Here is your first look at the London Underground! (MAYBE)

arwalden

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Fri May-07-04 04:03 PM
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Here is your first look at the London Underground! (MAYBE)

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bbernardini

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Fri May-07-04 04:05 PM
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1. Fascinating stuff, actually...

I picked up a book about the history of the Tube on my honeymoon a few years ago. Very interesting. There's a great website about the "hidden" Tube...abandoned stations and whatnot.

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Teddy_Salad

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Fri May-07-04 04:07 PM
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2. Waterloo station...

Edited on Fri May-07-04 04:07 PM by Teddy_Salad

is that the Northern , Jubilee or Bakerloo line?

Not my first look at London Underground.
I used to spend three and a half hours per day on it.

Boring but fascinating.

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truebrit71

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Fri May-07-04 04:10 PM
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5. Three and a half hours A DAY????!!!! YIKES!!!

Where were you going to/from? You can get to Manchester Picadilly from Euston in less time...

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Teddy_Salad

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Fri May-07-04 04:22 PM
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9. Yep

I was commuting from Cockfosters, the northern most point on the Piccadilly Line to Hammersmith and back every day.
It could take an hour and a half in the morning rush hour and a lot longer coming home.

That's why I love the subway here in New York, with it's express trains.
London Underground doesn't have that.

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redqueen

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Fri May-07-04 04:09 PM
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3. Neat!

Edited on Fri May-07-04 04:10 PM by redqueen

Now I get why it's called the 'tube'. Sweet!

Shakira is popular in England?

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Kellanved

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Fri May-07-04 04:10 PM
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4. been there, done that

Edited on Fri May-07-04 04:14 PM by Kellanved

Frankly it sucks: they close the place down way too early. A decent subway system should operate close to 24h, at least on weekends.
</Berlin snob>

Great thread BTW - best copycat in a long time.

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Teddy_Salad

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Fri May-07-04 04:17 PM
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7. LOL!

Yes, they do close it down too early.

I used to work in Kings Cross and on friday nights, I would go out with my workmates for a few beers.

I'd get the Hammersmith and City line home, usually the last train at around midnight and I'd always fall asleep on it and this guy who was a cleaner at Hammersmith station would wake me up every week and unlock the gate for me to get out and walk home.

I did read that they were going to have a 24 hour a day trial run last year.
But I was there last October and it was still the same.
Last trains at midnight or thereabouts.

Sux, huh?

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Kellanved

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Fri May-07-04 04:30 PM
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11. I hope they do!

24h sucks for the staff, but in the public sector it usually means more jobs. I don't know often I had to take a train way past midnight to get home, be it from a bar(no closing hour here) or from the University.
Of course everything seems to close too early in the UK ;-) . (except supermarkets)

Must have been an interesting time you had... the last train has always a special meaning - someone should do a new "night on earth", not with cabs, but on the last train in different subway systems.

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Teddy_Salad

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Fri May-07-04 04:37 PM
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13. Hey Kellanved

You are in Germany, huh?

I was in Munich ten or so years ago and was shocked at how clean the subway was there compared to here in the US and Britain.

And amazed at how punctual it was.

Truly amazing.

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supernova

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Fri May-07-04 04:46 PM
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19. Try the DC Subway

sometime. The Austrians built it. It's clean and it works very well.

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Teddy_Salad

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Fri May-07-04 04:50 PM
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21. Really?

As in Washington D.C?

I haven't ventured to D.C yet but look forward to checking out the subway there when I eventually do.

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arwalden

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Fri May-07-04 05:28 PM
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26. I Like Our Metro... I Just Wish There Was A Metro Stop Closer To My House

... but still, it's easier to drive 7 miles to the Branch Ave Metro station than to drive into DC.

-- Allen

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Kellanved

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Fri May-07-04 04:48 PM
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20. not so much in Berlin

Edited on Fri May-07-04 04:49 PM by Kellanved

The west German subways are usually from the 70s and 80s - rather small networks with modern tracks and stations.
The Berlin subway is old - punctual most of the time, but it more relies on a high frequency and many lines/stations.

