TfL plan to extend Oyster Pay As You Go acceptance to Shenfield & Cheshunt when the Greater Anglia franchise is renewed. See page 7 of http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Item08-LR-MD-Report-RUP-12-05-2010.pdf Shenfield fits in well with Crossrail, but the Hertford East branch would be an annoying omission if FCC acceptance eventually extends to its inner suburban boundary at...

He wants to be mayor again... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7711806/Ken-Livingstone-declares-he-will-take-on-Boris-Johnson-again.html

Does anyone know of a source that shows train reporting numbers for the current ELL timetable? The journeyplanners that do include reporting numbers ("headcodes") don't seem to have been updated to include the present pre-launch services - they still recommend Dalston Junction to New Cross Gate by bus! TIA

So, yesterday evening I went to my PMB, and there among the pile of assorted mail was Modern Railways, May edition. It was crinkled in a way of only the international postal services can achieve. Once home I was delighted to find the enclosed, detailed, map of London's railway infrastructure. But, why did Ian Allan have to staple in to the magazine? It was awkward to remove, and like...

How is it possible to stop getting tail-gated by dishonest commuters, down and outs, and other opportunists? Usually I hesitate just after passing through the gates of a gateline. But invariably some oik - usually male - rushes past the open gates pretending to use the Oyster scan - and then deliberately pushes into me or pushes me out of the way. Once I stopped esrly and caught one and he got...

On May 12, 3:07*pm, Stephen Furley wrote: On 12 May, 22:56, SB wrote: Network Rail have posted an appeal for suggestions for improving Paddington Station. Anyone wishing to make a submission please email Remove the Diesel fumes from it? *Maybe it's not as bad now as it used to be when...

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It appears as though the London Underground is planning to run the Sarah Siddons locomotive on the Metropolitan Line on Sunday, 16 May. Details can be found on London Transport Museum's Website. How often do they run the Sarah Siddons, I wonder? Are there any other plans to run other vintage stock besides that and the 38TS? How about the Glasgow Subway? Do they ever run rolling stock...

Folks with digital camers might be interested to visit the end of ex- Thameslink / FCC platforms 5/6 at Moorgate. They have uncovered three old posters there from 1981, including one depicting a very young Jimmy Saville!! Also there is a complete 1981 timetable for the Met incl. to/from Watford (via Croxley), Aylesbury(?), etc. CJB.

Announcement due at 2:30pm. Presumably this will help Boris do what he wants, although a Tory majority would have been better for him.

Anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5O1uUYiQK8

Greetings Boris published his new Transport Strategy yesterday at City Hall. He was apparently on good form - but that was before news that the LibDems were talking to Labour. The full set of docs is he http://www.london.gov.uk/publication/mayors-transport-strategy

On May 7, 11:59*pm, Bruce wrote: Quite a surprise except to those who knew about the negotiations: "Tube Lines' shareholders agree £310M buyout deal with TfL Shareholders of London Underground contractor Tube Lines have tonight agreed a buyout deal with Transport for London (TfL) for the PPP arrangement with a price tag of £310M. The dramatic decision...

Now, I don't want to be a killjoy, and the thought of the wonderful story "The Railway Children" being recreated with a real steam engine in central London fills me with joy (I only heard about it today) and will certainly wish to see this spectacle at Waterloo Station. But, is it right that one of London's busiest and most overcrowded stations, where trains are regularly held up on entering and...

Where can I get a tube map where you can see all the bends and turns? -- Zingo Forum for Londoners: http://hippocribs.com

Anybody got any idea when it's likely to open? It all *looks* raring to go (the signs are up, all paved nicely, the new stairs and lift are open on the other side to increase capacity - the only thing that seems to be not ready is that the glass between the exits to the platform and the mezzanine (sp? usage?) is completely intact, so you can't get through to it. Am I to guess from this that...

At last! Bit late to the party, i know, but i went on it. It was very new, not very busy, the trains were very quiet, and Dalston Junction station is HUGE. Why is it so huge? And what are the plans for Shoreditch High Street (or as i like to call it, Directly Opposite My Office On Commercial Street) - will the views to the arches and pillars and other quite nice old bits of railway...

On May 6, 6:52*am, Stephen Furley wrote: The day before I started the course in Wokingham last week I was told that I was being sent on another one for four days this week. *Nothing for several years, then two in two weeks.This one is in London, close to Ladbroke Grove Underground station, *I decided the best way to get there was train to Shepherds Bush, and...

On the radio yet again this morning - an accident at Clacket Lane services. Is there something particularly bad about the way the exits roads to this service station have been designed? I've driven that part of the M25 more times than is probably good for me but I haven't noticed anything unusual that would give rise to so many accidents but clearly something is confusing some motorists. Does...

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 -...