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Forum: London Transport February 2nd 09, 01:13 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 15,892
Posted By Chris Johns
Euston Station

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Stephen Furley wrote:

Just about every American station I've seen, and I admit I haven't seen very
many, is horrible at track level. At Newark Penn the tracks are at an
...
Forum: London Transport December 18th 08, 10:45 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 11,739
Posted By Chris Johns
Coffee & ITSO

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Robert wrote:

This could be adopted for all sorts of other transactions. even ruggedised to
work on buses. The buses in Munich are fitted with coin operated ticket
...
Forum: London Transport April 30th 08, 07:24 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 7,325
Posted By Chris Johns
The 'South London Overground' and the Mayoral election

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Graeme Wall wrote:

Wow, it's like having our very own automatic Daily Mail Talking Point-
bot.

[snip]

Neither of which statements are true.

I don't think the...
Forum: London Transport April 29th 08, 11:58 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 7,325
Posted By Chris Johns
The 'South London Overground' and the Mayoral election

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Michael Whitson wrote:

So Mr.Band it appears that you are in favour of vote rigging? Perhaps you
would like this country to descend to the level of Zimbabwe?

Don't worry,...
Forum: London Transport September 8th 07, 10:05 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 7,774
Posted By Chris Johns
GNER train question

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, wrote:

True. Very True.
Or if you have people used to flying, they are off looking for seat
21A (must be in the same row as 21B 21C...)

If all...
Forum: London Transport August 3rd 07, 11:45 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 16,032
Posted By Chris Johns
Grit in the Oyster

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Roland Perry wrote:

So are they suggesting everyone waves their phone screen at the
barriers, having fumbled around to retrieve a picture message with a
barcode on it? And...
Forum: London Transport July 16th 07, 03:29 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 10,079
Posted By Chris Johns
Oh dear - commuter services out of Euston today, poor incidentplanning and the BTP

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Sam Wilson wrote:

The trouble is that they scroll and not very efficiently at that (the
messages seem to be fixed length so a short message leaves the display
blank for a...
Forum: London Transport June 9th 07, 07:36 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,933
Posted By Chris Johns
Pickpocket North London Line

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, wrote:

Two years ago a little scrote threw a pot of paint over my car what
did the magistrates do six months custodial sentence four of which
served...
Forum: London Transport January 5th 07, 05:33 PM
Replies: 160
Views: 29,026
Posted By Chris Johns
Is Edinburgh on the Tube?

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Fig wrote:

I'd rather you said "Ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-ding" ;-) but you
obviously get my drift. I like the cut of your jib.

Don't go overboard.
--
Chris...
Forum: London Transport January 3rd 07, 10:18 PM
Replies: 160
Views: 29,026
Posted By Chris Johns
Is Edinburgh on the Tube?

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Mark Goodge wrote:

Well, that is one of the disadvantages of the Beck map; it doesn't
give much in the way of clues about the actual geographical proximity
of some stations...
Forum: London Transport January 3rd 07, 05:12 PM
Replies: 160
Views: 29,026
Posted By Chris Johns
Is Edinburgh on the Tube?

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Nick Pedley wrote:

As some of you may be aware I work on that big white wheel in central London
and part of the job includes answering questions as best as we can. Trouble
...
Forum: London Transport November 16th 06, 01:00 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,630
Posted By Chris Johns
The first bow-string arch bridge in Britain to carry a railway

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Peter Fox wrote:

"John Rowland" wrote in message
...
...
Forum: London Transport October 10th 06, 02:24 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 9,742
Posted By Chris Johns
Thank you First, for nearly getting me killed last night.

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, notbresson wrote:

Lets reclaim publicly used space for the vast majority of ordinary decent
people to come and go as they please without running the gauntlet of the
...
Forum: London Transport October 10th 06, 10:20 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 9,742
Posted By Chris Johns
Thank you First, for nearly getting me killed last night.

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, wrote:

As there was a child involved I would have called the police in any
case. I'm not sure that pulling the alarm achieved much. Why did...
Forum: London Transport October 10th 06, 10:11 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 9,742
Posted By Chris Johns
Thank you First, for nearly getting me killed last night.

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, allan tracy wrote:

Yet, there are those countries where women and children will quite
happily venture out late at night to use public transport and in
complete...
Forum: London Transport September 16th 06, 10:40 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 20,410
Posted By Chris Johns
2 jailed for railway graffiti

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Ken Ward wrote:

There may be an initial expenditure excess in the "Death Penalty" but, over
time it will work out cheaper. An excellent reason to adopt it along with
the...
Forum: London Transport July 11th 06, 08:19 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 15,235
Posted By Chris Johns
North Greenwich and the naming of stations (was London Terminalsand Thameslink)

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Roland Perry wrote:

However, 'one' has introduced a few through trains a day between
Peterborough and Liverpool St (via Ipswich), so you there's a possible
confusion...
Forum: London Transport July 6th 06, 08:58 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 12,540
Posted By Chris Johns
Park and ride systems (was Letter from TfL to FCC)

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Rupert Candy wrote:

and the latter, IMHO, is much more sensible since the cost doesn't rise
based on the number of passengers in your car. (In Canterbury, for
example,...
Forum: London Transport July 5th 06, 12:08 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 12,540
Posted By Chris Johns
Letter from TfL to FCC

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Roland Perry wrote:

IMO, because of the operational limits it causes, route branding
doesn't really work.

It "really works" round here. And not just simple branding like...
Forum: London Transport June 7th 06, 09:54 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 10,018
Posted By Chris Johns
Shoreditch RIP

On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, dwb wrote:

Considering that the ELL will go from nowhere to nowhere it seems alot
of money to spend.

It's not just about the present, it's about the future too.

It...
Forum: London Transport June 5th 06, 09:13 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 10,858
Posted By Chris Johns
West London Tram to go ahead

On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Neil Williams wrote:

The ticket machine's crashed on both of my ftr rides so far -
unfortunately after I'd got on and successfully bought a ticket...
Bad software,...
Forum: London Transport June 3rd 06, 05:33 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 10,858
Posted By Chris Johns
West London Tram to go ahead

On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Neil Williams wrote:

Any word on what these teething difficulties are, and why it's so
difficult to operate what is basically a fancy bendy bus with fancy
ticket machines...
Forum: London Transport June 3rd 06, 05:19 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 10,858
Posted By Chris Johns
West London Tram to go ahead

On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, londoncityslicker wrote:

So I really see not a lot of difference to what we already have.
I can see why Tfl may want to do this solely as a replacement for the
existing...
Forum: London Transport June 2nd 06, 02:26 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 10,858
Posted By Chris Johns
West London Tram to go ahead

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, victormeldrewsyoungerbrother wrote:

'We are working hard to make sure that we deliver the highest standards
of service and appreciate your patience as we deal with the issues...
Forum: London Transport June 2nd 06, 02:23 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 10,858
Posted By Chris Johns
West London Tram to go ahead

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Paul Scott wrote:

The plans are then still subject to the Transport Secretary approval - see
Liverpool, SE Hants etc etc

It's in London - that won't be a problem.
--
Chris...
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