On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:
The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

B2003

On Jun 19, 12:52 pm, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

Laing own (or owned) Chiltern Railways. It's difficult to think of a
TOC more "quietly competent"[1] than that.

[1] I recall coining that phrase with relation to the Silverlink
County franchise, and I think it's a good description of what is
required from a commuter operator.

Neil

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Boltar wrote:

On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have years
of experience running railways when you can pick a building firm.

Pop quiz! Who runs (a) the Chiltern franchise and (b) the Hong Kong metro?

tom

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On Jun 19, 12:52 pm, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

Laing own (or owned) Chiltern Railways. It's difficult to think of a
TOC more "quietly competent"[1] than that.


Err.. and aren't the MTR in question the people who run the Hong Kong
metro - hardly a 'building firm'...

Paul

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Mr Thant wrote:

On 19 Jun, 10:31, Barry Salter wrote:

* Increased levels of passenger satisfaction

I love that this is listed amongst the works they're carrying out.

I heard they're bulk-buying Marathons and giving them out at gatelines.

tom

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On Jun 19, 12:15 pm, "Paul Scott"
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On Jun 19, 12:52 pm, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

Laing own (or owned) Chiltern Railways. It's difficult to think of a
TOC more "quietly competent"[1] than that.

Err.. and aren't the MTR in question the people who run the Hong Kong
metro - hardly a 'building firm'...

Paul

Just like Boltar I see Bob Crow jumped in and made a complete arse of
himself.

Kevin

On 19 Jun, 12:14, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have years
of experience running railways when you can pick a building firm.

Pop quiz! Who runs (a) the Chiltern franchise and (b) the Hong Kong metro?

Do they? Oh well , my mistake then.

And in reply to another poster , thats more than Bob Crow would ever
admit.

B2003

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03:52:52 on Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Boltar remarked:
The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

But isn't Laing Rail actually Chiltern, and the construction business
was sold off years ago. The Evening Standard in London is apparently
saying the Chinese have won the bid, though. Not sure what that means.
--
Roland Perry

And in reply to another poster , thats more than Bob Crow would ever
admit.

:-D

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In message . com, at
03:52:52 on Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Boltar remarked:
The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

But isn't Laing Rail actually Chiltern, and the construction business was
sold off years ago. The Evening Standard in London is apparently saying
the Chinese have won the bid, though. Not sure what that means.

MTR is a Hong Kong Chinese company presumably - are they a majority partner
or 50/50 with Laing?

Paul