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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 29, 2013 15:17:24 GMT
Inset 1 is Pennard Castle, Gower.
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 28, 2013 11:51:38 GMT
I see they gave up on Morden, which I would have thought was easy - it would be Mehrals. As in Morden dat I cannot say...
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 26, 2013 15:59:43 GMT
I've got it in my diary - really looking forward to meeting everyone in real life, subject to not being called out Christmas shopping or anything like that.
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 25, 2013 8:57:42 GMT
I think it's the other side of Earl's Court - Gloucester Road tunnel mouths.
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 18, 2013 9:53:23 GMT
It's basically an indoor cliff railway.
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 18, 2013 7:32:01 GMT
Inset A - Thames Ditton.
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 14, 2013 11:38:48 GMT
Looks like a good night out....it's going to be annoying when we get the unadjusted picture - I want to say somewhere on the Widened Lines but it's not is it? Belle Isle ?
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 13, 2013 15:59:11 GMT
from RAIB page i am sure something has happened on train before passenger operated alarm Indeed - but these sorts of reports avoid speculation as to motivation when reciting the facts and findings. There is a clue a few lines later: The Train Operator was not aware that a fault with the brakes on one car in the train was generating smoke and fumes.
A reasonable inference would be that passengers became aware of the smoke and fumes and operated the alarm for that reason, but it's not being offered explicitly at this stage. If a statement were available on the lines of "I operated the alarm and this is why" then the report would be worded accordingly. In any event, it's not the key point. The key point is whether the evacuation could have been handled differently under the circumstances.
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 4, 2013 7:04:29 GMT
Why is discussion of cables taboo? Fear of vandalism or terrorism or something like that ?
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 4, 2013 6:59:29 GMT
Stratford +1 looking south-east towards the new Crossrail viaduct?
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Post by southfieldschris on Sept 2, 2013 9:48:04 GMT
I'm going to go for Royal Oak.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 29, 2013 8:22:01 GMT
Should be at Old Street....
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 28, 2013 10:15:39 GMT
Is A Colindale?
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 26, 2013 19:37:57 GMT
The double-tracking between Pudding Mill Lane and Bow Church isn't going to affect the NR spur down up to Gas Factory Junction is it?
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 24, 2013 15:50:47 GMT
It's not just a matter of having the printed Gold Card, it's having the Gold Card discount applied to the Oyster pre-pay. Currently that can only be done at an Underground ticket office. Yes, currently, but the technology to make that not true already exists. All that would be required is a special Gold Oyster Card which automatically credited itself with the right percentage extra value when loaded with pre-pay credit. Simples!
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 24, 2013 9:45:33 GMT
Southfields!
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 23, 2013 13:39:55 GMT
No, I don't, but I can't shake off the expression, "A rose-red city, half as Golder's Green". Sorry...
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 23, 2013 8:45:52 GMT
A looks like somewhere on the District Line as well?
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 22, 2013 9:58:09 GMT
North Greenwich?
