philosophical
Well-Known Member
What happens if you get the line to Reading but use your freedom pass to get on at Woolwich?
The Elizabeth Line (aka Crossrail) is go!
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So its about the same - off peak I pay something like £22.70 on GWR or £15ish with a network card
souljacker
innit
mack
Fact Me Till I Fart
You can use it anytime after 9 m-f and all weekend, just show the pass at the gateline when exiting/entering at Reading.
davesgcr
Reading books
Little jaunt - Farringdon - Paddington , then right through to rain washed Abbey Wood and back again to F/don.
Stations are very impressive indeed - thought Paddington was very glitzy , but all are impressive - you come up the steep new escalators at FDN into a very airy top circulating area , with clear view out onto the old Metropolitan line facade which says in fine tile work "Farringdon and High Holborn" - someone planned that and very appropriate as it was the terminus of the very first underground line in 1863.
11 mins to Paddington - and I reckon they could reduce that a bit. The racing stretch seems to be Liverpool St to Whitechapel.
Stations are very impressive indeed - thought Paddington was very glitzy , but all are impressive - you come up the steep new escalators at FDN into a very airy top circulating area , with clear view out onto the old Metropolitan line facade which says in fine tile work "Farringdon and High Holborn" - someone planned that and very appropriate as it was the terminus of the very first underground line in 1863.
11 mins to Paddington - and I reckon they could reduce that a bit. The racing stretch seems to be Liverpool St to Whitechapel.
Numbers
an ting!
Just finished my journey and agree 100%.
tim
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No WiFi this morning going East from Custom House.
tim
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It prevented me from posting dementedly on the "Where are you on the transport network thread", so perhaps it was for the best.
philosophical
Well-Known Member
Isn't that too good to be true?
The freedom pass is theoretically the London zones, and Reading is outside them.
It would mean totally free travel for freedom pass holders from Abbey Wood to Reading?
Great if true, because then you can get a train ticket from Reading to for example Bristol, which is cheaper than Paddington to Bristol.
davesgcr
Reading books
Have to wait for later on this year for direct services across Central London - for now - Stratford is Liverpool St main line (only) - but you can get the EL from there of course towards Paddington or Abbey Wood.
I think not having to change is a good thing and will also make it more likely that it is quick as it says, unlike the tube. But don't disagree some of the journey time savings right now look a bit meh, other than Abbey Wood to Paddington.
Wasn't one of the main points that it would reduce strain on existing network? Unfortunate that it has launched at a time when passenger numbers are down... But hey, can't be a bad thing to improve travel times across London and access from some random parts of greater London.
This is saying taping out and in at slough saves you a tenner
'Confusing' Crossrail tickets mean passengers can save £10 by getting off and on again
Using Transport for London's ticketing system will cost more
www.telegraph.co.uk
TopCat
Putin fanboy
TfL services go way beyond London already (before Crossrail) and the Freedom pass works on all.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Is the Freedom Pass the 60+ one?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Same I think.
New Connections for Cycles on Trains
The Elizabeth Line finally opens on 24th May with off-peak cycle carriage permitted
lcc.org.uk
ELIZABETH LINE FULLY OPEN (SPRING 2023)
Non-folding cycles will be prohibited:- On trains arriving at Paddington (from the west) between 0730 and 0930, and departing Paddington (to the west) between 1600 and 1900;
- On trains arriving at Liverpool Street (from the east) between 0730 and 0930, and departing Liverpool Street (to the east) between 1600 and 1900; and
- On trains travelling in the Central Operating Section between 0730 and 0930, and 1600 and 1900.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i think they should have called it the (richard) brandon line
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
Had a go on it today from Woolwich to Liverpool Street - very impressed with the length of the platforms/trains, the quiet running and smoothness of it all. It’s great seeing all the new station architecture too.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I still haven't managed to work out whether the 300 still stops at Swallow Street (for the Lidl on Tollgate Road) and if so whether it will take longer to get there now if the bus is going a different route.
I am more interested in being able to access the budget supermarkets than the Crossfail.
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