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Museo H Zero in Florence - excellent little model railway museum in the heart of the city. Think a smaller version of Hamburg's Minatur Wunderland.
https://www.hzero.com/en
Actually, Florence in generally is a beautiful place to stop off and visit for a day or two.
I was able to top up the two anonymous cards we bought on our trip to Paris this spring using my smartphone and the NFC function. Pretty handy for buying passes/tickets without having to go to a ticket machine.
Don't see why this would be a problem. There's 4G coverage everywhere on the Tokyo Metro (I was there last week) and talking on phones on the trains over there is generally frowned upon. Most people were simply messaging or web surfing.
I've walked up City Road to Angel many times. Usually takes me no more than 15-20 mins, so perfectly feasible to walk between those two stations in less than an hour.
No mention of Clapham Junction? Fine if you're heading for Victoria, Waterloo or the Overground but try to head somewhere on the SWT suburban lines and you have to spend a few minutes studying the departure board to know which platform you need to trek to.
I regularly use the 68 along this stretch and I'm not surprised that this has happened (thankfully not to a bus I'm on). It's not unknown for buses to speed along the stretch trying to beat the traffic lights at Aldwych. In fact there has been several occasions where it feels like the bus just...
I think it'll only alleviate the Lexington Avenue line somewhat. Commuters still pile off Metro North trains at Grand Central and some will need to head downtown and their only option is the 4/5/6. I really think the MTA need to consider some sort of Crossrail scheme linking up Metro North with...
Being a former Blackbird Leys resident this is certainly a welcome development. If it's going to be served by trains, then, (conflicts at Kennington aside), it makes perfect sense to just extend the Marylebone services down to Cowley with the possibility of an extra Oxford-Cowley shuttle here...
The closest we have to ticket validation is touching in with an Oyster card in London. An Oyster is invalid if it isn't touched in (especially with PAYG cards). The DLR is gateless on most of it's network, which relies on people's honesty when using it.
Another heads up for Larchmont (my dad and family live there). Rye is also worth a visit. Lots of nice little towns (well it's actually just urban sprawl) along the NE Corridor up into Connecticut. Greenwich and Stamford are also worth a visit. Lots of Amtrak services stop at Stamford, CT...