As promised here are the answers to the Christmas Quiz. Comments are based on a limited number of responses sent in. Please mark your own work and tell us how you got on. The limited … The po...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2024/christmas-quiz-2023-answers/
Our annual quiz continues. 2023 seems to have provided sufficient questions for roughly the same number of questions as is usually asked. This year, there are no ‘trick’ questions in the sens...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/london-reconnections-2023-christmas-quiz/
Much has already been written about the Elizabeth line 2023 timetable – the so called ‘final’ timetable signifying the completion of the Crossrail scheme with all the proposed services impl...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/crossrail-the-may-2023-final-timetable/
The Covid pandemic has had a lasting impact on Britain’s railways. Undoubtedly the most significant impact has been on changing travel patterns in general and, in particular, a reduction in com...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/rail-ticketing-in-a-post-covid-world/
Much has been written about the Crossrail project and the benefits of the Elizabeth line. Nearly everything written about its benefits looks at the benefits to users of the Elizabeth line. But of...
Just in case anyone thought this might be a whodunnit concerning a pair of minimal trousers, let it be known that its current use is to describe an apparently strange feature of the Crossrail tim...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/the-mysterious-case-of-the-gidea-park-shorts/
We are changing our pub venue and day of the week when we will meet. We will give more details nearer the time, but for the moment please note that from March onward we will … The post Meetup...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/meetup-change-of-day-and-change-of-location/
When discussing Crossrail, commenters have often speculated on the ultimate demise of Heathrow Express – the private train operating company that runs a non-stop express service between Padding...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/the-slow-death-of-heathrow-express/
Well, this year it is really a case of mark your own homework. However, the answers sent in were invaluable in providing alternative correct answers and giving a feel for which questions were act...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/christmas-quiz-2022-answers/
2022 sees a shorter quiz than usual primarily because your quizmaster has infrequently visited central London. Thank goodness for the opening of the Elizabeth line which has helped provide some o...
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2022/london-reconnections-2022-christmas-quiz/