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In the New Year, I'll be travelling to central London in February on a Friday. I'm coming from the West of England, and I was thinking of parking and then getting the tube. Can anyone recommend a good place to park? Thanks.

My son recently bought me a t-shirt from the Transport Museum in Covent Garden. On the front of it is the Underground roundel with the date 1970 beneath. Can anyone explain the significance of 1970? Thanks.

Has anyone been watching The Tube: Going Underground TV series on Channel 5? It focuses more on the engineering aspects of the Underground which for me makes it more interesting than some previous series.

People often talk about the "golden age of steam", but when was it? Thanks.

A couple of months ago, I saw a train book in a garden centre which had pages you remove to make paper/cardboard model trains. I went back yesterday to buy it, but alas it was no longer there! I've tried googling, but had no success. Has anyone any idea what the book might be called...

When I use Google Maps to suggest a journey from Paddington to Liverpool Street, it sometimes says to take the District Line eastbound which then changes into a Hammersmith and City Line train as it arrives Edgware Road. Is that correct? Now suppose I go to that District Line platform and a...

This family photo was taken somewhere on the Ffestiniog Railway in the mid-to-late 1970s. I'm at the front of the photo. I'm visiting the railway later this year with my family and would love to find the same spot and take another photo there. I wondered whether it was on the platform at...

Does anyone know whether the rolling stock operating companies (Angel Trains, Porterbrook and Eversholt) run their own maintenance depots? If so, where are they? Thanks.

Here's a collection of tube maps, covering various things like average rent, journeys, a geographically-accurate map, life expectancy, art nouveau, a 3D map, track and platform diagrams, a hexalinear night tube map, a New York-style map and the future as seen in 2004...

http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/new-images-unveiled-of-elizabeth-line-stations-set-to-open-in-2018 There's a gallery of artists impressions of many of the new and updated stations. The stations look spacious but all a bit the same grey/silver for my liking. A little more colour...

Interesting article in today's Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/07/zac-goldsmith-tube-london-underground-tory-mayoral-candidate In summary: I liked these observations in the article too:

Does anyone know whether a map exists showing the locations of all the train depots in the UK? Thanks.

Is it true that some signalling on the Underground still uses punched cards?

This has just been confirmed ... http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/04/royal-mail-secret-railway-reopen-next-year There are some pictures here: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2014/mar/25/royal-mail-open-mail-rail-public-in-pictures Tried to attach a pic but it didn't...

Interesting article about Underground station designs, including a map identifying which stations are of which design ...

Is anyone going to the next open weekend at the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton on 23rd/24th April? I'll be taking the family on 24th. http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/museum-depot/open-weekends

http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/new-apprenticeship-target-for-major-rail-projects-to-spur-gender-diversity New 2.5% apprenticeship target for major rail projects to spur gender diversity HS2 Ltd, Network Rail, Transport for London and Crossrail have agreed to stretch the...

Anyone know if it's possible to buy the "Above Ground" poster which is displayed in many Piccadilly line trains?

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Hi. I've just joined the site, and this is my first post! I'll be visiting central London for a day for work in January, and I'll have an hour or so to spare towards the end of the day. I love the S-stock trains, so I'll make sure I travel on one of those. I'd like to visit an...