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Re: Pax Congestion

robert_munster — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:27:30 GMT

Sorry, I was talking, as I thought we all were at least at the point I posted that, about the gates at the top of the Bakerloo Escalators, not the main set of

Re: Metro drama - on a tram! [1 Attachment]

Daniel Sparing — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:22 GMT

Simon, nice fractal-like image... actually, when there was a (rather interesting) feature of the Jubilee line cleaning crew sometime summer in Modern Railways,

Re: Love on the Underground

David Orchard — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:09:47 GMT

If this had taken place on the Paris Metro, everybody would have clapped at the end..... David O ... From: "Simon Smiler" To:

Re: Stored units

Peter Mugridge — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:24:23 GMT

I'd want to verify this first, though - I must caution that I was on a rather crowded platform at Victoria ( northbound ) and it was the leading unit. Although

Re: Love on the Underground

Simon Smiler — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:10:39 GMT

well it certainly would not have been rush hour passengers expressing their appreciation of having to stand in crowded rush-hour trains. The real question is

Re: Stored units

gonbashin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:33:43 GMT

Now that is BIG BIG news - if you have had 3077 today then I will need to get there a.s.a.p and I know a few others who will really be interested. Thanks for

Love on the Underground

Paul — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:33:08 GMT

Sounds of love heard on the Tube Transport for London (TfL) is urgently investigating how the sounds of a couple making love came to be broadcast over a

Re: District Line goes blue...

David Orchard — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:37:29 GMT

The message I get from this exchange is: (a) if the journey is slow or stop-start for miles, do not blame the driver. He is doing his best despite the

Re: District Line goes blue...

Simon Smiler — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:00:39 GMT

Thanks for the confirmation Steve. A week or so ago I went to Heathrow for the first time in many years, and I could tell from the way the trains were going

Re: District Line goes blue...

Steve Fitzgerald — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:33:34 GMT

In message <4654F9DD376C459DBD98F2354341BB3B@netbook>, Simon Smiler writes The Piccadilly already has this wonderful new timetable

Re: District Line goes blue...

Simon Smiler — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:41:48 GMT

different colour temperature - more blue, less greeny yellow, thats all. No.84 instead of 83, if I recall correctly. I think they create a slightly cooler /

Re: District Line goes blue...

Peter Mugridge — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:33:35 GMT

So that's why the lights on them ( and quite a few other items of rolling stock these days ) are painfully bright after dark and at any time in the tunnel

Re: Pax Congestion

Tramlink — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:05:44 GMT

Robert Isn't the booking office on the left. Also are there any issues about the relationship with the accesses to the Circle Line platforms and the other

Re: Pax Congestion

robert_munster — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:45:39 GMT

I do use Paddington Bakerloo a fair bit. Yes, it makes sense for the escalators to be keep right. The puzzle is why the ticket gates are keep left, as this

Re: District Line goes blue... [1 Attachment]

Chris McKenna — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:38:51 GMT

I beleive the reason for this is that pos-refurb the district line trains have been using a different type of lighting known as "daylight" tubes. While they