According to the stats on the 'Corporate' section of the TfL website (http://tinyurl.com/3y56uo), King's Cross St Pancras tube station handled 52.51 million passengers in 2006. This sounds like a lot, but just for comparison it handled 71.503 million passengers in 2005 (and 77.564 million in 2004, which is its outright peak). At first the 2006 figures took me by surprise, especially because...

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A man called Suhayl ibn 'Amr was sent by the Meccans to work out a treaty. When the Prophet (pbuh) asked 'Ali to write 'In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful', on the top of the page, Suhayl objected, saying 'Write only: bismik Allahumma (in Thy name, 0 Allah). I don't know him as al-Rahman (the Most Gracious), al-Rahim (the most Merciful).' The Prophet (pbuh) agreed and...

I travel to London once every 3 months and use the Tube from Kings Cross While there to travel accross the centre. Mainly travel to Vauxhall. and back to St Pancras. Sometimes I may want to go to morden sometimes? I am told to get an all zones travelcard? is it worthwhile getting an oystercard. I already have a free oystercard but currently not loaded with anything? Yaz

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I wanted to post here last week about the fact that I had been told I could not buy a Zones 1-D one-day travelcard from my local National Rail station, operated by Southeastern Railway, to ask if this refusal was correct. It resulted in me paying (in two separate chunks) more for my travel from Crayford to Chesham than I would have done to do the same journey in the opposite direction, for...

Similarly, there is the story of the lamb, that has come down to us from one who was the 'We worked with the Apostle at the trench. I had a half-grown lamb and I thought it would be a good thing to cook it for Allah's Messenger. I told my wife to grind barley and make some bread for us. I killed the lamb and we roasted it for the Prophet (Pbuh). When night fell and he was about to leave the...

Its December 2007; does anyone know why the Arcade at St Pancras isn't finished yet?

With the arrival of the Overground I was expecting to be able to use the Oyster website to top up my PAYG card, collecting the purchase at Homerton. But Homerton is the one ex-Northern Line station omitted from the locations offered. I have twice mailed TFL to report this and ask if it is an oversight they can correct. I have had no reply. Is there anyone else I can sensibly lobby please...

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/microsites/itunes/default.aspx It's only available to customers setting up Auto top-up for the first time (though I'm not sure how this will be policed with regards to people who might have more than one registered Oyster card). There are 10,000 promotion codes available, and if they haven't all been dished out by 29 February '08 already the promotion will end then....

London PA Voice Fired for Slamming Tube November 26, 2007 12:39 PM EST LONDON - The woman behind the gentle, even voice which warns London's subway commuters to "Mind the gap" was fired after telling a newspaper she thought the transit network was dreadful. Emma Clarke has been recording messages for London's sprawling subway network, popularly known as the Tube, since 1999. In addition to...

There's lies, damned lies, statistics and claims by Spanish-owned BAA about not wanting a third runway if it got a T5. HOWEVER the latest Govt. Consultation is for a new SHORT runway at Heathrow, and already (during the Climate Camp) BAA announced that what it really wants is a FULL-length runway. So the Govt. Consultation is a con. - it is for a short runway. A full-length runway will hugely...

I saw a sign on platform 15 saying that PAYG was not valid for any journeys from platform 15. I dont think it could be a penalty fare area as you might want to use the cafe on your way to Overground, but it was menacing ;-) I thought PAYG would be perfectly valid on Southern from CLJ to West Brompton for example.. Am I (as usual) missing something...

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On the piccadilly line around midday in the front car going north. We waited a while for a train so unlikely anything was in front of us but we stop between manor house and turnpike lane anyway. 2 minutes later I hear the drivers door opening then 10 seconds later we're off with no further stops in the tunnel. We get to turnpike and driver gets out to use platform phone. Another 2 minutes we're...

Prompted by another of today's threads I thought I'd post this. There is one feature of the TfL Journey Planner I find very useful, though judging by the reactions from friends and acquaintances when I point them towards it I don't think it is well known about. It is the ability to call up a PDF of a bus timetable which appears exactly the same as those actually displayed at bus stops. (Tram...

I have to pick-up a person from Heathrow who is coming to an conference at OLD ST (Post Code: EC1V 9BW). I have to pick him up with a car as his luggage will remain in the car. Can anyone advise where is the BEST, SECURE, CONVENIENT, and CHEAPEST car park to park at and then make our way to EC1V 9BW either by Tube or SHORT walk. I am travellling to London for the first time by car and...

I found a road today (Knapp Road E3) with a standard T-shaped "No Through Road" sign, and underneath were the words "Except Access". Every time I try to figure out what that might mean, my head turns into a Moebius strip. Whose job is it to decide which signs go where? Is it a pay-peanuts-get-monkeys job, or has the chap got some qualification?

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Tfl have released a new tube map with London Overground on.. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/colourmap.pdf Heathrow Terminal 5m Langdon Park, Wood Lane and Shepherds Bush (LO) appear as under construction. Hatch End to Watford Junction are depicted as outside the zones (not even in A-D). "Special Fares Apply"