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Re: When is a travelcard not a travelcard?

rosenst...@cix.compulink.co.uk — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 23:08:08 UT

In article <oNOdnQfAAcmXrmrXnZ2dnUVZ8nudn ...@bt.com>,
So the OP's ticket was not valid for a journey to Watford Junction then?

LU Overcrowded Terminal Capacity

tshan...@aol.com (tshanazt@aol.com) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 23:02:12 UT

Which LU stations at which trains terminate have the biggest problem
in coping with the volume of trains requiring to be dealt with,
especially at times of service disruption?

Re: When is a travelcard not a travelcard?

wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:49:31 UT

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:08:28 +0000, Tom Anderson <t...@urchin.earth.li>
wrote:
PFed, I guess, if a 1-9 ODTC is indeed what you had., as such a thing
isn't valid to Watford Junction.
Neil

Re: When is a travelcard not a travelcard?

wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:48:34 UT

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:31:58 -0600, rosenst...@cix.compulink.co.uk
wrote:
It is. What I think the OP actually bought is a Watford Junction
outboundary Travelcard, which should indeed be eaten at the end.
Neil

Re: 38 debendification imminent

wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:47:31 UT

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:11:42 +0000, Paul Corfield
Having been working near Tower Bridge and having walked from Aldwych
to there every day last week, it is quite noticeable that there is
pretty much always a Red Arrow or two in sight whenever you look up
since they were "debendified".
The stupid thing is that, even if you agree with the idea of removing

Changing from Tube to London Overground - valid out of station interchanges

sls...@yahoo.co.uk (Uncle-C) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:47:01 UT

I often have to travel from the far west and north westerly ends of
the Picc. and Met. lines to the far reaches of East London and usually
change from underground to London Overground at either West Hampstead
or Finchley Rd for Finchley Road and Frognal. I've done a search on
the TFL site for my particular journey and it now seems that Kilburn

Re: When is a travelcard not a travelcard?

t...@urchin.earth.li (Tom Anderson) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:08:28 UT

Huh. So should i actually have been excessed or something?
The chap at Wallington seemed to think a Z1-9 TC was the thing i wanted; i
suppose it's no great surprise that he wasn't immediately familiar with
the ins and outs of the rules.
tom

Re: When is a travelcard not a travelcard?

notvalidpmsc...@btinternet.com (Paul Scott) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:59:41 UT

Correct, nearly. Watford Junction is just outside Zone 8, because in that
area there is no Zone 9.
Paul S

Re: North London Line closures

j...@[127.0.0.1] (Steve Fitzgerald) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:33:36 UT

In message <5MFJm.10862$s_4.8...@newsfe02 .ams2>, "hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk"
<hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk> writes
In the case of the ELL, the LUL drivers were displaced to a 'depot of
their choice'. I gather many (most?) chose to transfer to Leytonstone
and have duly been trained there on the Central line. This has caused a

Re: When is a travelcard not a travelcard?

rosenst...@cix.compulink.co.uk — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:31:58 UT

In article <alpine.DEB.1.10.0911081954090 .1...@urchin.earth.li>,
[link]
s-7-9-plus-watford-junction.pd f
Isn't Watford Junction outside Zone 9? I thought it comprised just Chesham
and Amersham.

Re: North London Line closures

hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk (hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:23:11 UT

I heard about plans to shut down the line during the first quarter of
this year.

Re: North London Line closures

hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk (hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:22:25 UT

What does happen with staff when a line is put out of service? What has
also happened with staff from the East London Line and what will happen
with them once the line goes back into service, which I understand to be
23 May 2010.

When is a travelcard not a travelcard?

t...@urchin.earth.li (Tom Anderson) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:18:56 UT

When it's to zone 9.
Woke up at a friend's place in Wallington, near Croydon and far from the
Pays du PAYG. Wanted to go home to god's own Finsbury Park, then visit a
convalescing friend in Watford and then come home again. So, bought a Z1-9
travelcard.
I happily used to the ticket to take the Southern to Victoria, the Vic to

Re: Jubilee line this weekend

zen83...@zen.co.uk (Zen83237) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:12:23 UT

Doesn't the DLR do that?
Kevin

Re: Kensal Crossrail Station/North Pole Depot

docnews2...@gmail.com (Bruce) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 20:09:07 UT

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:59:22 -0000, "Zen83237" <zen83...@zen.co.uk>
wrote:
Yes, the present Aylesbury depot was constructed in Network SouthEast
days as part of the so-called "Total Route Modernisation" of the
Chiltern lines.