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Post by pitdiver on Aug 28, 2023 14:03:38 GMT
I am also retired and live well outside London so I along with my wife have retired PTACs. With Mr Khan's ULEZ coming into force hopefully us retired will also have access to on line ticketing. As it is I have to get a train from an unmanned station that has TVMs to a station that has a ticket office. If anybody knows anything about Northern Trains getting on a train without a ticket is a risky procedure. That is despite the fact I can't purchase the tickets I want from a machine.
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Post by pitdiver on Dec 27, 2021 10:59:06 GMT
Not a book recommendation. Back in June of this year we were in Orkney attending a friends wedding. Also at this wedding was Alan A Jackson's daughter. I had a very pleasant evening having a conversation with her about her father's work, Much to my wife's annoyance as she was stuck with some annoying guest who wanted to know about the history of the miner's strike in the Nottinghamshire coal field (we live in an ex mining village)
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Post by pitdiver on Jun 9, 2020 19:09:17 GMT
As I asked the first question "What makes you think etc" I must apologise for being somewhat curt in my style of questioning.
As a matter of interest as a retired PTAC holder I don't have to give up my seat. Sorry to all that do.
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Post by pitdiver on Jun 1, 2020 17:50:13 GMT
Could 54 possibly be Maida Vale
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Post by pitdiver on Jun 1, 2020 17:23:34 GMT
May I ask what makes you think you are entitled to the 75% Discount on National Rail
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Post by pitdiver on Apr 21, 2020 16:25:15 GMT
Could number 53 be Rickmansworth as Alan Rickman was a Die Hard actor as well.
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Post by pitdiver on Dec 19, 2019 21:18:00 GMT
When I worked in LUL booking offices Farringdon was one of those stations that no one wanted to work at at. The reason being the Booking Office could sell Br tickets to all sorts of stations with all the different restrictions attached Things are now obviously vey different
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Post by pitdiver on Jul 1, 2019 7:37:36 GMT
I don't know about a pub being on a station but at Chorleywood there's a pub just outside the STN where on a "busy" Sunday lunchtime you stood a good chance of seeing the station staff having their "lunch". Those were the days
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Post by pitdiver on May 10, 2019 20:12:07 GMT
Even Steam on The Met ran at a financial loss despite most of te staff who worked on it were volunteers. However froma publicity ppoint of view they were always sucessful as far as I am aware.
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Post by pitdiver on Apr 2, 2019 9:47:15 GMT
As a former Front Of House/ Operations supervisor at the LT Museum I can thoroughly recommend a visit to the "Depot" I along time ago lost count of how many time I visited the "Depot" but still have to admit never actuallu saw everything there. I always found the small items the most interesting. The posters however are something really special. If you ever get the opportunity to see the collection it's worth while.
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Post by pitdiver on Dec 30, 2018 15:02:50 GMT
If Brian Hardy is a member he perhaps could give a definitive answer
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Post by pitdiver on Dec 27, 2018 18:53:48 GMT
I also believe that the residents of the Moor Park estate own the stn. But as DistrictSOM says they have a lot of influence.
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Post by pitdiver on Dec 11, 2018 10:18:41 GMT
Can anybody give a brief run down on what the Met service was on Boxing Day in the late 80s early 90s
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Post by pitdiver on Mar 10, 2018 11:16:34 GMT
Things have certainly changed since I was on the "Job". Not necessarily for the better. I made the assumption in my earlier post that everybody would understand what Clas411 has underlined. My apologies, obviously a dangerous assumption. By the way MoreToJack I did eventually get my priv discount mounted on an Oyster card.
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Post by pitdiver on Mar 10, 2018 10:14:38 GMT
I worked at Watford Met and Croxley. I don't think anybody ever got on that last train to Ricky. There was never anybody about. Anyway it would have been lamped out and announced Ricky only if anybody was going to get on it. The north end of the Met was and maybe still is a different world.
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Post by pitdiver on Jan 30, 2018 19:58:50 GMT
Just downloaded it to my Kindle device looking forward to reading it.
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Post by pitdiver on Dec 22, 2017 20:15:25 GMT
I knew Keith very well. When I was at Watford we would always have a chat when he was changing ends. Then I would often see him at " Steam on The Met". He was well known for his endless supply of terrible jokes.
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Post by pitdiver on Nov 29, 2017 5:36:56 GMT
Don't forget that the decline in the quality of service to be found at stations began with the start of " Company Plan"
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Post by pitdiver on Nov 4, 2017 8:18:06 GMT
I wonder what the possibility of the VSOE starting from St Pancreas in the future is. That would make an interesting journey London to Venice without changing.
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Post by pitdiver on Oct 18, 2017 4:13:30 GMT
I have just re read my post. What I meant to say " I am surprised the residents have NOT....
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Post by pitdiver on Oct 14, 2017 19:10:39 GMT
I worked at Watford Met and Crowley for about 6 years between 1989 and 1995. Never heard anything about curtailing services at Northwood.
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Post by pitdiver on Sept 21, 2017 8:57:05 GMT
Another vote for Goodge street
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Post by pitdiver on Aug 16, 2017 20:29:45 GMT
Being an ex North Londoner and knowing what sort of area Highgate is surprised that the residents have demanded that it should demolished and luxury apartments built on the site.
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Post by pitdiver on Jun 13, 2017 22:17:25 GMT
Could it be there is a 1 missing from in front of the 2 or possibly a 2 or a 3
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Post by pitdiver on Jun 13, 2017 14:01:26 GMT
I remember when I worked on the Met our DsMs had a car to use so they could cover the large area that they were responsible for It had the normal LUL markings. They were told in no uncertain terms that a commercial vehicle could not go on the estate without the express permission of the committee​ The response was when your train service goes pear shaped we will submit a written application to drive the van On to the estate. This would have only been on Sundays as the service was iimited to every 30 mins on the Amersham Branch and every 30 mins on the Watford Branch.
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Post by pitdiver on Jun 4, 2017 5:05:13 GMT
As a supplementary question. What's the man with green sleeves name?
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Post by pitdiver on May 23, 2017 11:11:06 GMT
as I lived across the road from the East Coast Main Line my favourite has to be the the LNER only because of their magnificent locomotives. However apart from the LNER my other favourite is without doubt the Metropolitan Railway only because I worked on the Met when I first joined LUL.
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Post by pitdiver on May 21, 2017 13:40:37 GMT
This might apply to the lift service as the station sometimes gets very busy if there are issues at Tottenham Court Road. In this case station control or whatever it's called these days will be bought in.
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Post by pitdiver on May 16, 2017 20:08:41 GMT
Something is telling me the picture is of Aldwych. Bit of a long shot.
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Post by pitdiver on May 11, 2017 12:40:18 GMT
Please don't use initials. Some of us aren't totally au faux with what they mean. For instance to my mind SRA means Strategic Rail Authority. LST as far as I'm aware is an old naval term for Landing Ship Tank. Whinge over
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