Blasts hit London - Page 4

brianleahy · #25 July 8th, 2005, 07:18 PM

Shookster - a silly question, if I may, just a cultural ignorance factor...

Am I correct in thinking that "The tube" is the subway system? Commuter rail? In short, the same system that was bombed?

I ask, because at least in the Cleveland area, you actually can't book tickets weeks in advance on our commuter trains. I mean, you can buy the tickets in advance, but they aren't for a specific time or date - they're good for whenever you walk up and decide to get on...

Shookster · #26 July 9th, 2005, 04:33 AM

Yeah, the tube is the underground.

It's just that I live about 80 miles away from London so I have to catch the train to London Waterloo and then switch to the tube. I can catch the tube train at any time, but obviously the time I catch it is limited by the time I arrive at London Waterloo.

brianleahy · #27 July 9th, 2005, 11:12 AM

Ah, gotcha. That makes sense.

Shookster · #28 July 9th, 2005, 05:15 PM

Part of Birmingham has just been evacuated as a "precautionary measure":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4668313.stm

Btw, for those that don't know, Birmingham is the second-largest city in the country after London.