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    Northern Line Battersea Extension - Opened September 20 2021

    More stats on NLE usage here: https://board.tfl.gov.uk/documents/s18267/pic-20220720-item11a-NLE.pdf
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    Differences between the way that London Buses operate compared to the rest of the UK

    Some of the Abellio electric buses on the C10 and P5 seem to have an intermittent fault which means the route number and destination doesn't appear in TfL's Johnston100 font
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    Trainline offers tickets but not available from TOC

    Keep in mind that Trainline will charge you fees whereas you can book via any TOC website fee-free
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    Could all stations eventually get ticket barriers? And could this allow contactless PAYG to be rolled out nationwide?

    The barrier arrangements at Bournemouth make for a very poor passenger experience indeed.
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    The rapid decline of Bournemouth’s Yellow Buses network

    Details of the changes now announced: https://www.yellowbuses.co.uk/3-3x-changes
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    Barking Riverside Extension (London Overground) Updates

    Embargoed press release issued yesterday
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    Barking Riverside Extension (London Overground) Updates

    Official announcement of first day of service coming very soon indeed.
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    CLAN LINE is out and about again today.

    Drone footage at Winchfield:
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    Trivia: Stations still known by old names

    Members of my family still talk about Central station in Bournemouth
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    £2 Price Cap on fares in England - Now extended beyond October 2023

    The wording on the TfL site could be better, but they definitely don't expect you to get off the bus 62 minutes after your first tap-in. So long as you have tapped in at the start of each bus journey, you have fulfilled your obligation as a passenger.
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    £2 Price Cap on fares in England - Now extended beyond October 2023

    Geoff Marshall did a video on the longest journey you could make with a TfL hopper fare (but that was before the 70 minute limit was cut to 62):
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    Greater Anglia June 2022 strike timetable

    We travelled on the 12.30 from Liverpool Street. Busy but not full. A 10-car 720 which did a good job soaking up the passengers
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    Avanti West Coast feedback?

    They do. From the home page, click on 'Help and support' then 'More help' then 'Praise one of our team'
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    When will a St Albans / Luton train call at Cricklewood and Hendon?

    Some apps - like the excellent ByTrain iPhone app - will let you save as a 'favourite' on the app launch screen a filtered view of departures at West Hampstead Thameslink (eg calling at Cricklewood.
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    Greater Anglia June 2022 strike timetable

    There's a discrepancy between the PDF timetable on the GA website for Saturday and what's showing in the journey planners. The PDF shows an hourly service London to Chelmsford but the journey planner has some two-hour gaps.
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    Crossrail - operating discussion and opening day 24th May

    Changing to Thameslink northbound or southbound? If southbound, use the lift from the EL to TL.
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    Article: The next TfL financial crunch will be wrapped in a purple ribbon, and labelled “Crossrail”.

    At the 2012 elections both Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone pledged to bridge the gap between age 60 and the rising age of Freedom Pass eligibility - it wasn't an issue between the parties as it was in both manifestoes and would have happened whoever won.
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    Ticket Machines & Card Payments

    When paying by card on Yellow Buses or More in Bournemouth (both use Ticketer) I am always unsure as to the correct time to place by card on the reader, and how this corresponds to what is shown on the passenger facing screen. I think by default the screen says something like 'cash payment' and...
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    Potential effect of RMT strikes on Eurostar services

    I actually got the dates mixed up and we returned on Monday night as scheduled, just before the reduced timetable kicked in

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