Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 2:56:24 GMT
And now for something completely different .....
To deviate a bit from London's Transport hassles, I was amused by comparison of the machinations that turn up on our blogs here at DD (and there are other well known blogs on railways available, as one has to say on TV Chat-Shows these days). I was looking up something else in relation to transport operations named SilverLine.
I harked back to the Jubilee Line being renamed by Horace Cutler’s Tory GLC, to celebrate HRH’s Silver Jubilee – remember those 25 Silver real Routemasters? We could not have a simple name like the Fleet Line, oh no, even though Ma’am herself was not likely to be a regular user, and of course the Viccy Line was carefully aligned to avoid Buck House.
To cut a long story short if you would like a quick look at the issues affecting those on the other side of the big pond, look at these comments from the Washington Post! …
This should work, it does on LR: www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/new-metro-map-shows-path-of-silver-line/2013/09/11/19ed9b0e-1b04-11e3-8685-5021e0c41964_allComments.html?ctab=all_& for the Blog and then: apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/whats-new-in-metros-map/450/ for the new and old Metro Maps.
It is so interesting to see that over there, they have the same sort of hassles as we have over here. The similarity goes back to when the H&C was separated out from the Met, and also more recent discussions on Met services to Aldgate. This Washington blog argued over how many trains should run over the various branches of the Orange, Blue and new Silver Lines, with it’s future extension to Dulles Airport.
Two additional points, on the first link, near the top of the page, click on the blue chevron marked Back to get the Washington Post article, and click on all comments. They even mention London!
Sounds all rather familiar to me …! Happy Reading! Cheers R
To deviate a bit from London's Transport hassles, I was amused by comparison of the machinations that turn up on our blogs here at DD (and there are other well known blogs on railways available, as one has to say on TV Chat-Shows these days). I was looking up something else in relation to transport operations named SilverLine.
I harked back to the Jubilee Line being renamed by Horace Cutler’s Tory GLC, to celebrate HRH’s Silver Jubilee – remember those 25 Silver real Routemasters? We could not have a simple name like the Fleet Line, oh no, even though Ma’am herself was not likely to be a regular user, and of course the Viccy Line was carefully aligned to avoid Buck House.
To cut a long story short if you would like a quick look at the issues affecting those on the other side of the big pond, look at these comments from the Washington Post! …
This should work, it does on LR: www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/new-metro-map-shows-path-of-silver-line/2013/09/11/19ed9b0e-1b04-11e3-8685-5021e0c41964_allComments.html?ctab=all_& for the Blog and then: apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/whats-new-in-metros-map/450/ for the new and old Metro Maps.
It is so interesting to see that over there, they have the same sort of hassles as we have over here. The similarity goes back to when the H&C was separated out from the Met, and also more recent discussions on Met services to Aldgate. This Washington blog argued over how many trains should run over the various branches of the Orange, Blue and new Silver Lines, with it’s future extension to Dulles Airport.
Two additional points, on the first link, near the top of the page, click on the blue chevron marked Back to get the Washington Post article, and click on all comments. They even mention London!
Sounds all rather familiar to me …! Happy Reading! Cheers R
