are rather underwhelming, such as Lambeth High Street and Stepney High Street. Is that Adolf's handiwork? -- We are the Strasbourg. Referendum is futile.

If you open http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ and navigate via "Live travel news" to http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/tube/default.html and navigate via "This weekend" to http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravel news/realtime/by-date.aspx?offset=weekend, you will see an advertised Central line Part closure. You may click on it to get "Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February, suspended between...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8533123.stm Video report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8533297.stm Computer mock-ups on the US Embassy website: http://www.usembassy.org.uk/new_embassy/new_embassy5.html Section of the aforementioned website dedicated to the new Embassy plans:

The fact that the bus maps section of the TfL website has had a bit of a shuffle around got an oblique mention in the "Amfibus" thread, however the innovation which is at the root of that shuffle around didn't specifically get flagged up. TfL now have a new Google Maps based system on their website that can show London bus routes overlaid on the street map - best way to comprehend it is to check...

I Wonder how many buses are running around at night (or in the dark) with non working blind lamps? I can't think of the last time I saw a fully working lamp set. Most I've seen/used have only the number illuminated which is fine if you know what number bus you want rather then where it's going, or even a old school 'via' point. Don't garages VDI there buses before they go out on a turn or...

On Friday, I arrived at Stratford Station by train, and started following the signs for the DLR platforms. These all pointed in the same direction as "Way Out". The last sign for DLR I saw pointed me straight ahead, towards the main station exit gate line. When I reached the main station exit, there were no further visible signs for the DLR. The last one I saw pointed me straight out through the...

On 22 Feb, 10:09, " wrote: On Feb 22, 9:34 am, "Ian F." wrote: "Offramp" wrote in message ... LOROL! The yokels at The Sunday Times don't know that the 25 is a bendibus.

.... well, not quite, but lovely old LB Barnet have resurfaced Lichfield Road .... I drove down it in something of a daydream and, like the lighthouse keeper who leapt out of his bed when the foghorn failed to sound, shouting "What the f*** was that?", I was suddenly shaken back to consciousness by the non-existent speed bumps. It was just like that special new transport thrill I got when...

On 14 Feb, 12:51, MIG wrote: On 14 Feb, 11:39, (Neil Williams) wrote: On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:35:41 -0000, "Mitch" x wrote: I commute every weekday to London and get about one ticket check a month, yes far less than Silverlink. Given you can walk thru a coupled 350 (unlike 321's) its dissapointing. Or...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8520999.stm Some kind of signalling problem near Liverpool Street area nuked the service at around 5.30pm. The above story says the whole line was out of action - a later radio travel report I heard suggested that the line wasn't running between White City and Leytonstone, maybe the situation changed over time though. Regardless, most definitely...

I've actually just been sent no 10, which does exist and is dated December 2009. Odd that printed copies have not been delivered to those of us who live nearby. Anyway, if you'd like the PDF email me at marcbuk yahoo.com M.

An OEP is needed when a card holder has both a Travelcard season ticket and Pay-as-you-Go credit on their Oyster card and wishes to travel from a station within the validity of their Travelcard season ticket to a station within the Travelcard zones but not within the validity of their Travelcard season ticket. Not for travel on the tube, surely? I thought you always used to just...