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Post by jswallow on Nov 22, 2010 16:44:49 GMT
Certainly on NR services, getting on without a ticket is fine so long as there were no working machines or humans at the station (or where the queue is >3/5 minutes). As to the ELL does it not depend if they were classed, formally, as a railway replacement service (i.e. hired to the railway company and treated as trains) or as a bus service which just happens to replace a railway that's shut (i.e. a local bus service registered with the traffic commissioner)? Seeing as you don't register bus services with the Traffic Commissioner in London as it isn't deregulated, that's a moot point.
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Post by jswallow on Oct 19, 2010 21:54:15 GMT
WANDA was the system that provided similar arrival and departure data by station, but to WAP-enabled mobile phones.
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Post by jswallow on Oct 15, 2010 14:41:01 GMT
If you're indirectly trying to comment that the post is in the wrong place, then you're wrong. This board is for all international news ... and UK news with a direct impact on LUL.
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Ugly looking train though. Slopy fronts don't work on underground trains. Admittedly it's not quite as pronouced on this Toronto Rocket (bleurgh, dumb name) as the ones they got spectacularly wrong in New York back in the 70s.
And, how young does the Chair of the TTC look? Is it an elected position?
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Post by jswallow on Oct 12, 2010 7:50:12 GMT
We have discussed this previously I think, but do bear in mind that the purpose of a city transport system is to move people about in the most efficient manner; it is not to win design awards for architects. I never said either in my original post. I said that it would be a shame if they all turned out to be grey featureless boxes. Not quite sure why you feel it necessary to point something to me that is blatantly obvious. It's perfectly possible to good design within that, even if done cheaply. Congratulations on turning yet another thread into a moan about the Jubilee line.
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Post by jswallow on Oct 11, 2010 11:25:45 GMT
Olympic host cities are not allowed to use the bid logo, they have to have a games logo as well. But sorry, drifting off topic there.
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It'd be a shame for Crossrail to go back to bland featureless station boxes though (even though I don't think it'll be anywhere as brutal as the Victoria line was/is). The scale of the stations should allow for some dynamic designs with a bit of luck. They don't even need to be complicated ones - look at Southwark for an example of simple design beauty.
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Post by jswallow on Sept 19, 2010 19:32:59 GMT
Have the train ops been told to be completely over-the-top with the announcements. Had one on Saturday - my first train heading into town from Leyton for ages. A whole minute's announcement explaining which side to get off at at Stratford while we're waiting at Leyton. "Doors on the left for way out, Jubilee and DLR, doors on the right for National Rail ... pause ... of course it would help I told you which way I facing." (No word of a lie, for the announcement).
Then a reminder between Leyton and Stratford.
Then "I'm now opening the doors on the left" ... doors open ... "I'm now opening the doors on the right". Yes, we can see that.
"I'm now closing the doors on the left". "I'm now closing the doors on the right".
Complete overkill. Hope that bit dies out quickly, much as I love having the extra platform - will be very handy when Westfield opens.
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Post by jswallow on Sept 14, 2010 9:14:53 GMT
If you're a member of L.U.R.S then that question was answered in "Underground News" in a recent edition where there was a writeup of a talk given by one of the project people ...
... it still seems to be regarded as "not for publication" on here (not me complaining about forum policy, presumably all to do with it being in the public gaze and readily findable) so can't answer in the forum.
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Post by jswallow on Sept 10, 2010 10:56:56 GMT
I am impressed with the 09 stock... I agree with the doors opening on the right hand side bit... it would have been really neat to have an arrow or light point to the doors that will open like happens on some trains in Barcelona on the metro... They do have this feature Where's that then on the 2009 stock? There's nothing that lights up before the train has stopped. Only when the doors have opened.
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Post by jswallow on Sept 9, 2010 20:49:26 GMT
You can look it up on the TfL Fare Finder. Not exactly difficult to do - click here--- result from website --- Feltham [National Rail] to Canons Park Single fare: Oyster £6.00 Monday to Friday from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900. £4.30 At all other times including public holidays. Alternative oyster single fares: Route 1: Avoiding Zone 1 via Richmond and West Hampstead (or Brondesbury/Kilburn) or via Clapham Junction, Willesden Junction and West Hampstead (or Brondesbury/Kilburn) Oyster £3.20 Monday to Friday from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900. £2.20 At all other times including public holidays. To ensure you are charged the appropriate fare you must touch on the pink card reader on the Oyster route validator if interchanging at Richmond --- end ---
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Post by jswallow on Sept 9, 2010 8:23:59 GMT
No, that's the last thing you want to do. Trying to confuse Oyster by doing enthusiasty stuff like that is the sure-fire way to start getting unresolved journeys and if you do that, then the price cap won't necessarily apply.
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Post by jswallow on Aug 31, 2010 13:33:45 GMT
Dark colours don't work. I think the red livery on South West Trains is helped by the fact that the class 450's look good. Except Class 450s are blue.
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Post by jswallow on Aug 22, 2010 17:10:52 GMT
Risca is in South Wales near Newport/
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Post by jswallow on Jul 13, 2010 20:41:37 GMT
Your survey is inherently flawed unfortunately. Please take this as constructive feedback ...
There's no such thing as the LUL East London line anymore. It's London Overground.
Questions 2, 4 and 5 needs a "don't know" option.
Question 3 needs to ask which part of the DLR you're comparing with the mythical "East London line". Not all of it runs on the same frequency, so it's an invalid question.
Question 6. What if I agree with both options, what do I choose?
