All fences gone and a 378 parked at New Cross today.

London Millennium Funicular A new funicular opened in London in 2003. It is at the north end of the new Millennium foot bridge and leads from the bridge to the embankment. It is located alongside an office building and appears to be for disabled people. It is enclosed by glass panels with glass doors at each end. Manufacturered by Maspero Elevatori - Italy, with electric traction and a speed of...

There's a pub on Kennington Park Road called The Old Red Lion. A little to the north of Kennington tube station. Not far, just a train length or so. http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.489213,-0.105325&spn=0.00167,0.003449&t=h&z=18 I drove past it the other day, and next door - a yard - had a large hoarding round it. Marked "london underground", or similar. Now kennington tube station is...

on BBC London News this lunchtime: "Transport for London (TfL) has been called "stingy" and "Scrooge- like" for imposing a £1 charge on rail passengers using a short-cut through a station." Full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8484960.stm What's the real deal here? Is this just a charge to enter one station and exit another, or if I got the Jubilee to Southwark and...

Does anybody know why - given that both Jubilee Line platforms were of completely new build, and one of the Northern Line platforms was laterally resited - the interchange was not made more convenient and accessible. I've struggled to make the change every day for the last few weeks, walking on crutches, and there must be about 70-80 stairs to traverse. Why?!? The non-signposted change -...

Does anybody know how well the car parks at Sunbury are used? Looking to catch the 0916 next Wednesday and debating whether to leave time to find alternative parking if the station is full (probably a good idea anyway!).

When it's to zone 9. Woke up at a friend's place in Wallington, near Croydon and far from the Pays du PAYG. Wanted to go home to god's own Finsbury Park, then visit a convalescing friend in Watford and then come home again. So, bought a Z1-9 travelcard. I happily used to the ticket to take the Southern to Victoria, the Vic to FP and back to Euston, and London Midland to Watford Junction -...

A couple of people have emailed me about another ELL newsletter - I've had the response: 'It would be nice to do one final one, but everyone is sooo busy in the final stages, it possibly wont happen!' I've offered to help them as I'm a publishing professional. E.

On Jan 31, 2:42*pm, allantracy wrote: Crossrail, GW electrification and IEP aren’t going to happen. The only thing that’s keeping all those projects alive is an impending election. If the public finances are as bad as the government is admitting then there’s simply no money to pay for them (and please don’t mention off balance sheet that’s bound to have...

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 04:22:20 -0800 (PST), "pippa.moran" wrote: On 5 Jan, 07:24, jaydee wrote: On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:24:44 -0500, fLoPPy FoX wrote:

I am increasingly being overcharged by Oyster PAYGO at Marylebone, when changing from the Bakerloo line to Chiltern Railways. To do this, you have to touch out of the Underground gates, and then touch in at the Mainline station gates. I have noticed on my statement twice in the last fortnight that due to some kind of clock problem, the touch-in was registered BEFORE the touch-out, and I have...

Interesting experience on the Bakelooo Line at the weekend. The carriage had about 20 people in it, mainly scattered around. At Oxford Circus two women (sans male escorts) entered one end of the carriage and sat down. They were dressed all in black - like they do in Iraq / Iran. They had the real slitty-eyed look. Well quite a few people looked at them and then at each other and suddenly decided...

"Paul Rigg" wrote in message The Great Leader has announced plans for a massive increase in the number of high speed passenger trains in the USA. There's more about it here http://us-state-policy.suite101.com/article.cfm/barack_obamas_railroad_plans And if you look at it the accompanying picture is of a London...

John Clausen wrote: On Saturday I travelled around London on tubes and National Rail using my Oyster card instead of a paper travelcard. My advice to others thinking of doing the same is: don't bother. Instead of capping at £7.00 it kept charging me until there was no credit left, over £17 in total. Some credit has been put back but I have still been charged £14.60. There were three...

....with my elderly mother who is afraid of being under ground on the Underground, and who can't walk far. Is the easiest option just the 205 bus to Mile End, then round the corner to the 323 bus to Canning Town? With my railhead on, I was going to do HS1 from St Pancras to Stratford, but I believe there's quite a bit of walking at both Stratford stations and platform 11 (where the buses to...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/3314813166_7f7dc5e996.jpg For some reason it doesn't appear to show up in the TfL Fare Finder yet...

Hi all, bringing my girlfriend down to London from pm-Wed 10th Feb until pm-Sat 13th Feb and was wondering what is the most economical and easiest way to travel round london. I visit 3 or 4 times a year but since it's her first time I expect she will mostly like to see the main touristy parts so should think we will probably be staying within zones 1-2. I've only ever purchased day travelcards...

http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4915 Commuting in a polycentric city Camille Roth, Soong Moon Kang, Michael Batty, Marc Barthelemy The spatial arrangement of urban hubs and centers and how individuals interact with these centers is a crucial problem with many applications ranging from urban planning to epidemiology. We utilize here in an unprecedented manner the large scale, real-time 'Oyster'

The Journey Planner is playing up this morning. I entered Phoenix Place as my destination and received directions to Phoenix Palace (and yes, I did check my spelling). I then tried entering WC1X 0DL (the postcode for Freeling House, Phoenix Place) as my destination and received directions to WC1X 9AR, Irish Centre Housing Ltd. Strange. -- John Ray

In a master stroke of inconsideration for hapless passengers trying to get home late at night South West Trains - the company headed by a bus driver - has in its wisdom - decided to make things really difficult at Feltham Station. At 23.00 to 06.30 it is now closing all entrances and exits at platform 1 (on the up line). It just so happens that the major bus station interchange is also situated...