The London Underground
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I had credit on my Oyster card and for a full days use I was charged no more than £5.10, I too consider that cheap and value for money.
yeh i guess, but not when you compare it to the prices 6 years ago 
all relative i suppose.
it can seem great and cheap if you're just visiting, but having to use the tube every day is expensive, especially when you factor in the other high costs of living in london.
the strikes and delays are a joke though, and that's what londoners have to put up with. when the system works and it's not ridiculously hot, it's great.
rush hour and strikes is another matter though
all relative i suppose.
it can seem great and cheap if you're just visiting, but having to use the tube every day is expensive, especially when you factor in the other high costs of living in london.
the strikes and delays are a joke though, and that's what londoners have to put up with. when the system works and it's not ridiculously hot, it's great.
rush hour and strikes is another matter though
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Soldato
Hear hearThat said, if you are getting the tube around the West End, it's when you get the A-Z out and wander round a bit that you realise that, although probably the most used journeys by tourists, they are also by far the most unnecessary journeys with just about everywhere you could want to be, being abotu 10-15 mins walk tops
Soldato
Embankment to Charing Cross is where it's at
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definitely. i want smash every idiot in the face that gets on at covent garden and gets off at leicester square
the last carriage is still in one station when the driver reaches the next
charring cross and embankment is another one iirc!!! 1 minute walk
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i think i've been NanosecOWNED
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£120 for a months travel zones 1-3, that's a £4 a day.
Whereas the monthly costs for a car are considerably more, and rarely is a car needed in London.
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As an occasional visitor to London, I like the Underground system. I visited the London Transport Museum and that was fascinating.
On 'Most Haunted' with Derek Acorah, they visited Aldwych Station which is now closed which also looked great to have a wonder around. All the tunnels and parked up stock.
There's a bit about people buried from the plague disrupted the digging of some tunnels as the pits were so deep.
Anyway, no matter how hard you look, you can never find 'Walford' tube station.
On 'Most Haunted' with Derek Acorah, they visited Aldwych Station which is now closed which also looked great to have a wonder around. All the tunnels and parked up stock.
There's a bit about people buried from the plague disrupted the digging of some tunnels as the pits were so deep.
Anyway, no matter how hard you look, you can never find 'Walford' tube station.
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Although I know you're exaggerating I also know that it's not far off the truth. I walked it on tuesday and it isn't far at all.definitely. i want smash every idiot in the face that gets on at covent garden and gets off at leicester square
the last carriage is still in one station when the driver reaches the next
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metro in paris is the same
When they're not on strike.
I use the LU everyday of the week. It has its problems, it gets hot, but my god would London be stuck without it. It truly is a marvelous service, despite the complaints from ignorant indivduals.
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its an awesome way to get around the city tbh, very efficient, i was impressed when i went.
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You can if you look in Elstree...
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IIRC they've fitted underground cooling to a station or two and are rolling it out completely over the next couple of years.
Also, the new subsurface S rolling stock will have conventional A/C. The deeper lines are two deep and the tunnels two narrow for it to be used there so they'll have to rely on station based cooling until they find an alternative for the deep line rolling stock.
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Not sure whether it's on purpose or not but the trains themselves seem to do a good job of pushing cool air through the tunnels and up into the stations.
It seemed that way anyhow!
It seemed that way anyhow!
