A new forum for Kew Village was launched last night. http://www.kewvillage.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi It might be of use to local residents. Christopher

London spent £4.5million advertsing London as the place to celebrate New Year and then London Underground and the Met. Police got together telling people not to travel into London as it will be too busy. Nothing will be open. Underground stations will close because of overcrowding. Money well spent (!) New Years Day parade though was great in Central London as it was last year. Maybe next year...

Hi all, I noticed the other day that the white plates on the back of taxis now have a little blue roundel on them, because the Public Carriage Office is now part of TfL. I believe the plates are issued yearly, so plates with the old PCO logo will still be around for the best part of a year. -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001

How much does the ticket cost? And if I buy at the same time a zone 1 travelcard the price is teh same? Thank You.

If anyone wants a dead cert number for the lottery this week, may I suggest 24; the error code that shows you've travelled out of zone on your Oyster and have no Pre-Pay..... not that you ever wanted any or had even heard of it. So when I'd finished reflecting on the fact that I alone was responsible for the January price hike, there was good old 24, popping up over and over again to add...

I do not have a photocard. Oystercard.com won't let you buy a prepay card without a photocard number. Oystercard telephone sales won't let you buy a prepay card without a photocard number. Fulham Broadway tube station (admittedly the only one I've tried at but it's not exactly small) are adamant that there is no such thing as

I need to rant! I have an Annual Bus Pass and use the Tube only occasionally. It seemed clear that I should get an Oyster Pre-Pay card to save money on my Tube fares. I filled in an Oyster Registration Form and took it to Burnt Oak Station some weeks ago. I was told to return the first time I wanted to use the Tube after the fares went up.

I am just wondering if anyone has had dealings with Capita regarding congestion charging and what their experiences might be. I personally have never before come across such bad management and stupidity on such a scale. Also I am curious to know why they can operate with no discretion at in terms of dealing with errors which there system is full of.

Which LU lines have trains with the most and least "oomph" for want of a technical expression (power-to-weight ratio?). -- gordon

Article: 113410 of uk.transport.london From: "Richard J." Newsgroups: uk.transport.london Subject: Signs at St. James' Park Message-ID: Lines: 42 Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 18:23:52 GMT

Hi all, The summary of the planning application for (post-stadium) development in Wembley is currently being given away in Brent libraries. One of the maps reproduced therein is from the plan for the Empire Exhibition of 1924. This map shows a railway starting at "North End Station" which is yards southeast of Wembley Park station, at the west end of todays's North End Road. This railway...

Hi if anyone could help me regarding a ticketing inquiry with the EuroStar I might have it would be much appreciated. Recently I purchased some Eurostar tickets off someone who didn't need them anymore as his plans where changed and I'm starting to get worried about using them especially on New Years Eve. I phoned up Eurostar and they told me you can't yet my flat mates have done this before and...

Why are some signs at St. James' Park spelled St. James's Park and some spelled St. James' Park. I'm quite surprised they didn't notice it when they were put up ages ago. -- To reply direct, remove NOSPAM and replace with railwaysonline For Train Information, The Latest News & Best photos around check out the Award Winning Railways Online at http://www.railwaysonline.co.uk

If the zone becomes the area inside the North and South Circular roads, then I (for one) will be inside. Will I be eligible to pay 10% of the charge to drive inside the new zone? I am outside the current zone and pay the full charge, to drive to say Oxford Sreet. So there will be less of disincentive for me to use my car. Is that the intention? Gordo (London E14) --

Friday 2nd of January - do they have engineering works or something as services don't seem to be running (northbound) through to Kings Cross when I check the timetable online. How much extra time will I have to add on to my journey if I have to go to Victoria instead and take the tube? I know there are timetables online, but they don't hold the tube times and add on way to much time for the...

Can anyone tell me if BA offers luggage check-in at Victoria Station for flights departing from Heathrow? I have heard that they offer this service for Gatwick but am not sure if the same is true for Heathrow.

Given the that the increased road congestion in Friday and Sunday evenings is caused by many people going and from to their country cottages for the weekend, isn't it time that second homes attracted a punative rate of council tax? An added bonus of this would be to free-up houses in rural and other touristy areas that young people on local wages could afford to buy or rent who would then spend...

At Bayswater station this afternoon (Sunday), the westbound platform indicator was scrolling a message which read something like "When the Olympia service is operating, customers for Wimbledon should change at Earl's Court". It continued to display this from time to time, even when a Wimbledon train was indicated. Is there ever a direct Edgware Road - Olympia service? I thought the Olympia...

http://www.theoystercard.co.uk/main.php -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7069/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

Someone said to me the other day that if nothing else Ken Livingstone had made buses an acceptable way to travel. Everyone uses buses these days, they said. Do they ? I still consider the bus as drop in centres on wheels and would rather walk 5 miles in the rain than use one.