"Cheeky" wrote in message
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On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 18:14:45 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 18:28:30 +0100, Cheeky wrote:

They have litter bins in Israel and (AFAIAA) they have developed a
relatively bomb-proof one.....

The big railway seems to have taken to using clear plastic bin bags
hanging from a loop, which may not exactly be bomb-proof but will
avoid any additional shrapnel, and hopefully any device would be
visible.

Neil

These appeared for a while on the streets in Manchester as well -
unfortunately Network Rail/FNW have not cottoned on to this at the
stations :-(

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the benefit of your
wisdom, rather than blame the Train Operating Companies / Network Rail /
London Underground.

"Robin Mayes" wrote:
"Cheeky" wrote:
These appeared for a while on the streets in
Manchester as well - unfortunately Network
Rail/FNW have not cottoned on to this at the
stations :-(

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security
Agency the benefit of your wisdom, rather than
blame the Train Operating Companies / Network
Rail / London Underground.

Who are the Transport Security Agency? Do you
mean the US Transportation Security Administration
www.tsa.gov? If so, I think their interest in
litter bins (or indeed trash cans) on the
Underground would be limited.


Matt Ashby

"Matt Ashby" wrote in message
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"Robin Mayes" wrote:
"Cheeky" wrote:
These appeared for a while on the streets in
Manchester as well - unfortunately Network
Rail/FNW have not cottoned on to this at the
stations :-(

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security
Agency the benefit of your wisdom, rather than
blame the Train Operating Companies / Network
Rail / London Underground.

Who are the Transport Security Agency? Do you
mean the US Transportation Security Administration
www.tsa.gov? If so, I think their interest in
litter bins (or indeed trash cans) on the
Underground would be limited.


Matt Ashby


Funnily enough I reckon the US TSA needs as much help as possible with
security. When I was in New York every station had litter bins/black
rubbish sacks all of which seemed a natural target for bombers.

Worse still was Wall Street where the copious number of police officers were
using gas lighting to see the crowds with!

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 09:30:55 +0100, "Robin Mayes"
wrote:


"Cheeky" wrote in message
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On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 18:14:45 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 18:28:30 +0100, Cheeky wrote:

They have litter bins in Israel and (AFAIAA) they have developed a
relatively bomb-proof one.....

The big railway seems to have taken to using clear plastic bin bags
hanging from a loop, which may not exactly be bomb-proof but will
avoid any additional shrapnel, and hopefully any device would be
visible.

Neil

These appeared for a while on the streets in Manchester as well -
unfortunately Network Rail/FNW have not cottoned on to this at the
stations :-(

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the benefit of your
wisdom, rather than blame the Train Operating Companies / Network Rail /
London Underground.


OK Mr Smarty Pants - perhaps you'd like to explain why it's possible
on some mainline stations but not others? Who *should* I complain
about other than the companies who actually run these stations -
Network Rail and First North Western?

WTH is the Transport Security Agency, anyway?
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In article , Robin Mayes
writes

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the benefit of your
wisdom, rather than blame the Train Operating Companies / Network Rail /
London Underground.

Perhaps you can provide details of the Transport Security Agency as I
have never heard of them.
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"Andrew P Smith" wrote in message
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In article , Robin Mayes
writes

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the benefit of your
wisdom, rather than blame the Train Operating Companies / Network Rail /
London Underground.

Perhaps you can provide details of the Transport Security Agency as I
have never heard of them.

Google is your friend

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Robin Mayes wrote:

"Andrew P Smith" wrote in message
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In article , Robin Mayes
writes

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the benefit of your
wisdom, rather than blame the Train Operating Companies / Network Rail /
London Underground.

Perhaps you can provide details of the Transport Security Agency as I
have never heard of them.

Google is your friend

And suggests that there is no such thing - there is however, a Transport
Security group (known as 'TRANSEC', like in a Tom Clancy novel or
something) at the DfT:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...ssec_page.hcsp

tom

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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Robin Mayes wrote:

"Andrew P Smith" wrote in message
...

In article , Robin Mayes
writes

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the
benefit of your wisdom, rather than blame the Train
Operating Companies / Network Rail / London Underground.

Perhaps you can provide details of the Transport Security Agency
as I have never heard of them.

Google is your friend

And suggests that there is no such thing

Well, it actually suggests that the TSA is the American government
agency for transport security. But in the UK ...

- there is however, a Transport Security group (known as 'TRANSEC',
like in a Tom Clancy novel or something) at the DfT:


http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...ssec_page.hcsp

Indeed. TRANSEC is the name given to the Transport Security Division of
the UK's Department for Transport.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Richard J. wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Robin Mayes wrote:

"Andrew P Smith" wrote in message
...

In article , Robin Mayes
writes

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the
benefit of your wisdom, rather than blame the Train
Operating Companies / Network Rail / London Underground.

Perhaps you can provide details of the Transport Security Agency
as I have never heard of them.

Google is your friend

And suggests that there is no such thing

Well, it actually suggests that the TSA is the American government
agency for transport security.

pedantIN ACTUAL FACT, it suggests that the Transport Security Agency
doesn't exist - the TSA is the Transportation Security Administration.
Although 'Transport Security Agency' is a common misexpansion of that
acronym.

tom

ps, What, you're expecting a /pedant? 8)

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In article , Robin Mayes
writes

"Andrew P Smith" wrote in message
...
In article , Robin Mayes
writes

Perhaps you should give the Transport Security Agency the benefit of your
wisdom, rather than blame the Train Operating Companies / Network Rail /
London Underground.

Perhaps you can provide details of the Transport Security Agency as I
have never heard of them.

Google is your friend


Done that - nothing relevant came up. So prove your statement.

What is the Transport Security Agency?
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