Roland Perry wrote:

In message ,
Colin Rosenstiel writes

to go anywhere useful beyond St Pancras


Surely that will also require the rebuilding at Blackfriars and London
Bridge. Are either of those expected to be done by 2007?

I think that's what he meant... and no. 2070 maybe.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

In message , Dave Arquati
writes
to go anywhere useful beyond St Pancras
Surely that will also require the rebuilding at Blackfriars and
London Bridge. Are either of those expected to be done by 2007?

I think that's what he meant...

He was commenting on a signalling upgrade, actually.
--
Roland Perry

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 at 01:47:00, Colin Rosenstiel
wrote:

The latest is the Cambridge station signs which say "Cambridge one". Is
that as in "Free the cambridge one"?

No, it's as in "Cambridge one, Oxford three", of course.....
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 8 March 2004

In message
"Brian Watson" wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
...
In message
"Brian Watson" wrote:

[snip]

And how much did they pay for this masterpiece of rebranding, I wonder?



About one.million

Thanks.

I always wondered what "money going down a plughole" sounded like.


errm, it was a joke...

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
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In article ,
(Annabel Smyth) wrote:

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 at 01:47:00, Colin Rosenstiel
wrote:

The latest is the Cambridge station signs which say "Cambridge one". Is
that as in "Free the cambridge one"?

No, it's as in "Cambridge one, Oxford three", of course.....

Not often.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , Dave Arquati
writes
to go anywhere useful beyond St Pancras
Surely that will also require the rebuilding at Blackfriars and
London Bridge. Are either of those expected to be done by 2007?

I think that's what he meant...

He was commenting on a signalling upgrade, actually.

My current understanding is that the signalling to reach even St Pancras
Midland Road is uncertain. Such is the shambles sometimes described as our
railways. :-((

--
Colin Rosenstiel

I know the name of the rail company taking over ALL train services from
Liverpoool Street today is "One". [www.onerailway.com]

BUT - Was my friend winding me up today (1/1/04) when he said the tannoy
announcement he heard this morning at London LS, instead of being "the
0730
First Great Eastern service to ....." was changed to "the 0730 'One'
service
to ....." ?!!



So to Passengers on the platform, this would have sounded like the
"OH-SEVEN-THIRTY-ONE service to....."

Did anyone miss the train by a minute?

What about another scenario:

"The train on platform (tannoy goes crackly) is the 11:42 ONE sevice
to Liverpool Street" (passengers who are only half listening make
their way to platform one, and miss the train.)

What a ****ing stupid name for a TOC.

On 2004-04-07, The Fish wrote:
"The train on platform (tannoy goes crackly) is the 11:42 ONE sevice
to Liverpool Street" (passengers who are only half listening make
their way to platform one, and miss the train.)

So change the announcements to
"The train on platform x is the 11:40 service to Liverpool street operated
by One".

--
Simon Hewison

"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
...
In message
"Brian Watson" wrote:

[snip]

And how much did they pay for this masterpiece of rebranding, I wonder?



About one.million

Oi, you nicked my joke P (see one of the earlier one.threads)

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Updating regularly throughout 2004
Rich Mackin (rich-at-richmackin.co.uk)

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Simon Hewison wrote:

On 2004-04-07, The Fish wrote:
"The train on platform (tannoy goes crackly) is the 11:42 ONE sevice
to Liverpool Street" (passengers who are only half listening make
their way to platform one, and miss the train.)

So change the announcements to
"The train on platform x is the 11:40 service to Liverpool street operated
by One".

Or "The train on platform x is the 11:40 service to Liverpool street"; why
does it matter who's operating it?

tom

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Osteoclasts = monsters from the DEEP -- Andrew