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TfL now have nine Travelcard zones (though as you said before, only the first six are in Greater London).

dg writes: In it goes...

Andrewh | 09.06.08 - 1:42 a.m. | #

There are actually 10 - Watford Junction is in zone W.

See pages 43-51 of ">this 7MB PDF

dg writes: OK, let me add "numbered" zones.

London Undergroudn crosses the Thems 11 itmes (W-E):
District (Richmond), District (Wimbledon), Victoria, Jubilee, Northern (CX), Bakerloo, W&C, Northern (Bank), Jubilee x3.

dg writes: OK, let me add "tunnels beneath".

Mr Thant | Homepage | 09.06.08 - 2:22 a.m. | #

IanVisits blogged about the Post Office underground railway recently. The video footage there is well worth a look! I visited at King Edward Building in 1978, opened for the 50th Anniversary.

I believe the bags/containers were numbered to indicate which station they were destined for,numbering going east-west. I think Paddington was No.10(!) Anyone know why?

felix | 09.06.08 - 3:23 a.m. | #

DG.
The Wiki page you link to notes four London and Home Counties Acts - in 1920, 1924, 1926 and 1938. None of these include Sussex, East or West. Territorial 'Force' included Sussex in 1908 and 1948, but for recruiting purposes.

As a Londoner with strong ties to both East and West Sussex, I've always assumed the Home Counties to be those "counties that border or surround London", much as the Wiki's opening sentence has it.

I may be numerically challenged, but surely, therefore, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey rightfully belong two days ago.

dg writes: I tried the Home Counties fact for 7, and got told off. The Wikipedia map lists 9, so I've gone with 9. I can't win on this one.

Jakartass | Homepage | 09.06.08 - 7:20 a.m. | #

No, you can't win on Sussex. When you say "traditionally there are 9", I wonder how traditional you are being, as East and West Sussex only became separate counties after the County of Sussex Act 1865. Before that, Sussex was a single county. As it is, we still have a single police force and single county cricket club.

graybo | Homepage | 09.06.08 - 9:20 a.m. | #

Not exactly current, but there were (I think) 9 Chancery Inns.

(I'm now standing back and waiting to be corrected...)

dg writes: Erm, that page says there were ten, then eight, but only lists nine.

Three-Legged-Cat | Homepage | 09.06.08 - 2:27 p.m. | #

Coming soon:
My A-Z tells me that ten is the lowest number not to be used to start a street name in London (in either the ordinal or cardinal forms).
If you don't count words that start with the letters 'Ten...'.

Mark | Homepage | 09.06.08 - 6:48 p.m. | #

'Nine Elms' probably doesn't fit the rules but I'm driven to mention it nonetheless.

dg writes: oh yes, I'll add that to the list.

drD | Homepage | 10.06.08 - 2:37 a.m. | #











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