http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...dcasting-house

"There is direct access from there to six new TV studios, suspended on
enormous steel springs, designed to counteract vibrations caused by the
Jubilee Line."

I know the Jubilee Line passes beneath Park Square, but surely only the
Bakerloo and Victoria Lines go near enough Broadcasting House to vibrate it?

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:11:49 +0000
Basil Jet wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...dcasting-house

"There is direct access from there to six new TV studios, suspended on
enormous steel springs, designed to counteract vibrations caused by the
Jubilee Line."

Thats not true - they were installed for the next time Vanessa Fletz next does
a TV show.

B2003

"Basil Jet" wrote in message

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...dcasting-house

"There is direct access from there to six new TV studios, suspended on
enormous steel springs, designed to counteract vibrations caused by
the Jubilee Line."

I know the Jubilee Line passes beneath Park Square, but surely only
the Bakerloo and Victoria Lines go near enough Broadcasting House to
vibrate it?

I had the same reaction when I read that story, but I suspect that they
meant the Bakerloo line.

In message , at 12:11:49 on
Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Basil Jet remarked:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...adcasting-hous
e

"There is direct access from there to six new TV studios, suspended on
enormous steel springs, designed to counteract vibrations caused by the
Jubilee Line."

I know the Jubilee Line passes beneath Park Square, but surely only the
Bakerloo and Victoria Lines go near enough Broadcasting House to
vibrate it?

Baker St to Bond St goes nowhere near Portland Square. I suspect a
sub-editor has got his lines crossed.

(I'll get my coat).
--
Roland Perry

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:23:06 -0000, "Recliner"
wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote in message

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...dcasting-house

"There is direct access from there to six new TV studios, suspended on
enormous steel springs, designed to counteract vibrations caused by
the Jubilee Line."

I know the Jubilee Line passes beneath Park Square, but surely only
the Bakerloo and Victoria Lines go near enough Broadcasting House to
vibrate it?

I had the same reaction when I read that story, but I suspect that they
meant the Bakerloo line.


It is, in fact, the Bakerloo Line which runs down Portland Place. The
southbound track runs right under one corner of Broadcasting House.
At Regent's Park Station the line is deep enough to warrant a lift,
but by Oxford Circus it has come close enough to the surface for
escalators to suffice.

Jeffrey Smith.

On 2011\01\24 16:27, Jeffrey Smith wrote:

It is, in fact, the Bakerloo Line which runs down Portland Place. The
southbound track runs right under one corner of Broadcasting House.
At Regent's Park Station the line is deep enough to warrant a lift,
but by Oxford Circus it has come close enough to the surface for
escalators to suffice.

I think Oxford Circus was busy enough for the original lifts to be
replaced by escalators, but Regents park wasn't.

Roland Perry wrote on 24 January 2011 12:30:20 ...
In , at 12:11:49 on
Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Basil remarked:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...adcasting-hous
e

"There is direct access from there to six new TV studios, suspended on
enormous steel springs, designed to counteract vibrations caused by the
Jubilee Line."

I know the Jubilee Line passes beneath Park Square, but surely only the
Bakerloo and Victoria Lines go near enough Broadcasting House to
vibrate it?

Baker St to Bond St goes nowhere near Portland Square.

True, since Portland Square is in Wapping.

Basil actually mentioned Park Square, which is at the northern end of
Portland Place. If you don't believe that the Jubilee goes anywhere
near Park Square, ask the Journey Planner for a journey from St Johns
Wood to Marylebone via Waterloo, use a View button to look at one of the
offered journeys and click on one of the map icons (not the PDF ones).
You'll see that the Jubilee runs close to the Bakerloo for most of the
way from Marylebone to Regent's Park.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

On 2011\01\24 18:14, Richard J. wrote:

Basil actually mentioned Park Square, which is at the northern end of
Portland Place. If you don't believe that the Jubilee goes anywhere near
Park Square, ask the Journey Planner for a journey from St Johns Wood to
Marylebone via Waterloo, use a View button to look at one of the offered
journeys and click on one of the map icons (not the PDF ones). You'll
see that the Jubilee runs close to the Bakerloo for most of the way from
Marylebone to Regent's Park.

Thanks! I mentioned Park Square because IIRC there's a Jubilee Line
fanshaft there.

Basil Jet wrote on 24 January 2011
18:29:05 ...
On 2011\01\24 18:14, Richard J. wrote:

Basil actually mentioned Park Square, which is at the northern end of
Portland Place. If you don't believe that the Jubilee goes anywhere near
Park Square, ask the Journey Planner for a journey from St Johns Wood to
Marylebone via Waterloo, use a View button to look at one of the offered
journeys and click on one of the map icons (not the PDF ones). You'll
see that the Jubilee runs close to the Bakerloo for most of the way from
Marylebone to Regent's Park.

Thanks! I mentioned Park Square because IIRC there's a Jubilee Line
fanshaft there.

That's right. An elegant little octagonal structure. It should be
viewable (outside only obviously) on 11 & 12 June 2011 (London Open
Garden Squares weekend).
http://www.opensquares.org/detail.php?square=ParkSq
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

In message , at 18:14:25 on Mon, 24
Jan 2011, Richard J. remarked:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...adcasting-hous
e

"There is direct access from there to six new TV studios, suspended on
enormous steel springs, designed to counteract vibrations caused by the
Jubilee Line."

I know the Jubilee Line passes beneath Park Square, but surely only the
Bakerloo and Victoria Lines go near enough Broadcasting House to
vibrate it?

Baker St to Bond St goes nowhere near Portland Square.

True, since Portland Square is in Wapping.

Basil actually mentioned Park Square, which is at the northern end of
Portland Place. If you don't believe that the Jubilee goes anywhere
near Park Square,

Much confusion here... the new BBC building is east of the old one at
the southern end of Portland Place. Over half a mile away from Park
Square.

ask the Journey Planner for a journey from St Johns Wood to Marylebone
via Waterloo, use a View button to look at one of the offered journeys
and click on one of the map icons (not the PDF ones). You'll see that
the Jubilee runs close to the Bakerloo for most of the way from
Marylebone to Regent's Park.

Agreed, the Jubilee is shown much further east than I expected, but the
new BH extension is just by the kink in Portland Place immediately north
of Mortimer Street. The Jubilee is shown some five blocks to the west of
there.
--
Roland Perry