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Post by jimini on Apr 17, 2018 21:25:45 GMT
Disgraceful on the part of the RMT to use the London Marathon as a bargaining tool. I mean, not really. That's literally the entire point of a strike. If they don't cause disruption then people won't listen. As is regularly seen with Tube strikes, meaningful talks from the company will generally lead to a postponement. If progress isn't made, then the blame is firmly at the door of DLR. All that said, I thought automation DLR style meant the end of strikes?! 😂 Disrupting thousands of runners, most of whom are raising circa £2,500 each in charity donations? Yep, great way to make your point. I don't work in Canary Wharf these days (my company left in 2012), but to target what is mostly a charity marathon - the very livelihood of a lot of said charities - is nothing short of abysmal. It's the biggest earner of the year for so many charities. Not sure my conscience could cope with that. Imagine if some of those various charities folded because of a lack of investment? Wouldn't want that on my conscience. Strike when E14 is busy - fine - that's most working days. But don't do it when everyone's trying to raise so, so much money for such a vast array of charities. No apologies for coming across as anti-union in this instance. Indefensible for me. -Jim.
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Post by jimini on Apr 4, 2018 8:35:13 GMT
Carnaby Street?
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Post by jimini on Feb 21, 2018 9:38:17 GMT
Some difficult ones in there so not confident of a clean sweep but here goes: D- Between South Quay and Heron Quay? (least confident on this one) I agree; that looks like the old Britannia hotel on the left of the photo (on Marsh Wall).
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Post by jimini on Feb 9, 2018 14:27:41 GMT
The Jubilee line runs a very frequent service in the peaks and so any disruption will stack up trains in a number of minutes requiring line controllers to halt both sides of the service in order to prevent a rapid stack of services and keep trains carrying peak time crush loads held in the platforms for obvious reasons. Another example of how high frequency disruption is dealt with on the Tube is the Victoria line which at peak times famously has more trains than it has platforms to accommodate them and so as soon as the line experiences major dirupton the first course of action is to send 4-6 trains back to the depot as an immediate measure before more drastic measures such as holding the service may be considered. Yep, I got caught up in this at the other end of the line (Stratford travelling to London Bridge). As you say, there were more trains being taken out of service and sent to Stratford Market Depot from Stratford than in service units departing Stratford.
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Post by jimini on Dec 20, 2017 14:40:42 GMT
The wheelchair blobs are a very blunt instrument that can never convey the full extent of needed information about what locations are accessible to wheelchair users (let alone anyone who needs step-free access for other reasons), even when they are correct. For example someone able to negotiate the step between the platform and train can make a journey from Willesden Junction to Vauxhall at present, despite the tube map showing this as impossible, but step-free interchange is not available at London Bridge (despite being shown as available on the tube map) other than by a long, crowded and (iirc) unsigned walk at street level. Far better imho to stop trying to show it on the main map and instead massively increase the prominent and availability of the step-free and avoiding stairs maps. </rant> Amen to that!
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Post by jimini on Nov 26, 2017 9:49:52 GMT
Balham?
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Post by jimini on Nov 17, 2017 12:03:48 GMT
Finchley Road?
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Post by jimini on Oct 26, 2017 8:59:44 GMT
South Quay Station on the DLR, new station opened on this day 8 years ago. +1, that's my old office in the background!
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Post by jimini on Oct 2, 2017 19:03:59 GMT
Love this thread, so far! I’ve watched The Bill on and off for decades — both when it was first being broadcast and then again in later years on UK Gold etc. Having lived in Tooting for god knows how many years I’m always spotting local shots around Merton Abbey Mills / Colliers Wood station etc when watching. norbitonflyer - fascinated to read of the Wapping situation and answers a long-standing question in my mind re: why the main filming locations moved. In latter years I also noticed quite a bit of the filming moved back out east to Wapping (Shadwell Basin etc) for a few episodes in the early ‘00s, before the program came to an end.
