On Jun 6, 12:32*pm, Mizter T wrote: On Jun 5, 8:13*pm, "John Whitaker" wrote: Does anybody know whether the Tube strike called for 9-11th June is going ahead? I am trying to make alternative arrangements for a trip down to London on

Good news! There are now automated ticket barriers at Thornton Heath, so the local pikey scum will have to buy tickets! The bad news is that: * ticket barriers slow people down, and this is a very busy station, with a narrow gate-line; * they're not very good at reading Oyster cards, most cards I observed taking at least two attempts to read them

Hi, The new flyover/under at Delta junction on the DLR seems to have been finished for a couple of weeks now, but I haven't seen any trains actually use it. Anyone know why, and when it will be brought into action? (I know it's only supposed to be for peak-times, but that's when I travel.) Ganesh

On Jun 3, 12:01*pm, Barry Salter wrote: bebop wrote: *West Hampstead Interchange* And, whatever happened to the West Hampstead Interchange? It is such and obvious thing to do and cannot be THAT hard!

http://bnp.org.uk/2009/06/lying-sky-news-caught-out-trying-to-talk-up-fake-ukip-party/ Sky News has humiliated itself by publishing a totally bogus report on internet reach, deliberately distorting figures to try and talk up the fake UKIP party ahead of tomorrow’s European elections. In an article titled ‘UKIP Receive Google Boost Ahead Of Elections’, Sky News falsely claims that more people...

embers25 wrote: SouthEastern have finally revealed the times and supplements for their trial HS1 service starting on June 29th. http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/index.php/news/news_items/view/94 Thanks for the heads up. For the record, I'll just copy a bit of that press release below: ---quote---

It looks like the days of getting a four pound voucher are over. They now only pay the PAYG fare ( unless you had bought a cash fare) This is a little mean! I always thought a bit extra was fair. Still gone are the days of being with my three kids on a family travel card which cost about £3.50 and I got £16 back for a delayed journey

I'm going on a trip with work to cover the ELL worksite next week, alongside various railway and civils hacks, visiting Shoreditch High Street, Dalston Junction, Thames Tunnel and NXG depot. Anyone got any qns/issues/areas that they've been wondering about, that I'd be an idiot to miss out on, etc? -- John Band john at johnband dot org

Traffic from Edmonton reaching the Crooked Billet Roundabout is greeted by two adjacent sets of lights on a single pole. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=&geocode=&hl=en&mra=mr&dirflg=w&ie=UTF8&ll=51.601153,-0.017102&spn=0,359.990344&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.601227,-0.017033&panoid=ECaA0hF9nesOGW1WHp9WGQ&cbp=12,118.67,,2,2.91 Both sets work in sync, both face the same way...

I took a detour on the way home today to check out the new flyover. Trains to/from Beckton are using the bridge, meaning the junction for the City Airport branch is finally grade separated. One oddity is that trains from City Airport cross under the bridge before using a mini diveunder to cross back. Another oddity is the points for the third platform at Royal Victoria. For the sake of about...

From eHarrow Observer 010609 Harrow and Wealdstone chaos after man runs in front of train Jun 1 2009 By David Baker The Watford to Brighton service WEALDSTONE was bought to a standstill this morning after a man ran on to the tracks at Harrow and Wealdstone rail station. The 55-year-old from Pinner was detained by police officers after narrowly avoiding being struck by a train - having called...

Windows Live Local is now redirecting to the Bing site as part of Microsoft's attempt to oust Google. I still use WLL for birds-eye views in those areas not covered by Google Streetview, but the site has been largely superceded by Google Maps and will remain so until they add Streetview functionality. I don't know where the Bing name came from.... "Meetoogle" would have been more honest.

I am clearing out and disposing of one copy each of the above DfT accident investigation reports. They are substantial documents with colour photographs, track diagrams etc. If anyone would like them for the cost of postage, please email me at . They weigh 2.2kg, so the postage will be around GBP 7. Peter CS PS. If you email me and it bounces it will be...

A mate and I got into a discussion about how the revenue from the Oyster card is allocated between participating operators. If I make a journey on a bus at a cost of £1, I assume the £1 goes to the bus operator (possibly with deduction of a service charge). If I then travel on the tube at a cost of £2.20, logically this money would go to London Underground. This brings the total spend to...

Mayor Boris and members of his transport team - including Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy and the Mayor's Director of Transport Policy Kulveer Ranger - were out and about on their bikes on Friday morning just gone cycling around in east London, doing a bit of scouting around in connection with the upcoming "Cycle Super Highways" project, when this happened on Narrow Street in Limehouse......

We are in the process of buying a house in Walthamstow on the W19 route. Having done plenty of Google Street Viewing etc. to "explore" the area I am curious as to how the W19 bus makes its way to the end of the route in the industrial areas around Argall Avenue. Have a look at: http://tinyurl.com/kp67z8 And you'll see the bus stops yet no apparent connection between from South Access Road....

Not content with creating yet another pointless strike on the victoria line about bugger all, this dyed in the wool ****** now seems to have political ambitions over and above herding a bunch of thick militants on to picket lines. Perhaps he sees the chaos he causes on LUL as a stepping stone to the chaos he could cause in a parliament somewhe http://no2eu.com/bobsblog.html B2003

I forgot to mention that during the Victoria Line strike last week, announcements were being made on the Northern Line telling people travelling to Victoria to change at Bank for the District Line from Monument.

....apparently: "London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced plans that he hopes will make the city the electric vehicle (EV) capital of Europe" - report from technology news site The Register: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/05/22/london_ev_capital_plans/ Two interesting excerpts from this story... ---quote---

Hello! Just recently noticed the prepay oyster readers (as in the stand-alone on platform ones for when the ticket office area is closed and passengers enter through an open gate) have appeared, albeit covered up at the moment, at Crayford station in Z6 which is a Nat Rail station. Obviously this means that they are extending the payg system to National Rail in London, but the million dollar...