No Engineeering Works on the Underground This Weekend!
I wondered where the board with the information was yesterday, as I travelled on the Underground to and from Euston.
But it wasn’t needed!
I suppose someone thought about all the Jubilee traffic.
A Dalmation on the Tube
Dalmations don’t have the reputation of being the brightest of dogs and perhaps this is why you don’t see too many. In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen one since I moved to London.
So it was quite a surprise to see one behaving very well on a lead in the depths of Highbury and Islington station this morning.
A Design Crime – A Badly-Designed Handrail
I noticed this hand rail on a new Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 double-deck bus.
A Badly-Designed Handrail
The supports for the handrail mean that you can’t slide your hand up the rail, as you climb the stairs. The supports too are square, with unnecessary sharp corners.
When you have a hand with limits to what it can do, you want the rail to be as smooth as possible. This is only one example of several that I’ve encountered on London’s transport system. Some of the worst examples are on steps into the Underground.
Paying by Phone
They are discussing this on BBC Breakfast this morning.
It won’t work for me, as I use a 12 year old Nokia 6310i. In fact, I’m now going the other way, taking just one credit card, my camera and my Freedom Pass with me, when I go travelling or shopping in London. I sometimes leave the phone at home anyway, as when I’m in the Underground, there is no signal.
It Was the Jubilee Line Again
When there is a London Underground chaos story, it’s always the Jubilee line, just like it was on Wednesday. I think a lot has to do with Blair’s government, who were desperate to get it finished for their millennium bash at the Dome, so they paid what the workers demanded. But you never hear of such horrendous problems on other lines.
How Few Use Oyster!
On the London Underground this morning, I was surprised how many people seemed to be holding old-fashioned card tickets.
Is Transport for London doing enough to tempt passengers to use the cheaper alternative of an Oystercard.
A Thought of Angel on Google
This was the Thought of Angel yesterday.
Thought of Angel – Google
No-one was seeming to mind, that it was a bit sexist. Or are wives and their mothers still fair game.
You Get a Better Class of Busker in St. Paul’s Tube Station
I took this picture tonight, on the mezzanine floor between the escalators at St.Paul’s Tube Station.
A Busker with a Celtic Harp
I would have thought that usually those playing a harp, were well above the cathedral, rather than underneath it!
I hope I got the type of harp right!
Clapham High Street and Clapham North Stations
Clapham High Street station will be on the London Overground from December 2012 and Clapham North station is on the Northern Line. So how do they rate as an interchange?
This picture shows the view of Claphsm North from under the bridge by Clapham High Street station.
Looking Towards Clapham North Station
The station is in the distance on the right. And this shows the view the other way.
Looking Back at Clapham High Street Station
It’s not too far to walk and Clapham North station does have escalators. But it also has rather a scary platform.
A Scary Platform at Clapham North
With a tricky set of stairs to get down to it.
Tricky Stairs at Clapham North Station
It was a station that I was glad to leave on a train.
I asked how the two stations rated as an interchange. I managed to use them successfully, but the platfdorm gave me the willies.
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Borehole Cooling at Green Park Tube Station
Green Park Tube Station is cooled using water from a borehole in the park. The method is described here.
Cooling Unit in Green Park Station
The picture shows the cooling unit above the Victoria line platform.
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