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Forum: London Transport December 19th 07, 11:18 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 18 Dec, 23:34, Duncan wrote:

These also stopped working when I was yesterday evening. The screens on
the Low Level platforms were just displaying 'listen to announcements
...
Forum: London Transport December 18th 07, 09:55 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 18 Dec, 21:52, Roland Perry wrote:

Now that the station is fully open it's even more apparent what a stupid
idea it was not to have some escalators down from the P1-4...
Forum: London Transport December 13th 07, 02:42 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 13 Dec, 15:21, Roland Perry wrote:

Given that it's busy all day long these people aren't commuters. I think
they must be mainly irregular passengers who are intimidated...
Forum: London Transport December 13th 07, 02:31 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 13 Dec, 15:11, Sky Rider wrote:

If you check the Live Departure Boards on the National Rail website (or
even on the home page of the FCC website) you'll find that...
Forum: London Transport December 13th 07, 12:17 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 13 Dec, 11:16, "Garry Smith" wrote:

Very small signs stuck on the wall were all that I saw.

But I have been known to miss things that are glaringly
...
Forum: London Transport December 13th 07, 12:11 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 13 Dec, 10:22, "Paul Scott" wrote:

Maybe they could be reminded zones A, B, C, D wouldn't be confusing in that
way, especially after January...

The platforms...
Forum: London Transport December 13th 07, 09:41 AM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 13 Dec, 09:08, "Garry Smith" wrote:

Noticed last night that the displays now say which zones of the
platform to use.

Yes, but it will take you a while to work...
Forum: London Transport December 11th 07, 10:19 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 11 Dec, 19:49, Roland Perry wrote:

The queues were horrendous in the old booking hall, and were horrendous
in the new one from the day it reopened. They just don't seem...
Forum: London Transport December 11th 07, 10:17 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 11 Dec, 20:16, (Neil Williams)
wrote:

Euston has the traditional type, and it's still common for them to do
that to clear a morning peak crowd. I reckon,...
Forum: London Transport December 11th 07, 02:42 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 11 Dec, 12:39, "Garry Smith" wrote:

New definition of Hell - Thameslink, Midland Mainline and a Eurostar
from Paris all arriving at the same time!!!!"

It's...
Forum: London Transport December 11th 07, 02:37 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 11 Dec, 11:08, Sky Rider wrote:

What I'm personally more annoyed about are the new gates - at the moment
you have to shove your (paper) ticket through the slot, and...
Forum: London Transport December 11th 07, 09:33 AM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 11 Dec, 04:11, Mizter T wrote:

The preference of TfL for the Shere machines perhaps makes sense -
they are certainly the more elegant solution when fitted with Oyster
...
Forum: London Transport December 11th 07, 09:28 AM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 11 Dec, 09:01, "Garry Smith" wrote:

Yup, they were doing something similar at about 1830 last night.

And this morning it was also somewhat confusing!

08:44...
Forum: London Transport December 10th 07, 10:14 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 10 Dec, 22:25, Rupert Candy wrote:

That's the first time I've heard that - is it definitely true?

The 317s definitely dump on the track, as you'll see quite clearly...
Forum: London Transport December 10th 07, 10:11 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 10 Dec, 20:40, "Paul Scott" wrote:

c) I saw a 317 pull into the station. Where would that train have come
from and why would it be operating on...
Forum: London Transport December 10th 07, 10:08 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 10 Dec, 17:58, G wrote:

Skype for mobiles is becoming increasingly popular. The mobile
operators aren't so keen of course, though T-Mobile for one do now
...
Forum: London Transport December 9th 07, 11:21 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 9 Dec, 19:38, Roland Perry wrote:

Kiddy toys. I need proper Internet access.

Well, the new BlackBerry models now have 1) A proper web browser and
2) Wi-Fi... so these...
Forum: London Transport December 9th 07, 11:19 PM
Replies: 307
Views: 42,159
Posted By jonmorris
St P.I..L.L Impressions.

On 9 Dec, 23:49, Richardr wrote:

Do they work at City?

Yes

It's going to be hit and miss, depending on the network, handset and
other conditions. And, between...
Forum: London Transport December 9th 07, 10:52 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 9,498
Posted By jonmorris
The King's Cross St. Pancras nexus - a novelty tube map

On 7 Dec, 13:43, wrote:

In the main its very good - I note your sense of humour extends to
including platform 9 3/4 but doesn't go as far as listing Grand
Central as an...
Forum: London Transport October 6th 07, 06:34 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 6,639
Posted By jonmorris
Great Northern inner surburban services - London travelwatch reponse to RUS

On 4 Oct, 08:08, Martin Rich wrote:

There is some variation in stopping pattern north of Finsbury Park
during the peaks at least: some trains skipping Harringay and...
Forum: London Transport October 4th 07, 01:27 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 6,639
Posted By jonmorris
Great Northern inner surburban services - London travelwatch reponse to RUS

On 4 Oct, 14:00, DaveP wrote:

Sad they can't seem to see the bigger picture, and whilst Ken might see
beyond this and pay for the services, I bet he'd end up paying...
Forum: London Transport October 3rd 07, 12:07 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 6,639
Posted By jonmorris
Great Northern inner surburban services - London travelwatch reponse to RUS

On 2 Oct, 21:42, "Clive D. W. Feather" cl...@on-the-
train.demon.co.uk wrote:

I suspect the number of passengers wanting to go end-to-end contra-peak
is tiny compared with the confusion caused...
Forum: London Transport October 2nd 07, 11:55 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 6,639
Posted By jonmorris
Great Northern inner surburban services - London travelwatch reponse to RUS

On 2 Oct, 20:56, (Neil Williams) wrote:

The people who'd have to clean the puke off? ;)

Plenty of people manage to puke on the trains before 0136!! Myself
included,...
Forum: London Transport October 2nd 07, 11:53 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 6,639
Posted By jonmorris
Great Northern inner surburban services - London travelwatch reponse to RUS

On 2 Oct, 00:15, MIG wrote:

So what is the history of the line being closed at weekends? It was
open on Sundays from the late 1970s when it reopened after the
...
Forum: London Transport September 9th 07, 12:56 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 7,745
Posted By jonmorris
GNER train question

On 8 Sep, 18:12, Jeremy Double wrote:
You're not right, unless it's some special advance purchase ticket with
special conditions.

These were First Advance tickets,...
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