My journey to work

Random things about a randomly picked subject. Today: transport in London. And some fess up Friday too.

Tube tragedy

Tragic. Romantic. But. Pretty. Cute. Guy.
(See also: Tube Tragedy I)

Mind the gap

Should I be worried about the fact that I have been trying to touch out with my home keys in stead of my Oyster card the last two days, while leaving the tube station?

Tube dogs

Those two did accompany me this morning on my travel on the Hammersmith & City Line. Trust me they look more dangerous than they were, they were quite cute, and a bit bored and not too happy to be on the train. And they have this intensely sad look on their face. They are [...]

Tube tragedy

Tragic. Romantic. But. Pretty. Scrummy. Man.

Buses in London

I think I was the only person smiling this morning at Victoria Station.

Rayners Lane

OK, so I left work at 5pm, because I thought 2 hours and 15 minutes would be enough to travel to the end of the world. Or the end of the tube map rather, I needed to go to Uxbridge which is the end of the Piccadilly Line, there were the trains drive of [...]

Heavy Loads not permitted

Now, I have 2 questions:
1. Why did they use the “” around Heavy Loads ?
2. And what do they mean with Heavy Loads in the first place ? How heavy are we talking about ?
(Picture taken at an Underground station, and I don’t rrreally remember which one at the moment (annoying isn’t [...]

14 reasons to love the London Underground:

If you just missed a train, the next one won’t be far away.
You never really know for sure how the world looks like when you popup above ground again. Life is an adventure.
Yes sure there are delays sometimes. But I have never seen delays being notified so clearly. And [...]

Afgezien van de ontzettend korte transport- en wachttijden, viel me iets anders op in de tube. De rust. En de grote hoeveelheden mensen die een boek lazen. Opvallend. Toen ik later bovengronds in een dubbeldekker terecht kwam, kwam ik erachter waar de rust in de tube vandaan kwam. Mobieltelefoons werken niet ondergronds !

Tubeguru (en makkelijker ook niet).