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Post by Chris M on Apr 24, 2024 13:27:42 GMT
Regarding your off topic, one possibility is that they are included in the initial plans but then descoped as "value engineering" without impacting the actually intended scope.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 24, 2024 1:37:13 GMT
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Post by Chris M on Apr 24, 2024 1:35:47 GMT
Location A - Between East Ham and Barking - Footbridge from Shakespeare Crescent - Silbey Grove (R&J - Romeo & Juliet) Location B - Arnos Grove Station - on Shakespeare Avenue (TotS - Taming of the Shrew) Location C - Between Acton Central and Willesden Junction - end of Shakespeare Road (KL - King Lear) Location D - Between Denmark Hill and Clapham High Street - Coldharbour Lane Bridge viewed off Shakespeare Road (Rll -Richard II) These are chosen for today as 'Shakespeare' locations and his plays as Shakespeare's Birth on 23 April 1564 and his death on the 23 April 1616. Location A: Between Barking and East Ham - view from Shakespeare Crescent in April 2024 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location B: Arnos Grove - view from Shakespeare Avenue in April 2024 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location C: Between Acton Central and Willesden Junction - vewi from Shakespeare Road in April 2024 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location D: Between Clapham High Street and Denmark Hill - view from Shakespeare Road in April 2024 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Link: The locations are all viewed from a road named for Shakespeare Bonus answer: Today is Shakespeare's birthday
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Post by Chris M on Apr 23, 2024 10:58:12 GMT
Anything that appears on an image but is not mentioned in the question is either a clue or a red herring. Which is for you to figure out.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 23, 2024 9:14:00 GMT
Training District drivers on the route would be a simple (although not necessarily quick or cheap) thing to do if it was seen as desirable to stable that line's trains there regularly. The other factors though rather suggest that these sidings won't be compensating for Lille Bridge.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 23, 2024 1:57:05 GMT
Once the Piccadilly depot upgrades are completed, would any of the siding space at South Harrow be available for District line use, and if so would that be practical? I know there are (or at least were in D stock days) speed restrictions for surface stock on that branch but I believe at least some of those were due to lack of paperwork to prove clearance rather than physical limits - doing that paperwork would obviously be within the scope of a plan to stable S stock on those sidings and so not an impediment. That's not to say though that there aren't other things that are impediments.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 22, 2024 19:04:12 GMT
Location A: Between Maidenhead and Taplow - bridge over Amerden Lane, Taplow in April 2016 [Chris M]
Location C: Between East Putney and Putney Bridge - arches north of East Putney in January 2022 [Chris M]
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Post by Chris M on Apr 22, 2024 17:13:26 GMT
Location B: Between Gunnersbury and Kew Railway Bridge - bridge over Hounslow Loop Line in April 2024 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Clues Location A: (click for a larger version) Location C: (click for a larger version) Link: These locations are all between a station and a bridge over the River Thames
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Post by Chris M on Apr 22, 2024 11:30:42 GMT
Location D: Between Battersea Railway Bridge and Imperial Wharf - viaduct adjacent to Harbour Avenue in April 2024 [Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 19, 2024 12:41:08 GMT
In addition to this, the route from Leytonstone Platform 1 - Leyton is blocked today due to an engineering vehicle (no description of what), so trains leaving platform 1 have to use the crossover just west of platform 1 (rather from the one in the Leyton area) I happened to get a photograph of an engineering vehicle there yesterday from a Goblin train. I didn't know it was there so only captured it incidentally, but the following is a crop of the relevant part of the image (click for a slightly larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 19, 2024 1:07:59 GMT
Identify these four locations and the link between them Location A: (click for a larger version) Location B: (click for a larger version) Location C: (click for a larger version) Location D: (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 19, 2024 0:57:43 GMT
Main Image Upminster Depot. inset Puerto del Rosario Fuerteventura, Canary Islands Main photo: Upminster Depot - trains in March 2019 [ Deep Level] Background: Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Spain in January 2024 [Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 18, 2024 20:52:50 GMT
Answer: Between Woodford and Woodford Junction - view east over Kingsway.
