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l don’t know when you’re travelling but if it’s more than 60 days away then you may be able to get a £10 advance ticket with Heathrow Express from Paddington, when combined with a £2.80 peak/£2.70 off-peak zone one Contactless or Oyster fare this compares favourably with the £13.30 fare from...

They give you 10% back in credit, plus an additional 1 Avios per £1, effectively worth an 11% discount. There have also been offers in the past where they sell discounted gift cards.

This is not a new thing. Anyone who lived in London during the mid-2000s cannot fail to remember the scourge of teenagers playing music out loud on buses. It got so bad there were numerous questions asked in the London Assembly with the mayor eventually being persuaded to have TfL start a...

What you consider to be a “proper First class” is a relatively new innovation post-privatisation, with prior to that First class on InterCity services typically including tea and coffee and maybe a packet of biscuits/snacks or the odd exception like some wine on a Friday evening train. Food...

In my experience it’s very rarely worth booking direct, given that with Hotels.com you get a reward night credit for rooms booked by UK-based customers (they are rolling out a new inferior reward scheme which is currently in place for US-customers so this may change in the UK soon) and also...

Contactless or Oyster really isn’t suitable for this type of trip. You can try as hard as you like to avoid hitting the maximum journey time [it isn’t two hours BTW, it depends on the individual journey and time/day you are making it; see here], but it’s very easy to trigger an OSI, of which...

A few on the Met line. West Ruislip to lckenham (or Ruislip) Kenton to Northwick Pk

Whilst it is true that most of the crowd is going Southbound from Wembley, unlike certain stations where different queues may be set up for different destinations, into Wembley Park it is just one group en-masse, so any congestion control is implemented on Olympic Way for the entire crowd and so...

I’m not a actually sure from your post what your journey is, but if minimising walking is your objective, then I believe that interchanging between the Sub-Surface lines at Moorgate is actually a shorter walk. This is toward the west end of any Crossrail train; but not the very west end. If...

l had no choice but to drive to the airport last time. l'm assuming this is now too late for you (perhaps because you've already started your trip or you don't have access to a car)? Could you consider a car hire? Even with no rail service disruption l've seen huge waits for the taxi service at...

I was actually impressed that the Brisbane smartcard and credit was actually refundable. This is certainly not commonplace amongst cities around the world with most not offering any sort of money back at all. Some cities are particularly unhelpful (LA, I’m looking at you!) and set an expiry date...

I always hated getting the Jubilee as it feels like it takes ages, but it’s so much better now that phone signal available!

It depends on how your connections work out. I'd be tempted to get the CLR from Bond Street, although you may prefer to remain on the Jubilee line as it will feel quicker as mobile signal is available east of Westminster.

What also may be of use or interest to you is a new DLR timetable starts on Monday and according to a TfL press release issued today, DLR services on the Stratford <> Canary Wharf route are being increased from every 6-7 Min to every 4 Min at peak times (with every other train extending to...

Does anyone know the final plans for the building site that’s currently surrounded by the black hoarding (https://maps.app.goo.gl/tLkjU3iwiRBEAa6V7?g_st=ic)? Looks like when finished it could be a much more direct route from Poplar DLR to the Crossrail station.

I don’t know when you’re planning on making this journey, but there’s posters up at Hillingdon station advising the car park will be closed this Sunday and Monday (18th and 19th) to allow the station to be used for coach parking for the commemorative events in relating to the passing of HM Queen...

Yes, during the day the through services to Aldgate are those going to/from Uxbridge, Amersham and Chesham. There are also a handful of peak extras on the Uxbridge service that only go to/from Baker St and conversely a handful of peak extras on the Watford service that run through to/from...

Your real question should be about what went wrong to mean the train had to be split, not about who made the decision to manage the service for the overall good.

Absolutely the right answer. If you’re coming down the M40 (A40) Hillingdon is the obvious choice as it’s a few seconds off the slip road at the “Hillingdon Circus” junction. If you wanted to save a bit of money, about 3 minutes further along the same road from Hillingdon, is Ickenham station...

Not to my knowledge. Don’t believe free water has been handed out since a sponsorship deal 6 years ago (https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2016/july/tfl-teams-up-with-danone-to-hand-out-free-bottles-of-evian-to-tube-passenge). Only time water is provided is for customers trapped in...