Train Geeks

NorthNineteen

Correct - my reference to LB Haringey was the largest trees adjacent to GOBLIN are in the direction.<br>

maclondon

Hmm. As someone who works in the rail industry there are some clear rules that the NR letter conflated. Any electrification works will require them to go through public consultation which they can only do once they have done the ecological survey. So they cannot just cut the trees down! The letter could be easily interpreted that the survey and the vegetation works could happen as early as October. The key is to build up a coalition including the councils to ensure they do the work in a sustainable fashion as local groups near Whitstable won - the upgrade is a good thing but they could easily ruin the environment in the meantime!

Ali

Test your knowledge on the Tube<br><br>http://www.buzzfeed.com/floperry/how-well-do-you-know-the-tube-map#34n0mdm<br><br>;

gardener-joe

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Arkady

<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><span style="line-height: normal;">2050 tube map:</span></font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><span style="line-height: normal;">http://ukfree.tv/styles/images/2014/London Infrastucture Plan 2050 Transport.svg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

gardener-joe

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Sutent

Crossrail and Highspeed will potentially change some very deprived areas of London. The benefits of highspeed outside London is very debatable. 

Arkady

I agree it's debatable. I'm pro because a) it's a good old-fashioned bit of Keynesianism, and b) I like trains.

Arkady

<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">London Overground in 2026</span><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/london-overground/gobe/user_uploads/future-london-overground-map-k-.pdf-3</span><br></div>;

Sutent

Thanks Arkady - lovely train map. I could stare at it all day.. Its been good to see the overground develop since those depressing silverlink trains. Looks like Liverpool street will be a big hub for the overground. I hope the goblin line joins up with that line at South Tottenham.

Arkady

Stations renamed for their locations, from the Londonist: http://cdn.londonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Londonist-Alternative-Names-v2.jpg

poxy

<P><A href="http://londonist.com/2014/12/the-medieval-tube-map.php">http://londonist.com/2014/12/the-medieval-tube-map.php</A></P>;

conformable_kate

the medieval tube map is good! I was about to post it too ...

Arkady

Yesterday, the Londonist had an article on how to 'guarantee' a seat on the underground.  Have you ever noticed how occasionally a train turns up that is much emptier than the preceding ones?<div><br></div><div>At Finsbury Park, the trains arriving at eight minutes past the hour (and 18, 28, etc.) start their journey at Seven Sisters, rather than Walthamstow, and as such are much less busy when they get to Finsbury Park.</div><div><br></div><div>This morning I had completely forgotten about this, but then as I walked onto a near empty carriage (the preceding one having been almost completely full) I realised that it was exactly 8:08.</div>

Sutent

@Arkady I am disappointed that you don't know this fact. I think you need to spend some more time outside the Northumberland park depot

Arkady

I know I have failed you Sutent.  I will inform my good lady that from now on we must spend even more time starting at transport infrastructure.  She will be delighted.

Sutent

The goblin line is my favourite!

TescoPigeon

It was news to me (but then I tend to fly when I can) so thanks for the heads up! Now if only there was a trick for the FCC!

NorthNineteen

A good trick on the Vic line is to stand where the white box is on the platform which leads to doors that either stop right or very close the middle exit.  I'm not sure it works at every station but has most of the ones I've tried.

Arkady

<font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">Some of you will enjoy this presentation on TfL's '2050' plans.</span></font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">http://www.londonforum.org.uk/reports/TfL_slides_for_London_Forum_event_29Jan2015.pdf</span></font><br></div>;

Ali

<p>Some of you might enjoy this</p><p> </p><p><a href="">

gardener-joe

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Arkady

Yes

gardener-joe

Nice.

Sutent

The trains look beautiful and I can't wait to get on them.. It's a shame they were built in Germany and not Derby

TescoPigeon

Hold on a sec, so we're going to be able to get a train to London Bridge from Finsbury Park? That'll be nice. Will these new trains also run in the moorgate line? In the meantime I cycle to work because I can't stand the moorgate service.

Sutent

Don't forget other exciting places like Brighton， Sutton and Kent

Arkady

@TescoPigeon - the first image below shows an overview, the second image shows the specific routes (still speculative at this point, there are others on this forum who might have something more accurate). Sorry for the low res image.<div><br></div><div>The Moorgate trains <a href="http://www.thameslinkrailway.com/about-us/improvements/">will also be replaced</a> with some sort of metro stock with a layout similar to the London Overground. They may be shorter versions of the new Thameslink Stock, or may be something else; they haven't decided yet. We should hear something soon, as the franchise agreement states that replacement should begin in 2018.<div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ClZs3SWJS-M/UTh82w32tGI/AAAAAAAAAN0/picaxKidiio/s1600/Thameslink+route+map+2013.png"><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8239189782_4cfdbaa705_c.jpg"><br></div><div><br></div></div>

Arkady

If you take the train down to King's Cross, and look to your right not long before you pull into KX, you can see this tunnel. It was built at the time of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and from 2018 will divert trains from KX to St Pancras, thence on to London Bridge via Farringdon and Blackfriars.<div><br></div><div><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Canal_Tunnels_Entrance_Aug_2014.jpg"><br></div>

Sutent

I really hope when Govia take over Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern that will offer some of the amazing train ticket deals you get on Southern trains. £10 travel cards for all day travel on all Southern trains is my favourite deal and have some amazing sunny days out on the South coast