Archives for the 'public transport' Category
bikes on trains - now book online!
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Three years ago I ranted about the inability to make reservations for cycles on thetrainline.com. Long distance rail operators insist that cyclists make a reservation for their bicycle in advance of travelling, but in order to do this one must reserve tickets by telephone or physically at a station.
GNER have changed all this. […]
north west scotland: i like
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Sarah and I just returned from an excellent trip to North West Scotland. Sutherland and Wester Ross and thoroughly recommended.
My photos are available. Some highlights include:
Scottish figs:
Award winning beaches:
Smoo Caves:
Generally incredible views:
See the whole lot..
**update** Sarah describes the trip in extensive detail here
a right on bus
Saturday, May 19th, 2007
It’s not quite clear how anybody manages to crash so square onto the corner of a building.
This one happened on the corner of Gresham Road and Coldharbour Lane in South East London.
most transported
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
I have recently been analysing some National Statistics data taken from the 2001 census. I was pleased to observe that Lambeth, the local authority region that I live in, has the highest proportion of journeys to work made by public transport (over 58%) in the UK. It also has the fifth lowest rate of two […]
Get out and walk
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
It is all too easy to get around London. People take the tube from a to b without thinking about where these places are in real life. Afterall, the tube map is an abstraction of real life.
I particularly enjoyed the walking tube map of London (via some art students). It tells you how long […]
Happy New Train
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
On 2nd January we were greeted by widespread rail fare rises in London. For example, a return ticket to work increased in price by in excess of 23% (from £3.00 up to £3.70). I wrote to my local operator, First Capital Connect, about these rises and was politely told:
“As our fares are so […]
megatrain hits bristol
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
megatrain now takes you from bristol to london for 1 pound! (only once per day, and not on sundays).
that is the cost of just 3 first class stamps (nearly).
a side note
Friday, February 17th, 2006
Further to my last post..
I phoned First to confirm the details of my journey as the information on their web site is ambiguous. I wanted to determine:
the fare
if it is possible to board the bus on the busiest street for buses in Edinburgh
It should come as no surprise that the customer service rep […]
can you guess how much it is yet?
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
later this week, I have to take a bus trip courtesy of First Bus - which naturally fills me with dread.
when trying to find out the cost of my journey, it was no surprise to find a page like this on their web site:
For infrequent travellers, you may just wish to purchase […]
spin
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
It’s amazing how much bias can be included in a newspaper article, especially one you expect to report factually.
Today, The Times reports on the decision to axe the Gatwick Express rail service. The emphasis in the article is that cutting back this service is a bad thing. However, they conveniently fail to mention a […]