|
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the green roofis?
|
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the green roof is?
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:34:00 -0800 (PST), Mwmbwls
wrote: http://londonist.com/2008/03/what_goes_on_be.php Interesting little piece on tube refurbishment? The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. A classic piece of Tube Lines self promotion and riddled with their own interpretation of who is responsible for what. The public might well drop litter that can go down tunnels. However contractually it is TLL's responsibility to ensure the place is clean and if there's a disruption as a result they take the financial hit. I think I might even know who Laura is too. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the greenroof is?
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:34:00 -0800 (PST), Mwmbwls wrote: http://londonist.com/2008/03/what_goes_on_be.php Interesting little piece on tube refurbishment? The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. Some interesting different images on the mapping sites: Google Maps http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3789/57975984zm0.jpg Live Maps http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/417/20605559tm8.jpg Live Maps with Bird's Eye View http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6751/93643110yq1.jpg |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the green roof is?
In message , at 19:53:34 on
Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield remarked: The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. I've been in the old one, at Euston, about 20 years ago. Was any attempt made to preserve anything from the old control room? -- Roland Perry |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the green roof is?
In message , at 10:22:46 on Sat, 8
Mar 2008, Dave Newt remarked: Interesting little piece on tube refurbishment? The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. Some interesting different images on the mapping sites: Google Maps http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3789/57975984zm0.jpg Live Maps http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/417/20605559tm8.jpg Live Maps with Bird's Eye View http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6751/93643110yq1.jpg Who'd-a-thunk it? Building a top secret bunker at an undisclosed location right next to the depot ;-) -- Roland Perry |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the green roof is?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:49:22 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 19:53:34 on Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield remarked: The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. I've been in the old one, at Euston, about 20 years ago. Was any attempt made to preserve anything from the old control room? Oh it's all preserved and still in daily use to run the Victoria and Northern Lines! The operation hasn't moved across yet - not sure when it is prorgammed for. I understand the new Vic Control Room is very close to being ready. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the greenroof is?
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Mwmbwls wrote:
Interesting little piece on tube refurbishment? The green roof is here, and 45 ha in size: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.571122%2C-0.101366 Underneath that is the London depot of the S******** R******. tom -- Big Bang. No god. Fadeout. End. -- Stephen Baxter |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the greenroof is?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Dave Newt wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote: On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:34:00 -0800 (PST), Mwmbwls wrote: http://londonist.com/2008/03/what_goes_on_be.php Interesting little piece on tube refurbishment? The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. Some interesting different images on the mapping sites: Google Maps http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3789/57975984zm0.jpg Live Maps http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/417/20605559tm8.jpg Live Maps with Bird's Eye View http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6751/93643110yq1.jpg Good work! Hmm. I wonder if the advent of easily-accessible aerial photography will lead to a surge in green roof use, as a way of hiding buildings from the public? Just building your vast new warehouse somewhere out of the way will no longer be sufficient to avoid public outcry; you'll need to make it less obvious from the air as well. tom -- Big Bang. No god. Fadeout. End. -- Stephen Baxter |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the greenroof is?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:49:22 +0000, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 19:53:34 on Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield remarked: The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. I've been in the old one, at Euston, about 20 years ago. Was any attempt made to preserve anything from the old control room? Oh it's all preserved and still in daily use to run the Victoria and Northern Lines! Arguably, it *hasn't* been preserved and is still in daily use to run the Victoria and Northern Lines! tom -- Big Bang. No god. Fadeout. End. -- Stephen Baxter |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the green roof is?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 15:52:39 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote: On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield wrote: On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:49:22 +0000, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 19:53:34 on Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield remarked: The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. I've been in the old one, at Euston, about 20 years ago. Was any attempt made to preserve anything from the old control room? Oh it's all preserved and still in daily use to run the Victoria and Northern Lines! Arguably, it *hasn't* been preserved and is still in daily use to run the Victoria and Northern Lines! Arguably my comment was tongue in cheek and perhaps a reference to the fact that I doubt it has changed much since Roland visited it 20 years ago. sheesh! -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the greenroof is?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 15:52:39 +0000, Tom Anderson wrote: On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield wrote: On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:49:22 +0000, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 19:53:34 on Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Paul Corfield remarked: The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a photo of it. I've been in the old one, at Euston, about 20 years ago. Was any attempt made to preserve anything from the old control room? Oh it's all preserved and still in daily use to run the Victoria and Northern Lines! Arguably, it *hasn't* been preserved and is still in daily use to run the Victoria and Northern Lines! Arguably my comment was tongue in cheek and perhaps a reference to the fact that I doubt it has changed much since Roland visited it 20 years ago. sheesh! Arguably, my comment was saying much the same thing but surmising that if anything, it's gone downhill since then! tom -- James Brown is dead. |
| All times are GMT. The time now is 04:02 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2006 LondonBanter.co.uk