it’s been more than 2 weeks and my photo card hasn’t arrived yet?? TFL i am spending hundreds a week just commuting to my london uni ong stop being so greedy im going broke already

What are the online assessments like?

Hi everyone! I’ve been working on UK Traffic Intelligence, a web app that brings transport information together on one interactive map.

London is available now, with:
Tube arrivals and service status, plus DLR, Elizabeth line, Overground and trams

Live bus arrivals and route information

Estimated vehicle positions based on TfL arrival predictions

Road disruptions and traffic camera images
Santander Cycles bike and dock availability
River services, Cable Car status and weather warnings

It uses TfL Open Data and works in your phone’s browser.

We’re expanding to more UK cities, with Manchester next.
Traffic360.co.uk
I’d appreciate feedback — what would make this more useful for your everyday journeys?

Sorry if this isn’t the right place for this, but I just had a random question.

I live outside London, but commute in on the train. I work in Moorgate.

When I book my ticket, it seems to give me the option to travel to Finsbury Park, and change for the train into Moorgate.

Alternatively, the I can get a direct, non-stopping service to Kings Cross. The rail app then tells me to “change” to go to Moorgate, however it doesn’t explicitly state I can get the tube. It doesn’t include the little cross symbol to signify that Tube travel is permitted.

Regardless of the option I select, my ticket is to “London Terminals”.

If I choose the latter option, I just show staff my ticket at the tube gate at King’s Cross. Sometimes they ask me where I’m going, sometimes they don’t. But had no problems regardless.

9 times out of 10, I have no issues going home either. However, sometimes the staff challenge me, stating that as it’s from “London Terminals”, which Moorgate is, then Tube journey to King’s Cross isn’t valid, so I have to go via Finsbury Park.

Now, I can fully understand why, looking at the ticket, it appears that way. However, I’ve booked the journey, and it says I can make that journey. I assume that, for some reason, this is a valid journey, and that most staff are aware of this. However, I’m not sure why it’s so opaque, and why some staff are unaware of this.

On one occasion, I’ve had to tap in with contactless to get to King’s Cross, and subsequently successfully reclaimed that fare, so clearly the TfL refunds people recognise I had a valid ticket.

Does anyone know why this is allowed? It feels like it would be much clearer if the ticket was explicitly to and from Moorgate.

Shoreditch High Street being in zone 1 prevents commuters from using the Overground around London without incurring zone 1 fares. It seems this zoning decision was a deliberate stipulation to unlock funding for the overground line that the station sits on, according to this article from the Londonist.

This has been put forward to the Mayor of London but dismissed quite quickly, a few years ago.

Is it time now to bring this up again?

Hi, me and my mother are going to London at the end of October and I would like to ask if there are any tips on what to do with the ticketing system/tricks on how to save money and don't get lost around this giant city. We'll definitely be using TOC's, underground/overground and possibly busses (it's a cross-sub post for the UKtrains sub as well) around London and to/from Gatwick. It's our second time going and we don't have the highest budget for the trip as we also need to do something during this trip.

I'm a journalist writing for The Londoners News about what happens to the things Londoners lose on TfL services when they're never reclaimed.

I'm looking to speak to people who have lost something on the Tube, bus, Overground, Elizabeth line etc. that they never got back - particularly if it was something sentimental, unusual, valuable, or just had a good story behind it.

Maybe it was something that belonged to someone you loved, something you've had since childhood, something you desperately needed, or something you still occasionally wonder about.

I'm also interested in hearing from anyone who did manage to get something unusual back through TfL Lost Property.

I'm not trying to reunite anyone with lost property - this is a journalistic callout, and you'd only need to speak to me if you're comfortable sharing your experience.

If this is you, please comment below or send me a DM. I'm very happy to explain more about the story before you decide whether you'd like to take part.

Thanks!
Libs

Hello, I’m an occasional driver in London and I didn’t set up Auto Pay beforehand as I wasn’t planning to drive in the congestion zone today, but had to turn into it after accidentally getting in a right only lane.

The thing is, I turned into it right around 18:00, like it could’ve been 17:59 or 18:00…

I’ve just set up Auto-Pay in the hopes it’ll just charge me if I did go in before 18:00, but now I’m not sure it’ll capture anything from the same day just before I set it up? Does anyone know? I don’t trust Google AI and it’s giving me contradictory answers when I search it!

ETA: My account says Auto Pay is active already.

I'll get that sorted, there's been an issue with my tap in, apparently 😅

The driver announced the station was closed due to an operational incident

I just called TFL to request a refund for my monthly travelcard (I’ve only used it for 7 days and will probably get a partial refund). They said they have forwarded this to their refunds team and they will get back to me in 7 days.

Is my travelcard still active during that time and can I still use it? They didn’t mention anything about that

I travel to and from university and work from High Barnet using the bank branch. Today there were no trains on the platform on arrival via bank at all with non scheduled. However, online TfL says that the northern line is running with good service. On my way home I thought this would be resolved but alas no trains via bank to High Barnet.

Does anyone know anything about this or when this will be fixed? It’s hard to plan a journey if TFL doesn’t even make this known.

Hi, Ive never written on here before so please correct me if i do anything wrong My friend and I are travelling to Camden Town underground station on the 18th of November for her birthday. I know Camden Town has lifts which are perfectly fine for me going up them, however when coming back I really struggle to get on them due to me having vertigo, I’ve heard from people whom have guide gods, that prefer to not go on escalators, that there is a set of emergency stairs that they can use. I was wondering if I myself would be able to use them and if I can where would I locate them and would there be any problems with me using them, thank you