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    Crossrail - operating discussion and opening day 24th May

    Whenever people (who are able to go up the stairs and down the escalator) take the shortcut via the lift PLEASE spare a thought for people like me who can’t uses escalators who have no choice but to go up to the ticket hall level and back down to access the northbound TL platform!!
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    Crossrail - Construction updates and progress towards opening (now expected 24 May 2022)

    I’ve read something on twitter that says every station in the core will have a train waiting and they will all set off at 6:30, is there any truth to that or are the first trains leaving paddington at 6:33 and Abbey Wood at 6:30
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    Tapping out then tapping in straight away at the same gateline

    l’m 99% both would be 1 journey, it doesn’t matter where you originally tapped in for it to count as a OSI. Imagine it like this, somewhere in the gate line setting there’s a checkbox labeled OSI, if it’s checked it asks for the other gate line(s) that it’s an OSI with.
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    Tapping out then tapping in straight away at the same gateline

    If the gatesline is setup to be an IOS it will continue the same journey. To break the OSI you need to enter, exit straight away (again) and re enter.
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    Crossrail - Construction updates and progress towards opening (now expected 24 May 2022)

    Abbey Wood has the wrong on. It’s step free to trai, but it shows step free to platfor.
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    How likely will Farringdon become the bottleneck of the London railway network when Elizabeth Line opens?

    On the tube platforms at Farringdon some parts are step free to train but at other parts there’s a massive gap that I can’t get across in my chair and I do pretty big gaps with no problem. Rant time. I can foresee a problem with the lift layout. People who are on the southbound TL platform...
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    Northern Line Battersea Extension - Opened September 20 2021

    I’m 99% sure it’s a staff area.
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    TfL rules regarding face coverings and travelling round the Kennington loop

    if a wheelchair user did go round the loop it would create a problem as southbound the level boarding point is the 2nd carriage and northbound it’s the 5th (the same carriage north and southbound). so if they were to go round it they would be on the 2nd carriage going north which means there’s a...
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    District and Circle Lines work 4-12 August 2021

    One difference I can think of is stopping at the S8 vs S7 boards when its no a SS boar.
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    District and Circle Lines work 4-12 August 2021

    District front Upminster to Barking then H&C from Barking to Hammersmit.
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    Additional ramps at Blackfriars

    Anyone know what the left and right ramps are for (the middle is for wheelchair users), they are on on platforms 1 and 2 at Blackfriars and at no other core stations.
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    WIMBLEDON RAILWAY STATION LIFTS

    I’ve heard that the lifts at Finsbury Park to the NR platforms have be taken out due to covid, is that true?
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    Class 345 progress

    I think I understand lol.
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    Class 345 progress

    So the vehicle numbers go from 1 to 9, the 7 car units have 34504bb and 34506bb vehicles missin, have I got it correc?
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    Class 345 progress

    i meant the last few digits are the units number and the digits before them refer to the position of a carriag.

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