Unlike the tube it is not deep underground - sometimes it is on elevated tracks, most times it is just a few meters under the ground. Many, if not most, trains are still GDR made, the older, Weimar and Imperial (and Reich), trains got only phased out in the past few years.
I'd say it is a little cleaner than the tube , certainly cleaner than the subway, but it is very unlike the West German systems - it has history .

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=1075

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Teddy_Salad

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Fri May-07-04 04:52 PM
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22. Yeah, Ive been on the Berlin too

The Metro is Paris is also very punctual.
I like that.

Punctuality is a good thing.

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supernova

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Fri May-07-04 04:11 PM
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6. Cool! Now I can say

I've seen "The Tube." :D

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PragMantisT

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Fri May-07-04 04:21 PM
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8. I especially like the "Way Out" signs

Got any photos of the Paris Metro? The Vienna underground is really handy too. But the trams go more places.

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supernova

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Fri May-07-04 04:23 PM
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10. Vienna U-Bahn

is sehr gut! I loved riding around on that thing!

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PragMantisT

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Fri May-07-04 04:35 PM
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12. U- bahn:That's the term I was looking for!

S-bahn is the trams.

How about the exit at Stephansdom? That church just keeps going up and up.

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Teddy_Salad

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Fri May-07-04 04:38 PM
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14. Stephansdom?

Where is it? And what's the church?

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PragMantisT

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Fri May-07-04 06:15 PM
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28. It's actually the Stephansplatz stop.

As you exit, you come up outside Stephansdom (the church) and it towers over the plaza. It's really something to see.

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Kellanved

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Fri May-07-04 04:40 PM
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15. S-Bahn are usually commuter trains

Using the Berlin naming convention (AFAIK it was first used in Berlin), U-Bahn is underground, S-Bahn are Commuter trains.

I've never been to Vienna (driving through, but that hardly counts), so I can't really say.

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supernova

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Fri May-07-04 04:42 PM
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17. Stra�enbahn

IIRC.

I liked it when I had time. It's much more leisurely ride through the city. Lots more elderly folks. I guess they felt more at home than on the U-Bahn.

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Kellanved

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Fri May-07-04 06:34 PM
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30. S-Bahn = Schnell-Bahn

= fast train IIRC :hi:

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supernova

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Fri May-07-04 04:45 PM
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18. Never been to Vienna!?

For shame, Kellenved!

:spank:

'Course, it figures a Berliner would say that. :P

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Kellanved

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Fri May-07-04 04:54 PM
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23. well

Edited on Fri May-07-04 04:54 PM by Kellanved

I have a Great-Uncle and a Cousin in Salzburg...

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supernova

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Fri May-07-04 04:57 PM
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25. Well, there you go..

summer is a great time to visit family.

I'd love more time to roam around Salzburg. I only spent a couple of days there.

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supernova

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Fri May-07-04 04:40 PM
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16. Stephansplatz

It's a nice plaza.

I lived out at the very last stop on the green line, Hittzing.

What's the name of the street with all the fancy shops? I can't remember now.

I liked Sch�nbr�nn. I loved walking in the garden.

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PragMantisT

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Fri May-07-04 06:12 PM
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27. Schonbrunn is a beautiful place

I got lost for quite some time in the maze.

There are some beautiful memorials there also. And a great view from tne one on top of the hill.

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Taverner

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Fri May-07-04 04:56 PM
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24. "The London Underground is NOT a political movement

...Plato was NOT Belgian
and the prime tenet of Buddhism is NOT every man for himself. I checked these things out, Otto! I looked them up!"

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terrya

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Fri May-07-04 06:20 PM
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29. Wow. It's so...clean. You should see the filthy CTA stations here

Hell, you could almost EAT off that London Underground floor.

ALMOST...

:-)

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arwalden

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Fri May-07-04 06:37 PM
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31. DC's are very clean too. (Only...)

There are no public restrooms. I guess the homeless and the pervs and the prostitutes were abusing the privilege.

Seems like the escalators work only half the time. But it could just be that I tend to REMEMBER only the times they are out of order.

-- Allen

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terrya

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Fri May-07-04 06:40 PM
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32. I was very impressed with the Metro when I last visited Washington...

The CTA wouldn't dare put in restrooms. Ugh.

Same here about the escalators. Boy, making you walk up...

T

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MikeG

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Fri May-07-04 06:57 PM
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33. Its too clean. Needs both barf and urine.

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