Recent content by GuyBarry

We create them on the Tube Challenge Forum - we don't solve them there (normally). We write short instalments containing a few stations each, and then leave it for the next person to take over the story. That's what I was hoping to do on the quiz forum here, but I don't know how feasible it is...

Oh, we've done trickier ones than that. You should see what I came up with for West Hampstead Thameslink :) Yes, that's a possibility - maybe some of the ones we're doing at the moment are too big. It's a balance between including enough stations to get a decent plot going, and creating a...

Yes, I've been trying to get the quiz team here interested for some time, but it's rather a slow process. The stories were all written on the Tube Challenge Forum - here's the latest one that we've started. There's a small band of enthusiasts there but we'd like to expand it if we can...

Well done! We're looking for people to help us write more of them, so just send me a PM if you're interested. ["Sandown" missing] Oops! Mistake in the editing - it was there in the original (they were written as a team effort). I'll add it in - should be: "The vegetarians were...

Hi - There are a number of puzzles that may be of interest to railway enthusiasts on the Hidden Underground Wiki. Please enjoy them!

Thanks for all the responses. I still don't quite understand how the quota system works, though. Let's say that 10% of the seats on the train are allocated to advance ticket holders. There's no way of controlling how many people with open tickets will travel on the train, so what happens if...

What is the significance of tickets described as "Reserved - no seat allocated"? When I booked an advance fare on the SWT service from Bath to London Waterloo and back last month I was given three mandatory reservation tickets along with the travel tickets (Bath -> Waterloo, Waterloo ->...

Thanks to everyone for all their advice. After much deliberation my friend and I have decided it's easier to buy one-day Travelcards, even though they work out slightly more expensive - there's less hassle than with Oyster and more flexibility. We also decided to do the route in the...

Well I'm starting to get the impression that, for the one-time visitor to London, Oyster is something of a rip-off. It's conceivable that I might be coming back the following month but it's by no means certain. "bluegoblin7" said this earlier in the thread: I can't see this at all. The...

I'm even more confused now. This site says "From 2015, TFL now charges a £3 admin fee if you return an Oyster within a month of purchase - the same as the admin fee on the Visitor Oyster Card". I haven't seen this on the TfL site anywhere, but if it's correct and they're going to charge me £3...

OK, thanks everyone. Can I just check how much credit I will need to put on my Oyster card in order to make the planned journey? From the above discussion it looks like £4.60 (two zone 1 Tube journeys) plus £1.50 (zone 3 DLR journey) plus £3.40 (cable car) plus £6.44 (ferry) - total £15.94...

How does fare capping work then? TfL's site says: It doesn't mention the cable car and ferry services though, and HS1 is specifically excluded from Oyster. The total fare for the two Tube journeys and the DLR journey is only £6.10, so would this make a difference in practice?

I don't understand this. Waterloo, Bank and King's Cross St Pancras are all in Zone 1.

Should I ask on a different sub-forum then? Indeed. I've never had any reason to use Oyster before, or indeed any contactless technology, so it's all a bit of a mystery to me. I really need an idiot's guide...

Bath Spa - the tickets are already booked. (It was cheaper than going to Paddington, and neither of us has travelled that route before.) Arriving Waterloo 1149 and departing 1920.