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Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
7 responses
As if bus/train/tube journeys aren’t already miserable enough, we all know the cold and flu season is upon us now that every carriage/bus/platform sounds like an infirmary. As I sat on the tube this morning and a man plopped down next to me and proceeded to splutter, gasp, gulp and hack non-stop throughout the...
Posted by Kerryc about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
2 responses
Apparently, if you happen to have moved to places in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire etc. then you’re in for a shock. The travel fares for trains will go up around 20% plus, say in Stevenage and Hitchin. The worse hit are apparently in Bedfordshire towns like Biggleswade, Baldock etc. It will be very unfair for...
Posted by iris about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
16 responses
My daily journey involves a half hour commute in/out of London on an overground train. I CANNOT stay awake. This leaves me open to the dangers of missing my stop and shoulder drool. I’ve tried listening to music, and discovered I can sleep through Nirvana. Reading is a definite no-no. Short of continually bash...
Posted by Pizzey about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
2 responses
A while ago, before the re-launch of this site, I remember reading a post by “Mr Frisky” about an experience he had on an underground platform. He was pushed on a tube platform which was very overcrowded and ended up being bowled over down the platform when a train came in. “Mr Frisky” if ...
Posted by msflic about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
51 responses
Had the pleasure of my lovely nephew’s company on Saturday, as i took him to the Tower of London. As he’s eight and walks or is driven to school he loves going on the tube, and at every stop he asked me, is this your favourite station? Which got me thinking, is there such a thing as a great tube station....
Posted by msflic about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
4 responses
How old should you be before getting on the bus, tube or train by yourself? I ask because yesterday, my lovely nephew, who’s eight, was put a bus home by his father as my sis couldn’t pick him up from school, as she’d been carted off to St. Georges a couple of hours earlier. The journey was on the ...
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Posted by cobo04 about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
26 responses
Just wondering if anyone out there has seen anything odd while on public transport. For me, I was on a tube to Farringdon, crowded as usual, then a girl who was standng by the door hanging onto the rail, shreaked, everyone looked, there she was holding on for dear life and a spider was slowly crawling along the r...
Posted by WillTheUnwise about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
20 responses
In London we have the choice of at least five types of public transport: The Tube, The Bus, The River Boat, The Train and The Taxi. Of all the types of public transport which do you prefer and why? For me the cab is too expensive and I don’t live or work on the river which leaves me: 1. The Tube R...
Posted by Robo about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
31 responses
“Person under a train”? “Customer action”? “Customer incident”? How do you think they should publicly announce these? Should we be preserved from the gory details of whatever’s impeding our journey? Or should we have our faces rubbed (metaphorically) in it?
Posted by lesdog about 1 year ago
Last active 12 days ago
46 responses
Who are these people who get on a busy train and then stand right in the doorway, when there is a queue of people behind them waiting to get on. Who are they, where do they come from!? What makes a person so dense that they have no awareness of their physical space, or the courtesy to look behind and see if they m...
Posted by unknown about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
16 responses
I got on the train with my two bags and fell completely flat on face, bags all over the carriage, because of my heels. I quickly had to get up and go to the next carriage where no one had seen me. I can still hear the loud splat as I landed. Unfortunately I left my book in the first carriage but was too embarrass...
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Posted by cobo04 about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
44 responses
Coming home last night, heavy rain and train signals out due to a lightning strike on the box, just one train per hour or less out of Paddington on the local route. Crammed into the carriage, we trundled into Ealing Broadway. There were two guys by the door, vetting passengers before letting them board, if they w...
Posted by Pan about 1 year ago
Last active 12 days ago
33 responses
I’m off to France tomorrow morning, via Stansted airport. I’m going with my sister, who insists on getting the train, as opposed to the coach. Now I don’t want to get in a huge rant and risk a flaming, because I know some of you have vicious tongues and fingers, so all I’ll say is this: why d...
Posted by Gulliver about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
10 responses
Yes I know that it’s not very original but I’ve got to go otherwise I’ll never get free accomodation in South Africa again! I’ve to get something sorted (costume and/or props) for tomorrow. I’ve also got to go to an engagement party beforehand so can’t look too ridiculous. Help...
Posted by pepsy about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
14 responses
Ok I’ve been building lastrounds.co.uk for about 16months now, so I thought that I should launch it even though its slightly buggy. The aim of the Last Rounds Project is to promote safe and sensible drinking. It does this by not only listing pub opening times, but also local transport links – last tra...
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Posted by pottytime about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
24 responses
I’m usually sympathetic to strikes – well, no, actually, I’m frequently not, but tube strikes always strike me as non-productive. All they do is piss off the only people who are likely to support them. If they just said “We’re going to leave all the ticket barriers open and not collect ...
Posted by logomomo about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
8 responses
Faulty tracks on the Viccy line, Kings Cross closed so the Piccy line was running at half speed, derailed train on the Central line, Circle Line part suspended and God knows what else (all of this after similar cock-ups yesterday). Odly, none of this is down to terrorism, it’s down to faulty infrastructure. ...
Posted by yossarian 8 months ago
Last active 7 months ago
13 responses
It has been a source of mounting irritation on train journeys to see estate agents are claiming Wandsworth Common, Clapham Junction and Balham as their homes as if this something to be proud of and applauded e.g “Wandsworth Common home of Douglas & Gordon” This isn’t exactly blue plaque lev...
Posted 8 months ago 3 responses
Hundreds of commuters were stuck underground for nearly 3 hours last night, their hometime ruined by a power failure on the Jubilee Line. As usual, such bad news doesn’t make it onto TfL’s website but the BBC report that Blitz spirit prevailed with resigned passengers sharing food and seats while the unfortunate driver kept them up to date with… well, not very much really. ‘Read More”:http://londonist.com/2008/04/detrainment_and_2.php
