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Forum: London Transport October 12th 11, 07:08 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 18,855
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Platforms with two numbers

"John Salmon" wrote

"Richard" wrote
That makes me wonder, are there any stations in the UK or elsewhere that
have a continuous platform with different numbers at either end?

York 3 & 4...
Forum: London Transport October 12th 11, 07:01 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 18,855
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Platforms with two numbers

"Richard" wrote
That makes me wonder, are there any stations in the UK or elsewhere that
have a continuous platform with different numbers at either end?

York 3 & 4 (under the previous...
Forum: London Transport September 15th 11, 02:08 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,048
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Westfield/Leyton

[second attempt to post this, so 'yesterday' refers to Tuesday]
[cross-posted to uk.railway]
"Mizter T" wrote
Martin Petrov wrote:
I took a look at the Westfield in Stratford tonight, and other...
Forum: London Transport September 14th 11, 03:55 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,048
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Westfield/Leyton

[cross-posted to uk.railway]
"Mizter T" wrote
Martin Petrov wrote:
I took a look at the Westfield in Stratford tonight, and other than
marvelling at the size of the place, (which really is...
Forum: London Transport July 19th 11, 10:15 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 11,276
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Overground SLL link

"Paul Corfield" wrote

Well one of the newsletters says that in (IIRC) September the junction at
the Surrey Quays end will be put in place. It says there will be some
possessions needed to...
Forum: London Transport May 4th 11, 11:17 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,803
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
South West Trains diverted at Wimbledon?

On 04/05/2011 23:57, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
Paul wrote
wrote

I've been on SW Trains journey over the LT line...
Forum: London Transport April 19th 11, 10:47 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,556
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Mail Rail exploration

"Basil Jet" wrote
John Salmon wrote:

I personally travelled (with an organised group) from Mount Pleasant to
Whitechapel and back on the 10th March 1994 in the 14-seat 'VIP' coach. I
...
Forum: London Transport April 19th 11, 10:25 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,556
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Mail Rail exploration

"Arthur Figgis" wrote
wrote:

What are the chances of getting a ride on it, as I know that they have
passenger yorks.

We tried asking on an official visit, and it...
Forum: London Transport April 19th 11, 05:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,324
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Cable Car

"Mizter T" wrote
the thorny issue of other new river crossings remains up in the air.

Up in the air? You mean they're *all* going to be cable cars?
Forum: London Transport March 22nd 11, 09:40 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,237
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Olympics travelcards and out boundary?

"tim...." wrote
What is still not clear is if they will be valid on Javelin to Ebbsfleet.

http://www.london2012.com/visiting/getting-to-the-games/maps/mode-maps/games-travelcard-map.pdf
is *very*...
Forum: London Transport March 21st 11, 10:41 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,237
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Olympics travelcards and out boundary?

"Mizter T" wrote
I'd imagine that a punter travelling from Ashford (on whatever SE
Highspeed service is still running - I'm guessing there'll be something
from Ashford) will only need a...
Forum: London Transport March 21st 11, 10:13 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,237
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Olympics travelcards and out boundary?

On 21/03/2011 23:01, Chris Silke wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:07:50 -0000 a message from "John Salmon"
contained:

Note that applicants are being told it's a Zones...
Forum: London Transport March 21st 11, 08:50 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,237
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Olympics travelcards and out boundary?

"Mizter T" wrote

The Javelin service from St Pancras - Stratford - Ebbsfleet was and
remains a pivotal part of the overall games transport plan. It's not clear
how much of the SE Highspeed...
Forum: London Transport March 21st 11, 08:32 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,237
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Olympics travelcards and out boundary?

On 21/03/2011 21:21, Mizter T wrote:

On Mar 21, 9:07 pm, "John wrote:
[snip]
Note that applicants are being told it's a Zones 1-9 Travelcard:

"Spectators...
Forum: London Transport March 21st 11, 08:07 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 9,237
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Olympics travelcards and out boundary?

On 21/03/2011 20:41, Mizter T wrote:

On Mar 21, 7:02 pm, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:

The Olympics Ticketing website
...
Forum: London Transport February 25th 11, 11:01 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,846
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Liverpool Street and BZ2

"Roland Perry" wrote
Luke Ross remarked:
Whilst we're on the subject of boundary zone tickets, I occasionally need
to go to Chelmsford. At Liverpool Street I usually ask for a BZ2 to...
Forum: London Transport February 10th 11, 08:50 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,043
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Oyster Fares to c2c stations.

"Mizter T" wrote

Just to clarify, it's a 'zones 6-9 + Grays' fare - and the fact it's
being the same price as a 'zones 5-9 + Grays' fare doesn't surprise me
greatly as many fares are 'stepped' in...
Forum: London Transport February 10th 11, 12:04 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,043
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Oyster Fares to c2c stations.

"John Salmon" wrote in message
...

Can someone please explain why all the Oyster fares to the four c2c
stations which are outside the Travelcard...
Forum: London Transport February 10th 11, 12:01 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,043
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Oyster Fares to c2c stations.

Can someone please explain why all the Oyster fares to the four c2c stations
which are outside the Travelcard zones but inside the Oyster PAYG area
include validity within zones 7, 8 and 9? These...
Forum: London Transport February 9th 11, 10:06 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 17,698
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Route number specific bus branding [was: Bus route - going back to depot]

"Mizter T" wrote

Works for London - though unless everything is running on time right to
the very minute, it's only got the timetable data as opposed to feeding
off any (iBus) live running...
Forum: London Transport February 9th 11, 04:34 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,423
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Drayton Park

"peter" wrote

And there was chaos in the evening too. I arrived at Kings X at abut
18:15, to catch the 18:27 to New Barnet. Onthe board it said 'On time'
until 18:29, when it disappeared,...
Forum: London Transport February 5th 11, 10:24 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,879
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Central Line not stopping at Stratford this morning

"Mizter T" wrote

(including winding it's way through 'the Wharf').

"winding its way" without the you-know-what.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I've just been posting to...
Forum: London Transport February 5th 11, 10:16 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,128
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Do any southbound DLR trains terminate at Mudchute these days?

zin92 wrote:
wrote:
Paul Terry wrote:
writes

The platform 3 rails always look very rusty when I go past and...
Forum: London Transport January 14th 11, 09:55 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 892
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
Poster missing Metropolitan Line Closure

"Walter Briscoe" wrote

There is a Metropolitan Line closu Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 January,
no service between Moorgate and Aldgate. cf.
...
Forum: London Transport December 16th 10, 02:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,503
Posted By John Salmon[_5_]
London and the Southeast 2nd generation RUS

"Paul Scott" wrote

Draft version published today. Large pdf, about 10 Mb
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browseDirectory.aspx?dir=\RUS%20Documents&pageid=2895&root
Follow Route Utilisation...
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