(Kingsway is a side-street off Hillside Avenue)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 18, 2024 20:49:49 GMT
The blue on the loop is/was the same as the text blue, Piccadilly line blue, step-free blue and (going back a bit) TfL Rail blue.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 18, 2024 9:49:03 GMT
You've got the right line, but not the right part of London
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Post by Chris M on Apr 17, 2024 18:25:20 GMT
I've not had chance to watch this yet, but it has been recommended to me
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Post by Chris M on Apr 17, 2024 14:26:41 GMT
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Post by Chris M on Apr 17, 2024 9:24:00 GMT
It's the same blue. Another version of the map has been released today with no changes since yesterday other than making the loop Central line red.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 17, 2024 2:12:51 GMT
Points for everyone today, including bigvern by PM Location A North Harrow SB platform sign Inset A - North Shields Fish Quay Location B South Harrow WB platform headwall Inset B - East Riddlesden Hall - Keighley Location C - East Finchley NB Platform Inset C - Cliff Lift Southend on Sea Location D - West Harrow from WB platform Inset D - West Midlands Tram - Lodge Road Tram Stop Link they are all names with points of the compass, however East Finchley is the odd one out as the other 3 are 'Harrow' stations. Location A: North Harrow - southbound platform from northbound train in February 2022 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Inset A: North Shields - Fish Quay Low Light [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location B: East Finchley - disused signals [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Background B: East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley, Yorkshire [Chris M[ (click for a larger version) Location C: South Harrow - north end of westbound [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Background C: Southend Cliff Lift [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location D: West Harrow - view from west end in August 2019 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Background D: West Bromwich - Lodge Road tram stop (click for a larger version) Link: These are all named for compass points Odd one out: East Finchley - not named relative to Harrow Tom the South Harrow photograph was indeed pre-2023, specifically October 2009
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Post by Chris M on Apr 16, 2024 20:53:33 GMT
There is indeed a version dated April 2024 that is currently online. All the changes I've seen: Streatham, Petts Wood and Plumstead are now step free to platform (previously not step free) Most lines are a slightly different colour, most notably the Hainault loop is now Piccadilly line blue: Bakerloo: ae520e (Unchanged) Central: ee2622 → e12124 Circle: fdd005 → fccc06 District: 098137 → 14773c H&C: f468a1 → f085ad Jubilee: 94989a → 758189 Metropolitan: 960154 → 831551 Northern: 231f20 (Unchanged) Piccadilly: 263d96 (Unchanged) Victoria: 2d9edf → 36a2e1 W&C: 87d6b5 → 73cea7 DLR: 21b5b0 → 24b3a9 Elizabeth: 5c42a3 → 683d01 Overground: f46f1a → ed641a Trams: 6ec72d → 69c22f Cable car: e51535 → e12124 Thameslink: d66faa (Unchanged) District (limited service): 098137 → 14773c
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Post by Chris M on Apr 16, 2024 1:55:25 GMT
Identify these locations, the link between them and the odd one out. Location A: (click for a larger version) Location B: (click for a larger version) Location C: (click for a larger version) Location D: (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 16, 2024 1:54:17 GMT
Main Image -London Overground - South Hampstead Station ticket hall to footbridge steps Inset 1 - Bristol Harbour Railway inset 2 - Interior of Red Line Hong Kong Metro train. Inset 1 is the Bristol Harbour Railway With the much missed Shadow, lovely calm dog. Main photograph: South Hampstead - ticket hall [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Inset 1: Bristol Harbour Railway - IW&D 34 (Portbury) with Shado Ecclestone [ humbug] (click for a larger version) Inset 2: Hong Kong metro - Tuen Ma line train [ londonstuff][Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 15, 2024 10:11:05 GMT
I blame that "levelling-up" bloke. Moderator note: You are free to blame whomever you want, but you are not free to discuss politics on this forum. Levelling up and those responsible for it fall squarely within that realm.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 15, 2024 10:07:25 GMT
I had it in my notes that the junctions opened on the 10th, but I can't now find where I got that information (the source I would normally use for such things doesn't actually give a date) so it's entirely possible I made a typo.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 14, 2024 9:33:31 GMT
Answer: Between North Acton Junction and West Acton - Western Avenue overbridge from eastbound train (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 13, 2024 15:11:15 GMT
Location: Camden Town - mirror in passage from platform to escalators [Chris M] The clue version is unmodified.
Still to get: why was Camden Town chosen for 10 April?
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Post by Chris M on Apr 13, 2024 11:41:54 GMT
Although I've not been able to find a definitive statement, it seems the design life of the old stock was about 30-35 years.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 13, 2024 11:33:09 GMT
Answer: Still looking for the fifth in set Actually we aren't They are all 'Lane' Locations, alpabetically the first location in set would be Chancery Lane station Chancery Lane is the correct answer
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Post by Chris M on Apr 12, 2024 11:36:48 GMT
I've been unable to find any reliable information that gives an introduction date more precise than "later in 2024" with that article dating from February.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 11, 2024 10:23:02 GMT
It is a Northern line station, but it isn't that one.
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