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On the TfL website, up until a couple of months ago, if I checked out the live updates, then I'd see a list of the status of each tube/Overground/etc. line, alongside a very useful map of the network that highlighted any lines with issues by showing lines that are running normally in grey and...

TfL has a huge list of out of station interchanges (OSIs) - pairs of stations where it's recognised that if you exit at one station and enter at the other one on Oyster/contactless within a specified time, that's recognised as changing trains on one single journey and charged as such. Examples...

A question I was wondering about. Is there any rolling stock suitable for passenger use in the UK that's not currently being used? I'm guessing TOCs wouldn't pay to lease anything they don't need, so this is most likely to include: stock owned by any ROSCO that's not currently being leased...

Not sure how long this has been the case for, but I've just noticed the TfL national rail map (updated today for the new Overground line names) shows the Elizabeth line stopping at Moorgate but serving Liverpool Street only via an interchange. It's the map at...

Travelling in London, mainly on the Elizabeth line, I've noticed it's very common for departure boards not to advertise trains that are due to depart within the next few minutes. I understand the intention is presumably to try to avoid people running to get trains, but the extent to which it is...

I've cycled along the cycle path past South Bermondsey station a few times and was surprised to find the station entrance apparently buried along the footpath/cycle path with - so far as I could see - no access to any nearby roads or buildings. Does this station actually have any direct street...

What are people's experiences of travelling on (and paying for) public transport in New York? I'm asking because I'll be there for the first time in a few days - in particular travelling from JFK airport to Staten Island. Particular questions are: From the metro map, it looks like the best...

Does anyone know which buses the Merseytravel Saveaway ticket is valid on? Or more specifically which companies' buses? The Merseytravel info page indicates the general geographical areas it's valid in, but as far as I can see doesn't say anything about which bus companies it applies to...

I quite often make use of the super-offpeak LNWR/TfW TOC-specific tickets to travel to the NorthWest, and did so last week to travel from London to Manchester (LNWR to Crewe then TfW to Manchester). When the guard on the TfW train came round to check for tickets, I got mine out, looked at it...

Last Thursday there was damage to the overhead power lines on the WCML somewhere in Scotland, which resulted in all the West Coast Anglo-Scottish trains stopping short. The TPE Manchester-Scotland trains were only running as far as Carlisle. The Avanti Euston-Scotland trains were only running...

I have an itinerary question: I need to fly London to San Diego in a month or so's time. However, because I've not been able to find a reasonably priced flight to San Diego on any of the days I could reasonably travel, I'm considering flying instead to Los Angeles (arriving around 2pm - I can...

mods note - split from this thread Southampton has quite a few stations but, other than Southampton Central and Southampton Airport Parkway they all have a very poor service, typically hourly, which obviously leads to low usage. So how could that be changed. What would you like to see if we had...

TfL have sent out an email announcing that the District and Circle lines will close at 10pm this weekend (Sat 31 Aug-Sun 1 Sept): Now on the upside, it's good that they are aware in advance of the issue and are warning people. But on the other side, this seems a very strange reason for not...

I'm making this suggestion, prompted by this thread: Severe disruption near Lancaster this evening, which discusses yesterday's incident in which a points failure near Lancaster apparently lead to large numbers of people being left stranded by Avanti in the middle of the night with no help being...

I've been trying to book at ticket and cycle reservation to travel from Euston to Windermere this Saturday, returning later next week. As it's somewhat short notice, I wasn't too surprised that the first couple of trains I tried showed unable to reserve a bike because the train was already...

Go on - tell us what you'll be doing on Thursday night after the polls close. It's a multi-vote poll so select as many options as you want.

This evening, coming off an Elizabeth Line train at Abbey Wood Platform 3, I noticed that there was another train in the siding - which is further along the same track - so there's only a short distance between trains when one is in the siding and another is in the platform. It also struck me...

(Split from the General election thread) The Conservative manifesto contains this commitment: This idea only makes sense if they are planning to also build a new chord to allow trains coming from Nottingham/Newark Castle to join the ECML heading North. But away from politics, it occurs to me...

Who are you planning to vote for? Feel free to comment in this thread about your voting intentions or your reasons for your decision, but please remember that we already have this thread for more general discussion about the election and post replies to that thread if they deviate from...

On Saturday I travelled from London to Cardiff on GWR, with a bicycle and a fair bit of luggage (rucksack + panniers on the bike). I boarded the train, immediately realised that (a) I had no idea how you're supposed to put the bikes in the bike compartments, and (b) if I tried to figure it out...