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Post by jimini on Sept 5, 2017 7:39:23 GMT
Fair play tjw , thought I might have had you lot beat with that one!
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Post by jimini on Aug 1, 2017 6:30:22 GMT
Come on own up: who sent Chris a selfie to use as an inset?
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Post by jimini on Jun 18, 2017 11:15:19 GMT
Main image is Putney Bridge. +1
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Post by jimini on Jun 4, 2017 10:19:39 GMT
Parents call their kids the strangest names, these days
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Post by jimini on May 23, 2017 16:37:21 GMT
Many thanks all -- managed to successfully locate the yellow reader just before the stairs up to the platform!
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Post by jimini on May 22, 2017 17:17:51 GMT
Therein lies another potential issue: my ticket is a m-ticket with a barcode, not a paper one...
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Post by jimini on May 22, 2017 16:10:47 GMT
Afternoon all,
I'm off to Stansted Airport tomorrow. I have a ticket from Stratford to Stansted, and will be using pay as you go on Oyster from South Woodford to Stratford.
So my (hopefully simple!) question is: how can I tap out at Stratford to complete that journey before getting the train from platform 11?
Thanks all ~ Jim.
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Post by jimini on May 20, 2017 20:59:40 GMT
I'm not overly au fait with stock in general, but one question springs to mind based on the photo above: how does the max speed of 90mph impact on the existing infrastructure at either end of the new section? I've no idea what the speed limits are on the GEML electric lines and the GWR relief lines (hope I've named them correctly!); just wondered if there's any conflict in maximum speeds there as the lines integrate with each other? Ta.
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Post by jimini on Mar 29, 2017 6:09:38 GMT
A looks a bit GOBLIN-like to me. Let's have a punt at Leyton Midland Road.
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Post by jimini on Mar 3, 2017 14:24:24 GMT
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Post by jimini on Feb 7, 2017 9:59:42 GMT
That looks familiar
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Post by jimini on Feb 7, 2017 9:58:32 GMT
Tooting Bec?
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Post by jimini on Feb 1, 2017 18:32:57 GMT
Nothing to add to the guesses so far, but a hearty BIG THANK YOU to Chris M and indeed the rest of the quiz team for all their efforts in producing the daily quiz. Us forum frequenters really appreciate your efforts.
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Post by jimini on Jan 31, 2017 21:02:43 GMT
Would it do that if the first journey had been in the morning peak? The cap for Zones 1-5 is £11.20, regardless of peak or off peak. Ok, so £3.40 then My original point still stands, regardless!
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Post by jimini on Jan 31, 2017 13:46:57 GMT
if you normally use a Travelcard the bus journeys anywhere in London are free. I seem to recall reading in a TfL document somewhere that these days more people use PAYG instead of Travelcards I certainly do; a mixture of working abroad and cycling a couple of days a week means that it's usually the best option for me. Even if not - my other half does have a monthly travelcard so it cost her a couple of extra bob too because of the detour to zone 5 on the way in.
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Post by jimini on Jan 30, 2017 23:32:36 GMT
Mildly connected (calm down, moderators): I think that refunds are out of the question for industrial action, but what about if your alternative route takes you via a more circuitous route in order to get to your destination?
Example: last week I caught a bus to Chingford (extra fare), then caught the train from Chingford to Liverpool Street, which involved a trip via zone 5 (I live in zone 4). On the way home I caught the Victoria line to Blackhorse Road, then a bus back to South Woodford from there. So in total my extra incurred costs were 2x bus journeys plus the Z5-Z1 journey differential to Liverpool Street.
Summary:
Normal journey: 2x Zone 1-4 singles @ £3.90 = £7.80
Strike journey: 2x bus journey @ £1.50 = £3.00 + £4.70 Z5-1 journey (from Chingford) + Z1-4 journey @ £3.90 = £11.60.
I'm guessing there's no chance of me seeing the £3.80 difference? It's not so much about the money but more about the principle, especially considering how much longer the journey took. I opted to walk from Liverpool Street to London Bridge in the morning, so potentially it could have cost me a further £1.50 bus fare on top of this.
