"Joe Patrick" wrote in message
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From April 2006...
http://www.railwaysonline.co.uk/news/news.asp?story=276

1st of April 2006 down at The Drain will find droves of would-be travellers
exclaiming "you're joking!"

Kinda poetic, actually.

--
Brian
"Anyway, if you have been, thanks for listening."

wrote:

No big secrets, but I can't think of a line more suited to
evening/weekend closures,

Disagree. With the access problems for things like rails and sleepers,
progress would be very slow if the project were done piecemeal, with
very great risks of disruption every Monday morning.

or where the 2 min journey time decrease is less relevant.

It's very relevant on a line with only five trains, because you can run
more journeys with the existing stock. How are they going to achieve 2
minutes compared with the current 4?

Some classic "LUspeak" though - "heritage features to be retained
- EH?2 (must be the NSE finishes at Bank!) and the phrase "show
piece project". The trains are so little used in comparison to
other lines they hardly need livery change, new
upholstery or changed window glass - why not do something about the
window etching endemic on the other lines run by Metronet?

The livery is NSE and is 12 years old. Remember that there is no easy
way to take stock off to a depot for refurbishment in n years time, and
only one spare train currently. In my view it's sensible to use the
5-month break to refurbish even if it's a bit early.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

asdf wrote:
(snip)
And what about "replacement of old Network Rail engineering features"!
A bit of airbushing of history going on there...

And it's somewhat confusing to even bring Network Rail into the
picture, as LU took over the line directly from British Rail in 1994.
Network Rail has thus never had custody of the line.

Looking at CULG, it's intriguing to note that within LU, the W&C line
has been under Central Line management, then Bakerloo line management,
and then East London Line management. When the East London Line ceases
to be an LU operation then the W&C will need yet another new management
home. I wonder what the reason is for all these changes.

On 29 Sep 2005 01:35:18 -0700, "Mizter T" wrote:

And what about "replacement of old Network Rail engineering features"!
A bit of airbushing of history going on there...

And it's somewhat confusing to even bring Network Rail into the
picture, as LU took over the line directly from British Rail in 1994.
Network Rail has thus never had custody of the line.

That was rather my point...

Still, at least if they set their targets low, we won't be
disappointed. Replacing every piece of former Network Rail
infrastructure on the line shouldn't be too hard...

Mizter T wrote:

asdf wrote:
(snip)
And what about "replacement of old Network Rail engineering features"!
A bit of airbushing of history going on there...

And it's somewhat confusing to even bring Network Rail into the
picture, as LU took over the line directly from British Rail in 1994.
Network Rail has thus never had custody of the line.

.... and there were never any Romans in York, Chester or London ...
--
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said:

. improved platform train interface

What on earth does this mean in plain English? I can just about guess
the other ones, but this has me really puzzled.

wrote in message
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said:

. improved platform train interface

What on earth does this mean in plain English? I can just about guess
the other ones, but this has me really puzzled.


Do not 'mind the gap' anymore, perhaps?

Paul

"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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said:

. improved platform train interface

I can just about guess
the other ones, but this has me really puzzled.

Do not 'mind the gap' anymore, perhaps?

I don't think the platforms on the W&C are curved and gappy anyway. I
suspect they mean level access ... but since IIRC the Bank platforms can not
be reached from the street by a wheelchair anyway, that seems fairly
pointless. Then again, it's batter to get this stuff done when the line is
shut than to have to shut the line again when a lift is put in. I guess that
the NSE stripes on the platforms will be disappearing.

--
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

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:02:44 +0100, wrote:

said:

. improved platform train interface

What on earth does this mean in plain English? I can just about guess
the other ones, but this has me really puzzled.


You won't have to Mind The Gap :-)

Laurence Payne said:

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:02:44 +0100, wrote:

said:

. improved platform train interface

What on earth does this mean in plain English? I can just about
guess the other ones, but this has me really puzzled.


You won't have to Mind The Gap :-)

Thanks.