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Tony Dragon

On 09/08/2017 18:13, e27002 aurora wrote:
On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 15:10:45 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 14:36:34 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:05:22 +0100
Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 13:59:05 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:
If by on time you mean 9 years later than it should have been completed due
to
incompetance, indifference and procrastination then sure.

This complex project is bang on time, so far at least.

Complex compared to what? Certainly not any of the other rail projects
happening in London at the moment.

Blame someone else for the long gap between Eurostar's departure and

Network Rail are to blame.

No, NR doesn't have the independence, authority or budget to launch huge
speculative station and track redevelopments like that. The DfT is in
charge and holds the purse strings tightly. Perhaps it has different
priorities to you for its finite investment funds?

The eurostar terminal could have been used pretty much as was. All they'd
have had to install would be gates and departure boards downstairs in the
former eurostar concourse and the track was already linked to the rest of the
network.

The platforms were the wrong height. Moreover, the track layout and
signalling may not have been appropriate for domestic traffic.
But, you are correct, in that after the international service moved to
Saint Pancras, DfT and Network Rail should have been considering
re-utilizing the station.

IIRC the track layout gave access to only a couple of the lines out of
Waterloo, those that were used by Eurostar.

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