Thoughts?
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Post by jimini on Jan 26, 2017 14:06:17 GMT
I have been down to Loughton station this morning off peak to see what's happening. 1. Several trains running through - I saw 3 in 10 minutes, in both directions. If they are running they should be in passenger service, no matter if irregular. 2. Buses appearing erratically at Stop A, inadequately labelled. ("Extra" does not help as a blind) No LU staff at the bus stops to help passengers. None in the ticket hall, with passengers going into the barber shop to ask advice. Probably too cold to expect any customer assistance. Not clear if Debden being served (one driver saying definitely it wasn't, as the Debden area was "gummed up"). 3. RRP buses taking unorthodox routes. One seen using Forest Rd/Earls Path in Loughton! Badly, badly done, LU! That is somewhat disappointing to hear!
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Post by jimini on Jan 26, 2017 11:51:59 GMT
I see there is a replacement bus service provided. Fortunately, I don't need to travel today, but from the signs in Loughton it looks as if it's running Epping-Loughton-Chingford (and not serving TB, Debden, BH etc). No mention of anything for Woodford and south thereof, but I may be wrong. Central Line Twitter said that the bus would call at Epping-Debden-Loughton-Chingford, one bus every 15 minutes, but no replacement buses anywhere else The Waterloo & City closed at 10am Nothing special from South Woodford, other than a jam-packed slow journey on the 179 to Chingford, then an equally rammed train (probably because of the shuttle buses dropping everyone else there). We ran non-stop from Walthamstow to Liv. St. because of overcrowding.
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Post by jimini on Jan 10, 2017 13:04:33 GMT
I opted to walk in the morning from South Woodford. Took 2.5 hours but at least I knew when I'd be arriving at the office. Worked wonders for the Fitbit step count too I walked up to Liverpool Street at just after 4pm to see what the Liv St. > Epping service was like - this is what the TfL website was advertising at the time. No queue to get in, empty eastbound platform, trains were Epping 2, Epping 4, Hainault 6, so certainly a good service considering. Epping train pulled in, picked up about 30 of us, then ran fast to Stratford, then fast to Leytonstone, then all stations beyond that. Quickest commute home I think I've ever had!! As you (stapler) say, Wanstead was closed according to local announcements. Can't speak for the other (actual) underground stations on the Hainault loop. Having said that and judging by Chris's comments, things weren't quite so rosy a couple of hours later... Bethnal Green and Mile End were closed as they're Section 12s with minimum staffing levels but we were stopping at Leyton as it's "open section" and can be left unstaffed. Are you sure they went straight through? Yep, 100%. Would have been at ~1630. Driver announced that would be the case before we left LST too.
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Post by jimini on Jan 10, 2017 11:52:59 GMT
Chris M, what was the actual state of things on the Central in the pm peak? The messages on teletext and the website were confusing to say the least. Saw that BG, Mile End and Wanstead were closed, and also Chigwell for some reason I opted to walk in the morning from South Woodford. Took 2.5 hours but at least I knew when I'd be arriving at the office. Worked wonders for the Fitbit step count too I walked up to Liverpool Street at just after 4pm to see what the Liv St. > Epping service was like - this is what the TfL website was advertising at the time. No queue to get in, empty eastbound platform, trains were Epping 2, Epping 4, Hainault 6, so certainly a good service considering. Epping train pulled in, picked up about 30 of us, then ran fast to Stratford, then fast to Leytonstone, then all stations beyond that. Quickest commute home I think I've ever had!! As you (stapler) say, Wanstead was closed according to local announcements. Can't speak for the other (actual) underground stations on the Hainault loop. Having said that and judging by Chris's comments, things weren't quite so rosy a couple of hours later...
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Post by jimini on Jan 8, 2017 21:39:26 GMT
It was listed as closed southbound only earlier (on the TfL website).
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