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Post by marty on May 10, 2006 17:52:05 GMT
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Post by c5 on May 10, 2006 18:07:21 GMT
This is due to the fact that Metronetmess are unable to cope with the fact that from around May until September every year in Britain it can get hot (hopefully ;D ) and that perhaps they ought to carry out track-stressing work so that they can expand properly in the heat.
As the track has expanded due to the Heat LUL have had Temporary Speed Restrictions put in in the open sections. The H&C's east of Whitechapel have been taken off due to "blocking back" caused by slow running.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2006 18:12:53 GMT
You should have looked at that the other way round. The circle line does not serve any stations that other lines dont, so you can get rid of that when there is problems. The H&C can be reduced to a Whitechapel - Hammersmith service, with the Met terminating at Baker street. Why runs loads of trains through a slow area? It doesnt make sense, which is why you see what you have quoted. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2006 20:28:04 GMT
No need to swear, and I'm sure the reasons are already mentioned on this forum. Metronet do happen to have their own website www.metronetrail.com , where they explain their side of the story. |
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Post by Phil on May 10, 2006 22:44:42 GMT
No need to swear, and I'm sure the reasons are already mentioned on this forum. Metronet do happen to have their own website www.metronetrail.com , where they explain their side of the story. Thanks for the link to the Metronet 'explanation'. It comes over even worse than Patricia Hewitt's comment that 'The NHS has had its best year ever'. Both are saying "look at all the great new stuff we are doing", but both are neglecting to do the basics. Bottom line is that before PPP the weather still used to get warm towards the end of April, but there were never huge numbers of speed restrictions because there were enough staff to 'summerise' the track before any problems arose. It seems Metronet are saying there aren't now enough track staff to sort it: whose (cost-cutting) fault is that? |
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Post by Colin on May 11, 2006 1:54:48 GMT
Metronet say they have installed the following between Upminster and Barking last weekend: I wonder where?  Anyway, as I mentioned elsewhere, there is more to this than is being let on publicly. I would like to go into details, but it is one very big 'hot potato'. Trust me, the track stressing is only half the story - and if the substandard knew the other half....... |
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Post by Phil on May 11, 2006 9:29:15 GMT
- and if the substandard knew the other half....... Let's hope their spies don't discover your email address........ |
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Post by c5 on May 11, 2006 14:07:59 GMT
No need to swear, and I'm sure the reasons are already mentioned on this forum. Metronet do happen to have their own website www.metronetrail.com , where they explain their side of the story. Panic Over, The good-guys at MetroMess will have all the track ready for the Summer by ...... August 2006, maybe they meant 2007. That's, erm just at the end of Summer! This rather a bit-to-left-wing for me website sums it up rather well though www.workersliberty.org/node/6216  |
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Post by Colin on May 11, 2006 14:30:45 GMT
Let's hope their spies don't discover your email address........ They won't get anything from me  |
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Post by marty on May 11, 2006 18:23:52 GMT
Sorry about the swearing, but AFAIK 80% of the mates at my office where involved in this... One took 2 hrs from Embankment to Wembley Park!
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