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![]() "Gary Jenkins" wrote in message om... During the hot spell last week the announcer at Westminster Tube was advising passengers to carry bottled water with them. As far as I know the tube has been operating for over 100 yeras without any seriious incidents of dehydrated passengers. Have the operators now lost confidenc in their ability to get people to their destination within a reasonable time? For the last two summers, bottled water was being handed out at many central tube stations free of charge in the mornings, although I strongly suspect that this gesture was entirely at the expense of Volvic/Evian/Whoever, rather than being a LU or TFL-sponsored thing .... Matt |
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 12:05:28 +0100, "Jack Taylor"
wrote: "JB" wrote in message ... Might be an even better idea if they had some free water fountains on each platform. It wouldn't be allowed by H&S. Water would have to be in sealed containers. I remember that when I was a sprog Barons Court had a fountain on at least one platform. Fountains in parks etc were more common than now. One I remember still stood six months ago in the entrance to the park near Turnhan Green station.Not the park directly opposite,the one other side of the bridge. ISTR that it and others like it (big brown things) had metal cups attached by chains as well. And I also remember being admonished for taking a drink from a horse trough of which there were still working examples around. Despite availing myselfs of these facilities which have been withdrawn now because of Health concerns I seem to have not suffered. Needed a visit to a GP last year due to a broken ankle. Found since my last visit which was to register back in 1974 that the practise had closed and flats built on the site. G.Harman |
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Last year our mate Ken made lots of noises about requiring TfL to get on
with cooling the tube, etc. It all seems to have gone quiet - anyone know whether any progress has been made? John In article , M J Forbes writes "Gary Jenkins" wrote in message . com... During the hot spell last week the announcer at Westminster Tube was advising passengers to carry bottled water with them. As far as I know the tube has been operating for over 100 yeras without any seriious incidents of dehydrated passengers. Have the operators now lost confidenc in their ability to get people to their destination within a reasonable time? For the last two summers, bottled water was being handed out at many central tube stations free of charge in the mornings, although I strongly suspect that this gesture was entirely at the expense of Volvic/Evian/Whoever, rather than being a LU or TFL-sponsored thing .... Matt -- John Alexander, |
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![]() What is the perceived hazard from having water coming out of a tap, the way it has done for many decades and the way that it still does in private houses? As long as the water comes from the rising main and not from a storage tank, I don't see what the problem is. Especially considering some stations appear to have water continually leaking from unknown sources onto/into the trackbed. Andrew |
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In message , Richard J.
writes I believe so, and I find that a request for "une carafe d'eau" is accepted more willingly in France than asking for tap water in an English restaurant. I have never been charged for tap water in either country, though I once found a restaurant (Old Siam in Reading) that refused to serve it. I've often asked for, and got, a jug of water in London restaurants. I've not been refused yet, though I have to be quick before someone in the group pipes up for 'mineral water, please'. -- congokid Good restaurants in London? Number one on Google http://congokid.com |
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J.B.:
Might be an even better idea if they had some free water fountains on each platform. Jack Taylor: It wouldn't be allowed by H&S. David Walters: Why not? One of the things I like about The US is in most public places [there] will be a water fountain. True, but I can't think of any subway systems that have them on the platforms. Some cities prohibit eating and drinking on subway trains. There are two classes of problem. The first is that a drinking fountains aren't usually placed in environments frequented by those who would vandalize them, assault others with a spray of water, and so on. Okay, maybe "frequented" is too strong, but you know what I mean. Second is the possibility of the fountain causing an accident. If there is water then it will be spilled sometime, and someone will slip, fall the wrong way, and (choose the one you care more about) suffer a serious injury and/or file a lawsuit. Yeah, this is possible anyway where the platforms are exposed to rainwater, but water fountains would certainly increase the probability. In addition, one could imagine the case where a defective fountain produced a continuous stream of water that flowed down to track level and, despite the third and fourth rails being raised on insulators, managed to contact something live. It seems unlikely to me that this presents a serious risk, but I could be wrong, and to safety Nazis, "unlikely a serious risk" is insufficient anyway. Besides all that, someone would have to pay for it. And that includes drainpipes as well as a water supply. -- Mark Brader | The last 10% of the performance sought contributes Toronto | one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems. | -- Norm Augustine My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
. .. there is nothing in law to stop anyone charging for tap water in their own establishment I've been informed that the difference between a pub and an inn is that inns are legally obliged to give free water. This sounds like an urban myth to me. -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes |
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Jack Taylor wrote:
"JB" wrote in message ... Might be an even better idea if they had some free water fountains on each platform. It wouldn't be allowed by H&S. Water would have to be in sealed containers. Presumably that doesn't include the water on platforms that was once rain? |
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In message , M J Forbes
writes "Gary Jenkins" wrote in message . com... During the hot spell last week the announcer at Westminster Tube was advising passengers to carry bottled water with them. As far as I know the tube has been operating for over 100 yeras without any seriious incidents of dehydrated passengers. Have the operators now lost confidenc in their ability to get people to their destination within a reasonable time? For the last two summers, bottled water was being handed out at many central tube stations free of charge in the mornings, although I strongly suspect that this gesture was entirely at the expense of Volvic/Evian/Whoever, rather than being a LU or TFL-sponsored thing .... Last summer we had crates of bottled water on the station for emergency use. Unfortunately when we thought we might need it a week or so ago, it was all past its Sell-By date. -- Kat Me, Ambivalent? Well, yes and no. |
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John wrote:
In article , M J Forbes writes "Gary Jenkins" wrote in message .com... During the hot spell last week the announcer at Westminster Tube was advising passengers to carry bottled water with them. As far as I know the tube has been operating for over 100 yeras without any seriious incidents of dehydrated passengers. Have the operators now lost confidenc in their ability to get people to their destination within a reasonable time? For the last two summers, bottled water was being handed out at many central tube stations free of charge in the mornings, although I strongly suspect that this gesture was entirely at the expense of Volvic/Evian/Whoever, rather than being a LU or TFL-sponsored thing .... Matt Last year our mate Ken made lots of noises about requiring TfL to get on with cooling the tube, etc. It all seems to have gone quiet - anyone know whether any progress has been made? John One of his manifesto points is to have air-conditioning installed on the new subsurface fleet, thus bringing it to at least four lines (assuming the ELLX will use other, mainline stock - if it ever gets built). -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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