On May 6, 12:32*pm, 1506 wrote:
On May 6, 11:50*am, solar penguin wrote:

Clive Page wrote:

If the trains are to go all the way to Watford Junction, why don't they
continue along another bit of under-used track and take the Metropolitan
Line to St.Albans Abbey?

They're having enough trouble getting the money for just going as far
as Watford Jn.

Moreover, the Met. would need some very expensive engineering in order
to go over, or under, the WCML. *I am not sure it is even possible.

Could be possible, but very expensive!
It could be similar to the flyover at Nuneaton?
Lets just get the Croxley Link built first!

Burkey

On May 6, 5:10*am, burkey wrote:
On May 6, 12:32*pm, 1506 wrote:

On May 6, 11:50*am, solar penguin wrote:

Clive Page wrote:

If the trains are to go all the way to Watford Junction, why don't they
continue along another bit of under-used track and take the Metropolitan
Line to St.Albans Abbey?

They're having enough trouble getting the money for just going as far
as Watford Jn.

Moreover, the Met. would need some very expensive engineering in order
to go over, or under, the WCML. *I am not sure it is even possible.

Could be possible, but very expensive!
It could be similar to the flyover at Nuneaton?
Lets just get the Croxley Link built first!

Moreover, it is not TfL's job to operate rail service accross Hertford
County.

On May 7, 6:49*pm, 1506 wrote:
[snip]
Moreover, it is not TfL's job to operate rail service accross Hertford
County.

What's a county in the American state of North Carolina got to do with
this?!

On May 8, 9:07*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On May 7, 6:49*pm, 1506 wrote:

[snip]
Moreover, it is not TfL's job to operate rail service accross Hertford
County.

What's a county in the American state of North Carolina got to do with
this?!

You know very well to which Hertford County I refer.

On May 8, 9:23*pm, 1506 wrote:

On May 8, 9:07*pm, Mizter T wrote:

On May 7, 6:49*pm, 1506 wrote:

[snip]
Moreover, it is not TfL's job to operate rail service accross Hertford
County.

What's a county in the American state of North Carolina got to do with
this?!

You know very well to which Hertford County I refer.

But I don't know why you refer to it like that - this be Englandshire
after all.

On May 8, 9:33*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On May 8, 9:23*pm, 1506 wrote:

On May 8, 9:07*pm, Mizter T wrote:

On May 7, 6:49*pm, 1506 wrote:

[snip]
Moreover, it is not TfL's job to operate rail service accross Hertford
County.

What's a county in the American state of North Carolina got to do with
this?!

You know very well to which Hertford County I refer.

But I don't know why you refer to it like that - this be Englandshire
after all.

Technically accurate, thought provoking, and appeals to one who mildly
Aspergers. Why do our friends accross the Irish sea reverse the word
order (e.g. County Carlow) I wonder?

"1506" wrote

Why do our friends accross the Irish sea reverse the word
order (e.g. County Carlow) I wonder?

Not specifically Irish, but used where the county and a town in it have the
same name, and the shire suffix doesn't apply. The one English example is
County Durham.

Peter

On May 9, 6:23*am, 1506 wrote:
Technically accurate, thought provoking, and appeals to one who mildly
Aspergers. *Why do our friends accross the Irish sea reverse the word
order (e.g. County Carlow) I wonder?

What do you mean, "reverse the word order"? The point is that
"Hertford County" is completely unidiomatic even in British usage,
precisely because the word order is wrong.

Usages would be

Hertfordshire
County of Hertford (obsolete pre-1974 legal usage)
County of Hertfordshire (modern legal usage)

All that the Irish do is drop the "of", like we do with Durham. (And
even then, "County of Durham" can be found in acts of Parliament)

Even "Hertfordshire County" is more idiomatic than "Hertford County",
which has never been proper usage in Britain in either of our
lifetimes.

--
Abi

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(burkey) wrote:

On May 6, 12:32*pm, 1506 wrote:
On May 6, 11:50*am, solar penguin wrote:

Clive Page wrote:

If the trains are to go all the way to Watford Junction, why don't
they continue along another bit of under-used track and take the
Metropolitan Line to St.Albans Abbey?

They're having enough trouble getting the money for just going as
far as Watford Jn.

Moreover, the Met. would need some very expensive engineering in order
to go over, or under, the WCML. *I am not sure it is even possible.

Could be possible, but very expensive!
It could be similar to the flyover at Nuneaton?
Lets just get the Croxley Link built first!

There has long been a flyover at Nuneaton. They only modified the southern
approach.

To be honest I'm surprised that Clive should suggest this.

--
Colin Rosenstiel