Archives for the 'public transport' Category
Information systems are complicated according to First Capital Connect
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
I recently wrote to First Capital Connect, who manage the railway station at Loughborough Junction. I wrote because the so-called real time train information is frequently incorrect for services operated by train companies other than FCC. I regularly catch Southeastern trains from this station, and while the trains are routinely late, the display will continue [...]
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. Today [...]
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 low, [...]
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 [...]
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 a [...]