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March 31st 17, 09:42 AM
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Top three transport things to do
In your opinion, what are the top three transport related things to do
in London? London Transport Museum excepted, since I've done that. -- jhk |
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March 31st 17, 10:50 AM
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On 2017\03\31 10:42, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
In your opinion, what are the top three transport related things to do in London? London Transport Museum excepted, since I've done that. Sit at the front on the DLR from Tower Gateway to Island Gardens. Use the hand-wound self-propelled chain ferry to Trowlock Island https://youtu.be/D72EDEcKStM?t=51s Visit Canary Wharf and Westminster Jubilee stations |
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March 31st 17, 11:11 AM
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:50:25 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote: Sit at the front on the DLR from Tower Gateway to Island Gardens. Done that  Let several trains go from Bank before I managed toposition myself perfectly to get to the seats first. Use the hand-wound self-propelled chain ferry to Trowlock Island https://youtu.be/D72EDEcKStM?t=51s Interesting Visit Canary Wharf and Westminster Jubilee stations Done Canary Wharf by accident in the evening peak. Train was crushed. Putting Wesminster jubly on the list. -- jhk |
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March 31st 17, 12:27 PM
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If you want to see Canary Wharf Jubilee station from the same angle as its appearance in a Star Wars Rogue One, stand at the east end of the eastbound platform.
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April 2nd 17, 09:31 AM
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On 31/03/2017 11:50, Basil Jet wrote:
Use the hand-wound self-propelled chain ferry to Trowlock Island https://youtu.be/D72EDEcKStM?t=51s How does that work in practice? If one person takes it across to the Island, what happens when the next person comes along wanting to travel in the same direction? Or what happens if it's been left on the land side, and someone on the island wants to get off? My own suggestion for a transport oddity would be London's only funicular railway on the eastern side of the northern bank of the wobbly (Millennium) bridge. One could call it a sloping lift, but it really is a cable-hauled funicular, just a very short one. Best of all, it's free. -- Clive Page |
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April 2nd 17, 10:48 AM
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On 02.04.17 10:31, Clive Page wrote:
On 31/03/2017 11:50, Basil Jet wrote: Use the hand-wound self-propelled chain ferry to Trowlock Island https://youtu.be/D72EDEcKStM?t=51s How does that work in practice? If one person takes it across to the Island, what happens when the next person comes along wanting to travel in the same direction? Or what happens if it's been left on the land side, and someone on the island wants to get off? My own suggestion for a transport oddity would be London's only funicular railway on the eastern side of the northern bank of the wobbly (Millennium) bridge. One could call it a sloping lift, but it really is a cable-hauled funicular, just a very short one. Best of all, it's free. .... assuming that it works as it is often out of service. |
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April 2nd 17, 12:21 PM
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On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 10:31:43 +0100, Clive Page wrote:
My own suggestion for a transport oddity would be London's only funicular railway on the eastern side of the northern bank of the wobbly (Millennium) bridge. One could call it a sloping lift, but it really is a cable-hauled funicular, just a very short one. Best of all, it's free. There is one at Greenford Station too. |
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April 2nd 17, 02:28 PM
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David Walters wrote:
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 10:31:43 +0100, Clive Page wrote: My own suggestion for a transport oddity would be London's only funicular railway on the eastern side of the northern bank of the wobbly (Millennium) bridge. One could call it a sloping lift, but it really is a cable-hauled funicular, just a very short one. Best of all, it's free. There is one at Greenford Station too. That's not a funicular, just an inclined lift. |
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April 2nd 17, 02:51 PM
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On 2017\04\02 15:28, Recliner wrote:
David Walters wrote: On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 10:31:43 +0100, Clive Page wrote: My own suggestion for a transport oddity would be London's only funicular railway on the eastern side of the northern bank of the wobbly (Millennium) bridge. One could call it a sloping lift, but it really is a cable-hauled funicular, just a very short one. Best of all, it's free. There is one at Greenford Station too. That's not a funicular, just an inclined lift. Having used them both, I can see no difference, except the Greenford one is indoors, and the Blackfriars one is a shoddy embarrassment. |
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April 2nd 17, 11:27 PM
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On 02.04.17 13:21, David Walters wrote:
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 10:31:43 +0100, Clive Page wrote: My own suggestion for a transport oddity would be London's only funicular railway on the eastern side of the northern bank of the wobbly (Millennium) bridge. One could call it a sloping lift, but it really is a cable-hauled funicular, just a very short one. Best of all, it's free. There is one at Greenford Station too. More likely to work. |
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