Where are you on the transport network?

[T & P]

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That loco looks properly pissed off. What did you say to it?

 

[teuchter]

That loco looks properly pissed off. What did you say to it?

It's probably that you've mis-identified it as a loco.

 

[A380]

Another day another S bahn

 

[A380]

Name that U bahn

 

[A380]

Tonight’s hour late ride.

 

[A380]

Another day, another suburban rail station.

 

[wtfftw]

 

[Isambard]

5 in the morning, dropped off with a smile and a wave from the guard as she knew the only reason to get off here at Kralovany Zastavka SK was to climb the Šip mountain.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

 

[teuchter]

 

[tim]

Much to my surprise, I'm (was) on a Number 15 "Heritage Routemaster" bumping along Fleet Street towards Tower Hill.

This was fine until the conductor told me that they don't take the "blue cards", so I got off at St Paul's.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Much to my surprise, I'm (was) on a Number 15 "Heritage Routemaster" bumping along Fleet Street towards Tower Hill.

yes - they were kept on by TFL when routemasters came out of 'proper' service, but TFL stopped it when covid happened, and decided not to continue running it at a fairly high cost.

it's been taken on by a private operator outside the TFL network (like the open top sightseeing buses are), but it's premium fares for tourists and they don't accept travelcards / oyster etc.

 

[hash tag]

Much to my surprise, I'm (was) on a Number 15 "Heritage Routemaster" bumping along Fleet Street towards Tower Hill.

This was fine until the conductor told me that they don't take the "blue cards", so I got off at St Paul's.

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Just remembered it's the bus day down at Brooklands today

 

[tim]

yes - they were kept on by TFL when routemasters came out of 'proper' service, but TFL stopped it when covid happened, and decided not to continue running it at a fairly high cost.

it's been taken on by a private operator outside the TFL network (like the open top sightseeing buses are), but it's premium fares for tourists and they don't accept travelcards / oyster etc.

£2.50 which isn't too premium, but as I have a pass, I was not going to pay the extra, particularly as I wasn't informed when boarding.

 

[hash tag]

What price to pay to keep a classic routemaster on the road

 

[tim]

What price to pay to keep a classic routemaster on the road

I felt that too, slightly. I got off and caugh a Boris Pseudomaster back to Charing Cross Station, where I was quite tempted by the beautiful open top Routemaster the was at the stop when I arrived.

I got my comeupance on the way home as my phone got snatched by a young person who was far more athletic than me.

 

[hash tag]

I got my comeupance on the way home as my phone got snatched by a young person who was far more athletic than me.

Thats shit. So sorry to hear that.

 

[tim]

Thats shit. So sorry to hear that.

It was a bottom of the range Redmi9 with a cracked screen which I bought 3 years ago. I'll go out and buy myself something cheap and cheerful to replace it tomorrow.

 

[teuchter]

This sets unrealistic expectations for what you find when you exit the station.

 

[hash tag]

That looks like a toy town picture but the GWR benches are great.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

This was fine until the conductor told me that they don't take the "blue cards", so I got off at St Paul's.

you could have done the traditional thing, and got on the next one, travelled a few stops until you had to leave, and so on - (the alternative was asking the conductor for somewhere in the other direction)

although not sure how frequent it is and how many times you'd have done that before the first conductor came round again...



and at phone.

 

[A380]

Chain Ferry!

 

[skyscraper101]

 

[T & P]

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Surely that tells us where you’re going rather than where you are now

(No, I can’t be arsed to google the flight number).

 

[Elpenor]

JFK if anyone is curious

 

[T & P]

Is it common for flight departure boards in America to display a list of people on standby?

 

[Elpenor]

Is it common for flight departure boards in America to display a list of people on standby?

As I understand it yes for internal flights; it is usually for people with flexible tickets who want an earlier or later and if someone doesn’t turn up or misses their connection those on the standby list get a seat

it works the same way for giving space available upgrades for status holders I think, if economy is full but business isn’t they’ll bump people up to business to clear space in economy

That’s how it was explained to me when I took an internal flight from Chicago to San Francisco anyway

 

[planetgeli]

This sets unrealistic expectations for what you find when you exit the station.

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That's nice to see. Glad they're still doing it (who pays?). There was a time when a lot of stations were like that, I think there used to even be a prize for best kept station.

Then everything went concrete and bland.

 

[iona]

That's nice to see. Glad they're still doing it (who pays?). There was a time when a lot of stations were like that, I think there used to even be a prize for best kept station.

When I helped set a station gardening group a few years ago there was theoretically money available from the railway people (Govia Thameslink in our case) but they didn't seem to understand about plants being seasonal, so in reality we'd pay for stuff ourselves and occasionally get money back for bigger purchases months later. I got the impression from the other station gardening groups I visited that they did the same.

 

[teuchter]

I know someone who helps with one, the train company pays for a limited amount of stuff I think & the volunteers can claim a couple of free tickets per year.