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Post by flippyff on Oct 22, 2015 7:21:57 GMT
Wasn't there something odd like SHS was in zone 1 but if your travelled from Dalston Junction and stations south thereof, you were only charged a zone 2 fare? I knew there is/was something quirky about the fares, seems I got it round the wrong way though. www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mindthegap/2010/04/the_curious_case_of_moving_sho.htmlAccording to TfL's Single Fare Finder, Haggerston (Z2) to SHS(Z1) is £2.30 anytime, whereas Shadwell (Z2) to SHS (Z1) is £2.30 peak and £2.10 at any other time (and vice versa) so it appears the above no longer applies.
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Post by flippyff on Oct 20, 2015 18:20:41 GMT
Wasn't there something odd like SHS was in zone 1 but if your travelled from Dalston Junction and stations south thereof, you were only charged a zone 2 fare?
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Post by flippyff on Oct 14, 2015 7:50:26 GMT
There's a headline on transportbriefing.co.uk that says Alstom have kept the contract until 2027. The story is behind a pay-wall though.
Simon
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Post by flippyff on Oct 2, 2015 16:18:09 GMT
Did the '67 stock often used on Woodford-Hainault have high lift gear or was it transferred under tow, with shoes off? Before the Victoria Line opened 67TS transferred to N/Park via Leyton Junction between battery locos,after the line opened any stock transfers from Hainault to N/Park was done under their own power(via Ealing Bdwy) Why did they need to be transferred to Newbury Park? ;-) :-D
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Post by flippyff on Sept 11, 2015 22:45:50 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Aug 2, 2015 21:19:21 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Jul 25, 2015 10:22:56 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Jul 23, 2015 16:49:47 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Jul 21, 2015 6:47:17 GMT
Dazz, you didn't include the shocking information about train length.... Obviously an error.. Should say 4 car totaling 80 metres. Oh I don't know, think of the spin the Mayor can get when he announces 16 car trains for WA services. ;-)
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Post by flippyff on Jul 20, 2015 21:03:23 GMT
Dazz, you didn't include the shocking information about train length....
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Post by flippyff on Jun 14, 2015 21:24:37 GMT
Posting here as I CBA to find another place for it.... issuu.com/railmedia/docs/tre-june-15RailEngineer has a piece on the south-east spur of Crossrail including it's temporary and permanent connection into the NR network and re-construction of Abbey Wood. HTIOI Simon
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Post by flippyff on Jun 5, 2015 14:43:44 GMT
Now just the equally big task of laying track, wiring it, putting in the signalling systems, radios, lights, fitting out the stations etc. But progress has been made! And arranging the first rail replacement bus service! ;-)
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Post by flippyff on May 31, 2015 10:49:53 GMT
There's major delays on the London Overground due to a power supply issue at Wembley Central. Oh wait, that's a different London Overground....! ;-)
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Post by flippyff on May 29, 2015 22:33:00 GMT
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Post by flippyff on May 29, 2015 22:14:28 GMT
Why don't the temporary signs have 'temporary sign' written on them?
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Post by flippyff on May 24, 2015 21:02:21 GMT
There's now a rumour on Facebook that the much-hated Walthamstow Central "cage" will now be removed when TfL take over. Not sure of the veracity of this, nor whether it means a gate-line move for the tunnel and an "unbricking" on the bricked up entrance on the other platform. My guess is that it may just mean a rebuilt staircase from the tunnel to Selbourne Rd. Anyone else heard this? Sounds like wishful thinking to me. Anyone who thinks TfL are not involved with the gating of Walthamstow Central is living in cloud cuckoo land. TfL / LOROL and Abellio have been working together on the transition for 18 months. I simply refuse to believe that TfL / LOROL have not explicitly agreed the gating of Walthamstow because they would have to budget for the gate operation / maintenance costs and the associated staffing. Abellio had zero incentive to spend the money because they will earn nothing from the gates in terms of increased revenue. Are the gates even live yet? I haven't been up to the station for a while but even if they are switched on now Abellio will have earned, what, 2-3 weeks worth of extra revenue? Makes no financial sense for them whatsoever. I read recently that it is TfL's intention to gate all of the stations they are taking over so why would Walthamstow Central, with one of the highest revenue levels of any of the stations, be an exception? I went through there yesterday, there were notes on the barriers telling people to use the Oyster readers on the platforms. Simon
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Post by flippyff on May 20, 2015 6:55:30 GMT
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Post by flippyff on May 18, 2015 19:36:25 GMT
Southeastern have released a draft copy of their August 2016 timetable, available here. Isn't providing linking services to Abbey Wood for Crossrail over two years early.....?
