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Forum: London Transport November 8th 08, 04:35 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,113
Posted By Chris Tolley
Way to Go

Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply) wrote:

Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In uk.transport.london message
et, Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:37:05, Chris Tolley...
Forum: London Transport November 8th 08, 04:17 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,113
Posted By Chris Tolley
Way to Go

Dr J R Stockton wrote:

In uk.transport.london message
et, Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:37:05, Chris Tolley posted:
Chris Read wrote:

...
Forum: London Transport November 7th 08, 09:37 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,113
Posted By Chris Tolley
Way to Go

Chris Read wrote:

If you're resident in the United Kingdon, 'your language' is
English.

Nac adrodd a glywaist rhag ei fod yn gelwyddog!
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http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p12198540.html
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Forum: London Transport October 23rd 08, 02:50 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,951
Posted By Chris Tolley
Shenanigans at Paddington

Boltar wrote:

On Oct 21, 1:33 pm, John B wrote:
was amused by the 'normals' getting off saying 'I like these new

"Normals"?

People who merely use the trains rather...
Forum: London Transport October 22nd 08, 06:28 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,951
Posted By Chris Tolley
Shenanigans at Paddington

Neil Williams wrote:

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:22:02 +0100, Barry Salter
wrote:

Allegedly the "farce" you mention at Euston is deliberate, in case sets
need to...
Forum: London Transport October 20th 08, 07:17 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,007
Posted By Chris Tolley
Visible signs of Thameslink 2000

Roland Perry wrote:

In message
, at
08:35:20 on Sun, 19 Oct 2008, D7666 remarked:
I'll also add the...
Forum: London Transport October 4th 08, 04:58 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 6,805
Posted By Chris Tolley
Tories 20BN railway to replace Heathrow expansion (St Pancras is Heathrow T6, again)

Charles Ellson wrote:

Stimpy wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:19:16 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote
There was, some years ago, a proposal for there to be a 'shadowing' period
before an election...
Forum: London Transport September 24th 08, 01:50 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 15,152
Posted By Chris Tolley
378 move and GOB to be DC?

Neil Williams wrote:

(re Merseyrail)

6 cars are still used in the peaks.

Indeed they are, but on surprisingly few trains. My observation is that
only on the heaviest-loaded trains is there any...
Forum: London Transport September 24th 08, 10:25 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 15,152
Posted By Chris Tolley
378 move and GOB to be DC?

Mizter T wrote:

On 24 Sep, 11:02, Chris Tolley wrote:
I suppose there are compounding features as well, given that the
Merseyrail loop line is an intensive service....
Forum: London Transport September 24th 08, 10:02 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 15,152
Posted By Chris Tolley
378 move and GOB to be DC?

Mizter T wrote:

On 24 Sep, 10:16, Chris Tolley wrote:

Neil Williams wrote:
Dunno, but there is no excuse for 2-car DMUs to be being used on this
kind of...
Forum: London Transport September 24th 08, 09:16 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 15,152
Posted By Chris Tolley
378 move and GOB to be DC?

Neil Williams wrote:

Dunno, but there is no excuse for 2-car DMUs to be being used on this
kind of service.

Look at Merseyrail for how it should be done (and without any new
MUs)

Eh?
Forum: London Transport September 8th 08, 04:17 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 12,823
Posted By Chris Tolley
Accident in Croydon

R.C. Payne wrote:

The bit that makes the least sense to me is the line, in both papers,
"sending the bus careering about 100m down the road". 100m is a long
way for a bus to travel...
Forum: London Transport September 8th 08, 03:18 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 12,823
Posted By Chris Tolley
Accident in Croydon

Graham Murray wrote:

Arthur Figgis writes:

Presumably the road and tram signals are interlinked in some way, to
avoid a tram being sent into the path of...
Forum: London Transport September 8th 08, 03:15 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 12,823
Posted By Chris Tolley
Accident in Croydon

Mizter T wrote:

On Sep 7, 8:46*pm, Chris Tolley wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
A bus swerving to avoid a car would appear to be the genesis of the
accident. ... *if*...
Forum: London Transport September 7th 08, 07:46 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 12,823
Posted By Chris Tolley
Accident in Croydon

Mizter T wrote:

A bus swerving to avoid a car would appear to be the genesis of the
accident. ... *if* (and that is a big if) the traffic signals had in
some way malfunctioned then things...
Forum: London Transport August 3rd 08, 04:10 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,162
Posted By Chris Tolley
Overcrowded trains

Roland Perry wrote:

The through platform at Cambridge needs extending by about half a
carriage (either end) to accommodate 12-car trains in the Thameslink
plan [maybe they were originally...
Forum: London Transport August 1st 08, 04:55 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,518
Posted By Chris Tolley
Storage of London tube stock?

wrote:

Does anyone know what London tube stock is going to be stored there?

Precedent might suggest that it will be whatever is destined for the
Isle of Wight in...
Forum: London Transport July 29th 08, 09:25 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,424
Posted By Chris Tolley
"Rail bosses reveal radical revamp plan for Waterloo" - London Evening Standard

John Rowland wrote:

The evidence presented at the TL2K inquiry stated that 95% of passengers got
on or off in the central area. This suggest that a Hampton to Dartford
service missing London...
Forum: London Transport July 25th 08, 04:38 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,903
Posted By Chris Tolley
Man electrocuted after urinating on track

Peter Beale wrote:

Mortimer wrote:

No, electrocution means death by electric shock, whether accidental or as an
execution:

New Oxford Dictionary of English (2001)

...
Forum: London Transport July 24th 08, 10:40 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,903
Posted By Chris Tolley
Man electrocuted after urinating on track

disgoftunwells wrote:

Electrocution for peeing on a railway track is a very harsh penalty
indeed.

Seems to be more a form of karma than a penalty.

--...
Forum: London Transport July 22nd 08, 11:16 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 9,656
Posted By Chris Tolley
Crossrail approved

John B wrote:

On Jul 22, 10:07 pm, Chris Tolley wrote:
No please - they should be digging down in the tunnels. No light of
day.

Point of order - the deep...
Forum: London Transport July 22nd 08, 09:07 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 9,656
Posted By Chris Tolley
Crossrail approved

Mr Thant wrote:

On 22 Jul, 21:28, disgoftunwells wrote:
No please - they should be digging down in the tunnels. No light of
day.

Point of order - the deep...
Forum: London Transport July 10th 08, 11:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,280
Posted By Chris Tolley
(Croxley) Rail link cost spirals

wrote:

5:10pm Thursday 10th July 2008

The rail link, which will extend the Metropolitan Line into Watford
Junction, was priced at £66m in 2006.

Just one...
Forum: London Transport June 29th 08, 10:35 PM
Replies: 337
Views: 48,984
Posted By Chris Tolley
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?

Pete wrote:

When I started drinking about 12 years before D-Day I paid 1/3d pint
for Simmonds, 1/5d for Strongs and 1/6d for Marstons - that 3d
difference was a lot of money at those...
Forum: London Transport June 22nd 08, 02:12 PM
Replies: 337
Views: 48,984
Posted By Chris Tolley
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?

John Mara wrote:

Chris Tolley wrote:
Graham Murray wrote:

Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against
blind people.

Not really. There are plenty of...
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