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...

From yesterday's Sunday Times: "Single to Nod, Please Transport experts were puzzled by the large number of emergency callouts to London's No 25 bus service, which runs at night between Oxford Circus and Ilford. An investigation found that the route is a favourite with homeless people, who get to sleep in the warm for the 2-hour journey at a cost of £2"

what's happened to this society run by Jim Blake, the web page seems to have disappeared ?

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