u/JailbreakHat

Under current plans, TFL would start running services from Moorgate to Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City as a part of London Overground network. But the fact that Moorgate being right next city of London and Bank station made me think that a Crossrail service running from North (Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City) to South West (possibly Epsom, Hampton Court and Chessington) would actually be a brilliant idea. The new Crossrail would use the current Northern City Line tracks north of Moorgate and the Moorgate terminus would simply be removed in favour of a new station that would connect to Moorgate Tube station from the North and Bank tube station from the south. South of Bank station, this new Crossrail would take over the Waterloo and City Line and then stop at Waterloo to provide major interchange to Waterloo and Waterloo East mainline stations. Following Waterloo, it would have a new station that would have an underground link to Battersea Power Station before continuing to Clapham Junction where the new line would connect to the existing SWR tracks and then continuing down south west. This would make a lot of sense and would also be more cost effective compared to the Elizabeth Line due to the fact that it will use existing tunnels, meaning less boring of new tunnels and maximum utilisation of existing services.

As far as some forum members suggested, Arriva London’s DW258 is the oldest London bus in service as of now with its plate being registered in November 2009. However, Go Ahead London still has WVL274 which had its plate being registered in October 2009. I wonder which one of these is actually older, being the oldest bus on TFL service?

I wonder which variant of Gemini 2 is the most reliable? VDL DB300, Volvo B9TL or Volvo B5LH? And which one is your favourite?