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January 23rd 14, 04:03 PM
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January 23rd 14, 04:57 PM
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On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... |
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January 23rd 14, 05:04 PM
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On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... Just listened to the 6pm BBC London radio bulletin, which included an excerpt of Mr Holness speaking to them earlier on the phone - he said it was a mixture of concrete and water, which led to the signalling system cutting out as it's supposed to. |
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January 23rd 14, 05:32 PM
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On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. |
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January 23rd 14, 11:08 PM
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Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ...
On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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January 23rd 14, 11:23 PM
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On 24/01/2014 00:08, Richard J. wrote: Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ... [...] The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? A BAM Nuttall and Taylor Woodrow 50:50 joint venture. http://www.bamnuttall.co.uk/PDFfiles/VictoriaStationUpgrade.pdf http://www.taylorwoodrow.com/Projects/Victoria-Station-Upgrade.html |
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January 23rd 14, 11:31 PM
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Mizter T wrote:
On 24/01/2014 00:08, Richard J. wrote: Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ... [...] The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? A BAM Nuttall and Taylor Woodrow 50:50 joint venture. http://www.bamnuttall.co.uk/PDFfiles/VictoriaStationUpgrade.pdf http://www.taylorwoodrow.com/Projects/Victoria-Station-Upgrade.html Presumably this error was committed by a elf-employed subcontractor of a subcontractor of a subcontractor? |
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January 23rd 14, 11:38 PM
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In article , (Richard J.)
wrote: Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ... On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...ictoria-line-i s-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? BAM Nuttall (of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway fame) according to my informant who pointed to http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...-line-suspende d-after-control-room-is-flooded-with-cement. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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January 24th 14, 11:51 AM
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On Thursday, 23 January 2014 18:32:39 UTC, Mizter T wrote:
The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. His Holness has forgiven all errant workers for any past misdeeds. |
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#10
January 25th 14, 03:44 AM
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It's good that they have a concrete reason.
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