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Post by brigham on Jun 2, 2023 7:27:20 GMT
This is entirely a consequence of the Crossrail central section being built to a non-standard specification, after the original concept of a cross-London rail link had been abandoned in favour of yet another 'new Tube for London'.
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Post by brigham on May 27, 2023 7:05:01 GMT
Cunningly disguised as a two-parter...
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Post by brigham on May 23, 2023 8:30:20 GMT
The bod with the giant feather is at Keighley.
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Post by brigham on May 23, 2023 7:47:52 GMT
What a fragmented state of affairs.
Time for a new LPTB?
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Post by brigham on May 17, 2023 7:28:35 GMT
I love the outward-facing seats!
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Post by brigham on May 16, 2023 10:02:45 GMT
Clearly, the 'wider scheme of things' doesn't extend beyond urban London.
My mistake.
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Post by brigham on May 13, 2023 7:48:17 GMT
Rail transport for rail vehicles was still available then, so they probably went by rail...
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Post by brigham on May 13, 2023 7:40:27 GMT
As for shapes of signs, I'm reliably informed by a road-mender that, years ago, a diktat came from on-high that the STOP side of a stop-go board had to be octagonal, rather than round.
Presumably for the benefit of colour-blind drivers who cannot distinguish the word STOP from GO.
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Post by brigham on May 10, 2023 7:45:29 GMT
Good job Bertram Mills didn't try taking his giraffes on the Olympia shuttles then! Giraffes know when to duck. I've seen a model of it...
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Post by brigham on May 10, 2023 7:43:11 GMT
"...it has been decided to de-scope the project..."
Cancel? Postpone? Abort or abandon?
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Post by brigham on May 10, 2023 7:30:00 GMT
There's far more latent demand for trains than anyone ever realises. The North London Line and West London Lines are prime examples. The St.Ives branch is another that springs to mind. There's demand all over the country, but the North London Line and West London lines are hardly 'prime examples'. They are, in fact, grossly over-provided, in the wider scheme of things.
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Post by brigham on May 5, 2023 7:22:55 GMT
Presumably that would take a lot of effort, for what? Just to keep trains running? No point. Just cancel...
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Post by brigham on May 2, 2023 8:40:52 GMT
Pau Funicular.
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Post by brigham on Apr 29, 2023 7:39:47 GMT
Don't forget, that's from a TfL announcement.
'Bespoke' can mean anything the corporate journalists want it to...
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Post by brigham on Apr 29, 2023 7:28:39 GMT
I'm not sure about the wrap-round of the red cab front. It's so wide, it could be mistaken for a doorway.
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Post by brigham on Apr 28, 2023 7:33:24 GMT
It MUST be Waterloo, but I can't place it...
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Post by brigham on Apr 28, 2023 7:32:29 GMT
The point concerning 'doors' has been completely missed here.
The 'rear two doors' could easily be taken to mean 'the two doors which close the rearmost doorway'.
That is NOT the meaning which is intended, and so is a possible source of confusion:
"The middle two didn't open either..."
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Post by brigham on Apr 27, 2023 7:48:33 GMT
It needs to be remembered, that beneath the quango exteriors, both NR and LU are OUR railways.
So WHO is charging US a million quid to run on OUR railways, and on what grounds?
The Isle of Wight sounds like a good scheme.
There are still some MET rigid eight-wheelers on the island, or so I'm told...
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Post by brigham on Apr 21, 2023 15:49:14 GMT
Male dancer to female:
"If you want my cigs, you'll have to take them..."
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Post by brigham on Apr 19, 2023 7:37:37 GMT
The bottom right corner suggests that this is the front of an indicator box fastened to a blank wall.
Is it in Acton Depot, or the Covent Garden Museum?
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Post by brigham on Apr 14, 2023 7:35:17 GMT
Doors seem.to be slower now than when.they were used on lul Which was slow enough even then, as I remember.
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Post by brigham on Apr 14, 2023 7:31:23 GMT
The inset is the Egyptian Cat-god Bastet, outside the Carreras factory, Mornington Crescent, on a rainy day...
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Post by brigham on Apr 14, 2023 7:25:51 GMT
I'm guessing the connection is statues.
That's Dr. Johnson's cat, outside his home in Gough Square.
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Post by brigham on Apr 13, 2023 7:19:50 GMT
Do they all have similarly-named stations on the Underground?
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Post by brigham on Apr 11, 2023 7:42:34 GMT
True enough. The number of people 'just out of shot' on a film set is often large.
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Post by brigham on Apr 8, 2023 7:51:55 GMT
Too true. It's rare enough to RETAIN flexibility, let alone plan for it in advance.
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Post by brigham on Apr 6, 2023 16:14:00 GMT
The sign outside the station called 'Nine Elms' reads 'Nine Elms Station', not 'Nine Elms'.
Unlike the sign outside the station called 'Battersea Power Station', which only gives the station name.
THAT is the inconsistency.
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Post by brigham on Apr 6, 2023 8:40:28 GMT
I wonder how often people refer to the station in SW London as Battersea Power. Or obviously Station Station. Has the new station at Battersea been open long enough for a popular naming convention to have appeared? What DO users call it? One must admit, there is an inconsistency in the signage between the two new stations. Nine Elms is given the title 'Station' after the name, but not so with Battersea Power Station.
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Post by brigham on Apr 1, 2023 7:24:46 GMT
Naming lines can too easily become political That's the whole idea. The lines will be given names to make a political point. Clarity is of secondary importance.
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Post by brigham on Apr 1, 2023 7:17:25 GMT
All Fools Day?
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