Transport in London in general

I feel compelled to write a review on London Underground after finally winning a crown. I have been meaning to write a review on this topic for a while now, as I have a lot to say, so bear with me and I hope you enjoy reading. If you are looking to travel into London regularly, through work of social reasons, then I am sure you will understand that pretty much the only way to go in is through the use of the tube. For those of you who are not familiar with the system there is basically a wide number of different trains that link together at certain stations, which means it is possible to get from one part of London to another without any walking, just ...  Read the complete review

I do not live in London but i am fairly regular visitor to the capital to visit family and therefore need to use the public transport as driving is a complete nightmare. My auntie used to live in Camden, north London, and getting around from there was very easy due to the tube being on the northern line and from my experience a decent bus service, sorry couldn't tell you exactly which service. Now living in Lee the train runs about every 15 minutes which is pretty impressive i feel and from her house to Leicester Square say is only about a 15 minute journey. I understand there are occasionally problems with line closures and so on but this comes with the territory of a ...  Read the complete review

Tube strikes are something that are often threatened and rarely fulfilled but during the last academic year Londoners have been unfortunate enough to have to suffer two of them. The first of these was horrendous - as I'm sure was the intention. There was complete chaos as men and women who have spent every day of their working life in the City suddenly realised that they would have to dust off their A-Z and don trainers in order to make it into work on time. Those who did not were left cramming the pavement, in crowds five people deep, in an attempt to catch a bus and then cursing at the bus conductors who were really not paid to deal with crowd control. ...  Read the complete review

Heaven help the tourist. If you were a tourist trying to get from A to B would you know whether to buy a single, return, LT Card, Travel Card, Family Travel Card or a Weekend Travel Card ? and all the prices are different depending which zone you are in or going to, or would you better with a Carnet. What a farce. It is cheaper to travel with a child than it is to travel on your own. Even then a child of 14 or 15 years has to go through the performance of applying for a photocard, bit tricky if you have just arrived in the country, as a passport is not always acceptable as proof of age ! What is more 16 year olds are counted as adults. Could you trust ...  Read the complete review

I’m a Londoner, so it may seem a little odd that I’m writing about pleasure boats, something intended for tourists.Having worked there for 30 years, you always put sightseeing on the back burner as something you can do any time, and by implication never get round to! Then I became one of 10’s of thousands of people who can say that they USED to work for BT, and suddenly going to London is no longer a daily grind, in fact I don’t suppose I go “up there” more than twice a month now, and when I do it’s for some leisure reason. I have a friend whose job has taken him to Greenwich, so I occasionally arrange to meet ...  Read the complete review