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 20, 2013 9:11:14 GMT
Agreed, but the reason Phillw48 gave was "Apparently TfL is now insisting on a full health and safety audit before such events take place, and these are time consuming and expensive". Safety briefings for day visitors, whilst also time-consuming and expensive, are not the same thing. Sorry to pick nits but it is distressing to see these things called out at the level of rumour. I was more looking at the aspect of Neasden depot, rather than Aldwych, which I wouldn't exactly describe as an "operating workplace" Fair point.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 19, 2013 11:30:02 GMT
Yes, but the staff who work there would have received safety briefings (or similar) to help minimise risk, for example "This is an inspection pit. Do not fall into it, go around it". It can be long and time consuming to brief staff on this, and so trying to do it all for a large group of people, all arriving at different times, for one day, makes it impractical and expensive. Agreed, but the reason Phillw48 gave was "Apparently TfL is now insisting on a full health and safety audit before such events take place, and these are time consuming and expensive". Safety briefings for day visitors, whilst also time-consuming and expensive, are not the same thing. Sorry to pick nits but it is distressing to see these things called out at the level of rumour.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 19, 2013 9:06:52 GMT
If the system is capable of absorbing demand at 100% efficiency then the 10,000 passengers will take an hour to clear whether they spend it strolling to Stratford or in a queue outside PML. It's a question of crowd management - Drayton Park and its surroundings were not designed to be able to take in the numbers of people the Emirates stadium disgorges. North Greenwich was designed to cope with the Dome/O2 and there's not much alternative, so there's a managed queue area for people wanting to get away by Jubilee Line. My point is, if PML needs to be rebuilt anyhow because it has to move out of the way of Crossrail, that's fine, but there's no point in spending money in capacity at the station for people exiting for the Olympic Park if it can't then be utilised for the same people going home. And I still don't see why people couldn't be directed to use PML for Eastbound trains to Stratford, even if the Westbound ones will likely be full of people who walked to Stratford and got on there.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 19, 2013 8:16:42 GMT
Not so much "can't be bothered" as can't afford it. If Boris held back on some of his 'vanity' projects such as the cable car and Borismaster there might be some money available. My point is that if these are operating workplaces there should be routine safety audits going on anyhow, so the extra cost of doing one before a public event should be nil.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 19, 2013 7:29:42 GMT
Except that a pedestrian was killed relatively recently when a sign fell on her in the street. I agree that some things done in the name of health and safety are ridiculous however ensuring that objects won't fall on visitors is not something I would place in that category. And 2 months ago a mirror fell on a small boy in a shop in Bicester and killed him. I agree, making sure things won't fall on people is a good thing to do before you let folk in to somewhere. Having said that, "cancelled for health & safety reasons" is a bit mealy-mouthed. "Cancelled because we aren't willing to run a safety audit of the site" would be more honest - if more contentious...after all, some of these places are operational worksites and should be safety-checked anyhow for the good of the people who work there.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 19, 2013 7:22:08 GMT
I assume the class 66 got on to the district at barking, the connection is clearly visible on Google earth. Was there ever a link in place at Upminster with the Romford line, and when was it taken out? Also does anyone know when the links between the mainline and hammersmith and city were taken out and why? There are some details on the H & C connections here link
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 18, 2013 18:26:04 GMT
Seriously?? That has to be the most stupid idea I have come across for a long time ! The new Pudding Mill Lane station will be much larger than before and there will be more twin track in the area so it may be possible to cope with stadium crowds. I thought that was the whole point of spending all that money on the twin track and the new much larger PLM station. Not using the capacity for 50% of the demand would be completely barking mad quite odd.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 18, 2013 15:48:57 GMT
It will be open for forward traffic to the stadium but close for the return traffic as it is too close and would soon become overcrowded. The longish walk to Stratford or West Ham will spread the passengers out. Seriously?? That has to be the most stupid idea I have come across for a long time !
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 18, 2013 14:59:06 GMT
The idea is that DLR passengers will alight at PML for the Olympic Park instead of at Stratford.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 18, 2013 11:50:26 GMT
I'm not 100% sure but I think there was a point when Morden depot was connected to a freight line that was used to deliver milk to a nearby dairy (both the track and the dairy were demolished when the mosque was built). I believe that this freight line did connect to the mainline as well, but I may be wrong. I don't think Morden depot was ever connected to the dairy and I'm pretty certain the Northern Line never ran any further south than the depot. The dairy's rail connection was built in 1954 and ran out to the south to join the Wimbledon - Sutton line at Morden South. The line of route southwards to Sutton had at one time been intended for what was to become the Northern Line but any rights were ceded to the SR so they could build the Wimbledon - Sutton line instead.
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Post by southfieldschris on Aug 15, 2013 7:08:45 GMT
Apparently Tfl have refused to allow the event for 'health and safety' reasons. Very good. Does anyone know what the real reasons are?
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