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Post by flippyff on May 17, 2015 16:08:45 GMT
For the same reason Greenford won't be. Platform lengths (and in particular the distance between the buffers and the points at Bourne End) preclude the use of anything longer than two coaches on those branches. And there are no two-coach ac units, nor any way of making one by removing coaches from a longer one. (Take out the middle coach(es) and you have no pantograph, take out either end coach and it can only be driven in one direction!) They won't be a complete diesel island - Reading depot will still need diesels for the North Downs and Cotswold lines for the foreseeable future. The only 2-car emus on NR at present are the dc-only class 456s. www.kentrail.org.uk/Class%20456.jpgThe last ac ones were the class 309/1s, which were converted to 4-car in the 1970s and scrapped in the mid-nineties. www.gensheet.co.uk/photo309/602svic.JPG (note the pantograph over the driving cab, instead of the conventional position on an intermediate car) The HS1 395s have the pantograph over the leading car.... #justsayin' ;-)
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Post by flippyff on May 12, 2015 6:13:04 GMT
Does this "The train should be have the option to either automatically close the doors in ATO mode or allow the Passenger Service Agent to initiate door closure in ATO mode," suggest 'cold weather door closing' as per the 378s on London Overground or pushing the train captains even further towards a ticket checking only role?
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Post by flippyff on May 9, 2015 20:54:47 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Apr 28, 2015 19:34:34 GMT
Well I guess fresh air has to get around somehow as well. I always thought maintaining an ageing fleet that's probably too small was a bad use of time and money anyway. It's not just an ageing fleet of drivers, the trains are getting on a bit too! ;-) Simon (2nd attempt at posting as the 1st got the quotes all screwed up)
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Post by flippyff on Apr 11, 2015 17:33:24 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Apr 5, 2015 8:28:41 GMT
This announcement has now been published on TED/OJ-S, linky hereThere's a couple of items of interest : "(c) Supporting the introduction of a new fleet of at least 45 x 4-car EMUs to replace part of the existing fleet;" So it's 'at least 45 new trains now? " (f) Supporting the re-commissioning of Gospel Oak <> Barking line and re-introduction of services following the completion of electrification works;" It may just be the way I'm reading this but to me it sounds like GOBLIN will be closed and the electrification of the line happening in one big bang so to speak? HTIOI Simon
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Post by flippyff on Mar 20, 2015 22:05:36 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Mar 11, 2015 21:58:45 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Jan 31, 2015 10:55:02 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Nov 22, 2014 15:59:21 GMT
Can you you have 'cab rides' on the DLR? ;-)
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Post by flippyff on Nov 18, 2014 9:23:01 GMT
While digging around on the web a few months ago I found a briefing paper prepared by the House of Commons library for Ed Davey MP. It is about Train Fares but includes a history of the zonal system in London and how and when boundaries have changed over the years. Unfortunately it is a word document buried in the depths of Mr Davey's website with no easy link to it. I also cannot attach it here as that appears to be against the rules. For those who are interested to read it then go a Google Search on the term "2007/6/105-BTS" which is the report's reference number. The report was dated 12 July 2007 so a little out of date but not many zone changes have happened since then. The main ones relate to London Overground being part of TfL (Willesden Junction and Hampstead Heath changing zones) and then the East London Line reopening and extending (Shoreditch High Street). www.edwarddavey.co.uk/archive/rezoning/218370%20Train%20Fares.doc
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Post by flippyff on Nov 17, 2014 21:11:21 GMT
I was fourteen when it opened and wanted to try and be on the first public train. We had to go via Trafalgar Square to get a night bus to Poplar but late running buses meant we missed that first train. When we did get there I think we were later also issued with one of the first penalty fares as we'd mistakenly bought singles instead of returns I believe. :-(
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