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  1. mattdickinson

    Can anyone identify this underground station?

    Hendon Central. https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/2004-19933
  2. mattdickinson

    The future of the Heathrow Express

    One of the orignail proposals for the Heathrow Express was to run to St Pancras via the Dudding Hill line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport_transport_proposals#:~:text=confirmed%20or%20funded.-,Dudding%20Hill%20Line%20(1990%E2%80%932008),to%20run%20to%20St%20Pancras.
  3. mattdickinson

    Why don’t more London stations have places to tap out?

    They dated from the days when PAYG was only valid on Thameslink going north.
  4. mattdickinson

    Northern Future fleet updates

    I believe they were intended to be Class 341. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_341_and_342
  5. mattdickinson

    Contactless to stansted

    The off peak contactless test fare from Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport is now showing on BRfares at £21.00 https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=SSD&dest=LST&expert=on&flow=1&multi=0&fare=9&tkt=POT and the fare from Tottenham Hale at £19.00...
  6. mattdickinson

    ITSO TFL Travelcard - not tapping out

    EMR TVMs at St Pancras also have them.
  7. mattdickinson

    TRIVIA: Junctions where the branch is straight-on, and the main is around the corner

    Northolt Park Junction where almost all trains branch off to Marylebone. Originally the New North Main Line carried on to Paddington.
  8. mattdickinson

    Horse Death at Station?

    It's unlikely to be Kentish Town West as it's a inner city station on a viaduct
  9. mattdickinson

    TFW introduces Pay As You Go in South East Wales

    The reason they advise using the physical card initially is so that passengers can log in with the physical card number and the back end will then associate it with the Google Pay DAN (Device Account Number) which there is not an easy way of finding out without the special arrangements that TfW...
  10. mattdickinson

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    The London and South East 2025 map is now present on the National Rail website. London and South East map I wouldn't expect the coverage of the London map to extend any further.
  11. mattdickinson

    TfL Go now includes Oyster and contactless account functionality

    There is a note on my app saying that they don't and they haven't. Are you on Android or iOS?
  12. mattdickinson

    TfL Go now includes Oyster and contactless account functionality

    It doesn't pick up card names from the web account which is annoying if you have a lot of cards added to your TfL account.
  13. mattdickinson

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    The latest Rail and Tube map doesn't cover the extension of contactless validity to High Wycombe (but does now include the Luton Airport DART) https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf
  14. mattdickinson

    Anytime Day Return is not an Open Return!

    They are all courses he's been on: DCFM Diploma in Computerised Financial Management CFRM Certificate in Financial Risk Management ACFS Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists APCIP Advanced Professional Certificate in Investigative Practice CCIP Certified Cyber Intelligence...
  15. mattdickinson

    TFW introduces Pay As You Go in South East Wales

    I suspect the issue is not with gates and validators on stations, but that GWR onboard staff would potentially have to carry 3 validation tools: TfW PAYG: Cardiff - Newport GWR PAYG: Bristol Parkway - Swindon TfL PAYG: Reading - Paddington
  16. mattdickinson

    TFW introduces Pay As You Go in South East Wales

    The availability has now extended to Chepstow & Pyle. https://tfw.wales/ways-to-travel/rail/ticket-types/pay-as-you-go
  17. mattdickinson

    TFW introduces Pay As You Go in South East Wales

    They are bus routes https://traws.cymru/en/services/MWLM/T1C https://traws.cymru/en/services/SSWL/T4

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