| Addressing Information - cost - connectivity - comfort - frequency - reliability Posted by grahame at 13:54, 15th March 2026 |     |
I am posting in "looking forward" because I am looking forward - though much of this is the experiences of yesterday and noting what could do with attention for a better public transport offering.
It's a long piece at https://grahamellis.uk/blog1900.html and goes though the current fare offerings on the TVM which could be considered to be a scam, the lack of attention to "Information - cost - connectivity - comfort - frequency - reliability" issues, and so many issues on the way home that I started with Plan A and kept swapping it for another - ending up on Plan G - but still got home only around 100 minutes after I have intended, which for a laid back day out perhaps isn't too bad?
Always looking forward, I have reached a few tentative conclusions ...
| Re: Addressing Information - cost - connectivity - comfort - frequency - reliability Posted by ChrisB at 16:35, 15th March 2026 | |
Can I recommend joining the weekly TfL email that outlines all their weekend engineering work? You would have known about the line being out between (I think) Tower Hill & Edgware Road.
Also the TfL Go app which would have planned you a working route from City Thameslink to Paddington.
| Re: Addressing Information - cost - connectivity - comfort - frequency - reliability Posted by grahame at 06:28, 16th March 2026 | |
Can I recommend joining the weekly TfL email that outlines all their weekend engineering work? You would have known about the line being out between (I think) Tower Hill & Edgware Road.
Also the TfL Go app which would have planned you a working route from City Thameslink to Paddington.
Also the TfL Go app which would have planned you a working route from City Thameslink to Paddington.
Good recommendations ... for many. I was "going with the flow" by that part of the day - I often do and until I reached Holborn Viaduct [road], I didn't even have my Plan A. I could have walked to St Pauls or Chancery Lane tubes; decision taken on spur of the moment to join the train at City and change at Farringdon. I could also have taken the 46 bus from Barts to Paddington if I wanted a tour of north London.