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Post by jswallow on May 7, 2010 21:02:04 GMT
You would, however, force people to use a bus instead of a tube. Plus what is the price of a nightbus ticket instead of a tube one - and are travelcards valid on them or do you need to pay a supplement? It's exactly the same price as a day bus ticket, and travelcards are valid on night services just as on a day one. Then the argument's gone full circle. The system either has to be upgraded or fall to bits.
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Post by jswallow on Apr 27, 2010 6:06:30 GMT
What's ∇? We're don't all have access to your book of codes.
I'm guessing "stepping back", but it would be polite to actually write that.
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Post by jswallow on Apr 22, 2010 10:08:52 GMT
Why the sarcastic remark? They've been called Passenger Service Agents for several years now.
It makes sense to have roving teams of inspectors though nowadays, just because there's such a small chance to be checked by a PSA nowadays.
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Post by jswallow on Apr 19, 2010 18:45:41 GMT
Why's that a surprise? The line's not open yet, but someone's programmed them into the system too early (presumably because they thought the line would open last week).
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Post by jswallow on Apr 15, 2010 17:28:37 GMT
I'm merely playing devil's advocate here ...
Why should they put it under the weekend closures? The Tube map clearly shows the opening times for Camden Town station, so it's normal opening for it as far as the system is concerned.
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Post by jswallow on Mar 16, 2010 5:52:12 GMT
Or perhaps some drivers are more interested in providing decent customer service, and don't care about the £500?
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Post by jswallow on Feb 19, 2010 11:36:07 GMT
That moquette is just, ergh. Agreed. With the longitudinal layout on the 378s it looks quite smart, but it's totally overpowering here. Oh well, not the end of the world. But how many passengers will see an empty carriage? The chances of finding a seat on the new trains will be just as slim as with the 150s running now.
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Post by jswallow on Feb 4, 2010 17:48:25 GMT
Yep that one really annoys me. It's the same for the Overground at my local station. Trains run every 30 minutes, the Oyster reader is at ground level and the platform is up stairs. The only way you can see if the train is cancelled is by going up to the platform when the monitor is. If I touch in, go up, see the train's cancelled because it's failed yet again, why should I be charged?
The second option *is supposed to be* covered under Oyster (and I'm merely the messenger so don't shoot me). If service is suspended, bus drivers are given a code over their radio to tell them service is suspended that they enter into their ticket machine. Then you shouldn't be charged. So the driver has probably not entered the code or put it in wrong.
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Post by jswallow on Feb 2, 2010 16:48:25 GMT
Thanks for pointing that out, I've put it right now.
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Post by jswallow on Feb 2, 2010 14:55:54 GMT
Yes. See here for the rules and here for the list of stations. But I'd probably favour the 205 option as well if it were me. Stratford is probably not the best place for people to navigate with any sort of mobility difficulty with the building works at the moment.
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Post by jswallow on Jan 28, 2010 19:17:45 GMT
It was only one set of doors that would be cut out in the front or last car.
A regular passenger wouldn't make the same mistake twice, someone else who encountered it would have had the brain to use another door, and in those days if someone was carried past their stop they wouldn't think of suing LUL. They'd have just missed their stop, dealt with it and returned by the next train in the other direction.
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Post by jswallow on Dec 20, 2009 13:31:31 GMT
Nobody's questioning the fact that the Channel Tunnel is AC overhead, but commented that one of the passengers/broadcaster has made the ASSUMPTION based on the "beware of live rails" notice that there's live rail down there. If you didn't know what was there, saw a sign there was live rails and was then evacuated from a train, wouldn't you start to put two and two together and potentially come up with five?
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Post by jswallow on Dec 20, 2009 13:24:43 GMT
Why would they? It's only a platform at Baker Street that is being non-stopped. Trains will go from Finchley Road non-stop to Great Portland Street.
Or are you saying Amershams terminate at Baker Street so would be a platform short with P4 closed? Sorry, I don't know the Met service pattern hence the question.
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Post by jswallow on Nov 29, 2009 18:16:55 GMT
Yes they were.
Shame it's perfectly correct then.
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Post by jswallow on Nov 22, 2009 9:46:30 GMT
On the DMI, the 'next station' only scrolls once, then the station just appears there. Eg: **Scrolling on the DMI with announcement at the same time**: The next station is Kings Cross St Pancras. Change for Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan, Piccadilly and Northern lines and National and International Rail services. Then "Kings Cross St Pancras" appear on the DMI until arrival at the station Yep, count me among the people who rode it yesterday (mine left Wstow at 10.30ish). The Bombardier guys riding in the first carraige noticed it doing that as well and said to each other that it shouldn't be doing that. The "Doors open on the right"/"Doors open on the left" gets annoying after a bit, but I suppose once you've tuned it out as part of the normal announcements in future it won't matter. Many other metros in other countries announce which side the doors open on (but often only if it's an exception to the norm).
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Post by jswallow on Nov 19, 2009 18:19:18 GMT
That one's a design thing. If you'd put DISTRICT & PICCADILLY LINES you wouldn't have got it in as large lettering on two lines, i.e.
DISTRICT & PICCADILLY LINES isn't balanced compared to the way it appears on the sign, and having signs that are aethestically correct was always the way signage was done by LT of old.
But I must admit that one's a very odd sign - the station names' lettering on the line diagram is minute.
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Post by jswallow on Nov 2, 2009 12:27:59 GMT
But why should Beck get a mention in a programme about 55 Broadway? Other than the mention in passing about the Underground diagram that would replace the one on display in the stairwell?
I must say it wasn't the most watchable programme I've ever watched.
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