On Oct 30, 3:42*am, "Peter Masson" wrote: "burkey" wrote in message ... From the Department for Transport Friday 30th October 2009 Rail passengers travelling between Watford and St Albans are in line for more regular and more frequent services thanks to...

Could this happen anywhere else - certainly not in London, UK?!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gMpRCMttSM Enjoy - Chris B.

(last year's statement) In line with the Oyster PAYG off-peak fares, there will be a change to the times when South West Trains' Super Off Peak `turn up and go' ticket is valid for journeys from London. http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/anytime-off-peak-advance.aspx click on -Off-Peak and Super Off-Peak fares- From Monday 4 January 2010, the return portion of a {Super Off-Peak} Day Return or...

In article , "pippa.moran" wrote: On 5 Jan, 07:24, jaydee wrote: On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:24:44 -0500, fLoPPy FoX wrote:

Had to get the tube to work today for obvious reasons. Nice to see a 2.80 fare has gone up to 3.10. And for that extra 30p I get a 15 minute delay on the central line due to some signal failure or other. Oh what a surprise. Pathetic bloody system. B2003

News of London Overground's first community growing project at Harringay Green Lanes: http://transitionfinsburypark.org.uk/HarringayGreenLanes Hopefully whatever they're planting will be able to withstand the diesel fumes! Any other stations which have a bit of land that could be put to such good use?

Just why is the District Line run so badly? I rarely use it nowadays, thank God, but had the misfortune to use it this morning (11th Janaury 2010), beginning my journey at Fulham Broadway at 7.15a.m. Firstly, the indicator boards at Fulham Broadway indicated that the first train would be a "City" train, arriving in 2 minutes. Indeed, the train did arrive in 2 minutes but it was an Edgware Road...

I've not seen much discussion of this: http://mts.tfl.gov.uk/Have-your-say.aspx it seems to be an uncosted wish-list, so how anyone is supposed to make an informed choice I don't know... -- Steve

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/10/BA3B1BGBBR.DTL is a story about how a "performance art" group rode BART in San Francisco without their trousers yesterday (Sunday). It goes on to say: "On Sunday, subway riders in 44 cities around the world stripped off their pants in the name of silliness." Was London one of the 44?

I just happened to be looking at Uxbridge on Google Maps and, as you do, zoomed in to see what had been parked in the sidings. I thought there were three Metropolitans and a Piccadilly (from length) till I looked closer and realised that what I thought was Piccadilly was, in fact, a train of 1983 stock. I don't know when the photo was taken, but I wonder if it's the one that Wikipedia says was...

Does anyone know of a website which is able to calculate whether using PAYG Oyster or an annual Travelcard is better value for an individual? I think I've used http://www.prepayortravelcard.com/ in the past but it doesn't seem to be fully updated for 2010 yet and my local Underground station doesn't yet have any 2010 fare booklets.. Regards Sunil

Anyone else heard about this huge former LU substation under embankment? http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/e/embankment_station/index.shtml Quite an impressive space. I'm surprised its not used for anything. In real estate terms it must be worth a fortune. B2003

Today I was at Langdon Park and had a go at trying to set an OEP on my Oystercard. But no luck - the machines don't seem to offer them. (They do, however, seem to sell paper extension tickets.) Are they available under another name or is TfL not providing these things either?!

My daughter and I have tickets for a theatre show in London this evening (Wednesday) and want to travel up 'n back by train. At the moment, the theatre's website is saying "the show will go on, but watch this website for updates" Is London enduring a snowy apocalypse or are we in with a reasonable chance of making the journey ok by rail? My plan B: is to go all the way by car if the M11 is...

According to TfL, it should be possible to get certain National Railcards (such as a Senior Railcard) loaded on to an Oyster card so that a lower daily price cap applies. My wife and I both managed this last year, but our Senior Railcards expired and we had to renew, so we have just realised that we need to renew the loading of the Railcard on to our respective Oyster cards. The problem is...

The Rotherhithe Tunnel is closed for 7 hours every Monday night for routine maintenance. The Blackwall Northbound tunnel is closed every Sunday a.m., with the southbound tunnel carrying northbound traffic only at that time (mostly). Why do these two tunnels need maintenance and the Blackwall Southbound doesn't? I am not aware of any bridge having this sort of maintenance schedule, so I'm...

Mass Gathering in defence of street photography - 12 Noon Saturday 23rd January 2010 Trafalgar Square, London http://tinyurl.com/photographer-not-a-terrorist And that includes train and bus spotters I guess!! CJB.

Does anyone know about the British Transport Commission Act 1949? I am told that it prevents anyone obtaining an easement over land owned by the BTC or their successors. The Land Registry says "Since the passing of the British Transport Commission Act 1949, it has not been possible to acquire a right of way by prescription over land owned by the commission and forming an access or approach to,...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/04/boris-johnson-tube-lines-ppp - Tube Lines in £1.35m funding battle with Transport for London - Tory mayor keen to finish off Labour's public-private partnership Dan Milmo guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 January 2010 17.39 GMT If Boris Johnson wants to kick Gordon Brown when he is down in the polls, then the London mayor has the perfect vehicle in the

I understood that Oyster was valid on National Rail from today. There is publicity about it on both TfL and First Capital Connect's websites. However the Oyster pads on both platforms of New Barnet Station were still covered over at 2pm on Sat 2nd Jan...