Metropolitan Line Delay Journey Diary

30. October 2017 · Write a comment · Categories: Travel · Tags: , , ,

Every day I take the metropolitan line from Chalfont and Latimer to Moorgate starting from about 7 to 8 am. Here is a quick diary of delays I have experienced.

Remember if your journey is delayed for more than 15 minutes you are entitled to a full journey refund -login to TFL and follow the Service Delay Refund link.

Note – only delays on the journeys which have affected me are listed:

Friday 27th October

Train: 07.41

Delay: 20 minutes

Refunded: yes

Signal failure around Wembley area. Train terminated at Harrow. Next running train terminated at Wembley. Took Jubilee line to Finchley road, changed back to Metropolitan line

Vodafone Wireless London Underground – Not Connecting Automatically – Fixed

11. November 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: Computers, Mobile Phones, Networking · Tags: , , ,

It has been possible to use Vodafone wireleless on the London underground for some time and according to Vodafone’s info page your phone should connect automatically.  Mine didn’t and neither do many peoples on Vodafone’s support forum.

I hadn’t had the need to use WiFi on the underground as I only traveled very sporadically for work into London, but now I’m doing it daily I thought it would be useful. Well it would have been had it just connected automatically – it didn’t.  Vodafone’s suggestion for if it doesn’t automatically connect is to use the “Virgin Media” WiFi, which although it works it takes you to a captive portal page and requires you to sign in with your Vodafone user name and password.  That’s a bit rubbish as when passing on the tube you ate only stationary for about 20 seconds.
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