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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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Post by Chris M on Apr 8, 2024 20:25:07 GMT
I don't know. This is not a physical geography question.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 4, 2024 11:43:13 GMT
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Post by Chris M on Apr 4, 2024 11:40:13 GMT
It is on the DLR, but it's not approaching Poplar. (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Apr 3, 2024 10:49:00 GMT
The trigger temperature seems low because the critical factor is the rail temperature, which can be significantly higher than the air temperature.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 1, 2024 13:35:59 GMT
Answer: Northfields - stairs to eastbound platforms [Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 31, 2024 19:18:19 GMT
Another month, another very small update to the tube map: The only change is to London Overground in the Hackney Downs-Bethnal Green area. Previously the line was shown as a single NE-SW line from just west of where it crossed Shoreditch High Street to just beyond Hackney Downs where is split after a short north-south section, with London Fields and Cambridge Heath having daggers to reflect the service pattern. Now the line continues east-west until after both the crossing and Bethnal Green station before turning NE-SW. The line now splits on this diagonal section, with the left branch turning immediately vertical and containing Cambridge Heath and London Fields. The right branch turns vertical slightly later and proceeds direct to Hackney Downs, which now has blobs on each branch and a longer connection to Hackney Central (which along with Homerton has moved east to accommodate). The labels for all mentioned stations have changed - Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath and London Fields are now on two lines instead of one, the former also switching from above to below the line. Hackney Downs' label moves the NR symbol from left of Hackney to above it. Hackney Central's label moves from above to below the line while Homerton's does the opposite. In my opinion this is a positive change as it's much clearer and I'm surprised it wasn't drawn like this from the start. Both the Chingford and Enfield/Cheshunt branches will be part of the Suffragette line post rebrand so it seems unlikely this is the reason it's been changed now.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 31, 2024 11:55:02 GMT
They aren't all stations, so no.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 29, 2024 16:15:01 GMT
The bonus answer relates to the date, the link doesn't. I've just spotted the "westernmost" in the question. That's there in error (leftover from a previous question) and while it's not inacurracte for this question it is misleading. A fairer question would be "the location that is next in the set"
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Post by Chris M on Mar 28, 2024 22:37:56 GMT
There are only three options that realistically could happen: 1. Repair the existing bridge 2. Replace it with a new bridge (not necessarily on the same alignment) 3. Close it without replacement.
Option 3 is going to be the least desirable but it might be the cheapest in the short term, which can never be ruled out as the chosen option in the current political and economic climate.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 27, 2024 1:36:18 GMT
Quite possible I got this one wrong - north and south I almost never mix up, east and west on the other hand...
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Post by Chris M on Mar 26, 2024 13:38:22 GMT
The answer sheet says: "Putney Bridge - westbound platform from train", which is what I named the photo after taking it in April 2017. The clue version is unmodified.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 25, 2024 12:15:46 GMT
D is not near Harrow, but you are close with the link.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 24, 2024 13:14:27 GMT
Location B: Between Ruislip and Ruislip Manor - buildings on north side of Pembroke Gardens car park from eastbound train [Chris M] The image above is not modified.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 24, 2024 3:08:02 GMT
This is an enlightening short video about two people, one blind one sighted, with two large suitcases navigating from the Elizabeth line to Euston via Tottenham Court Road.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 23, 2024 23:54:23 GMT
0/2 there, try these versions: Location B: (click for a larger version) Location D: (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 22, 2024 15:31:40 GMT
The TfL status update for this weekend includes "Sunday 24 March, between 1000 and 1800, no service between Plaistow and Barking." There are no associated closures on the District line noted, and while LO is closed Barking-Barking Riverside that's only until 1430 and obviously that doesn't normally have any impact on the H&C. So I'm curious what work is being done that necessitates this closure?
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Post by Chris M on Mar 21, 2024 15:02:43 GMT
Location A: Between Barking Riverside and Barking Riverside Junction - bridge over Choats Road from entrance to The Wilds [Chris M] (click for a larger version) You get clues for the others: 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 Mar 19, 2024 16:50:06 GMT
Regarding electrification, the Greenford branch (and the other Thames valley branches) should have been electrified at the same time as the GWML and long term I think that will probably happen. The branch is just being used as a usefully located place to test the technology, which will be more appropriately installed on rural branch lines (e.g. in Cornwall).
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Post by Chris M on Mar 19, 2024 16:45:03 GMT
Background B: Platforms at Tangerville Station viewed from station balcony [ Deep Level] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 19, 2024 16:10:44 GMT
That isn't the website I was thinking of, although it presents similar information in a different (imo less useful) format and keeps timing out on me.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 19, 2024 12:08:14 GMT
Location C: St. John's Wood - lower circulating area [Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 18, 2024 22:27:14 GMT
There used to be a website that had offered detailed route planning around stations, showing walking distances, number of steps, whether there were handrails, how steep gradients were, and things like that with photographs of each. Unfortunately it wasn't updated and went offline some years ago, iirc ostensibly for an update but it has never returned (at least as far as I've ever discovered). It didn't get preserved in a usable format on the internet archive either.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 18, 2024 22:22:38 GMT
Is C on the 1930's Piccadilly extension to Cockfosters. No. D has a hint of Russell Square. There's a good reason for that - Location D: Russell Square - stairs from southbound platform [Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 18, 2024 14:28:38 GMT
Clues: Location C: (click for a larger version) Location D: (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 16, 2024 19:33:43 GMT
Installing lifts at Kentish Town would be difficult and require major civil engineering that in addition to being time consuming, disruptive and expensive likely couldn't happen at the same time as the escalator replacement. The platforms are on different levels and are not directly below the ticket hall (they're below the road) and even if the original lift shafts have not be reused for other purposes and suitable for modern uses (I don't know, but impact on ventilation at least would need careful study), they did not provide level access to both platforms so additional tunnelling would be required.
See also posts on page 1 of this thread where this has been discussed previously, including explanation of why Kentish Town is a low priority for the limited funding available, which includes the mainline station not having step-free access so simply adding lifts to the tube station does not get you a step-free interchange.
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Post by Chris M on Mar 16, 2024 19:19:45 GMT
Location A: Clapham North - southbound track [Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 16, 2024 17:56:36 GMT
Does this version help? Location A: (click for a larger version)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 16, 2024 11:16:44 GMT
How much slippage time was caused by the pandemic? That will depend whether you are asking for direct impacts only (i.e. sites being shut down, etc) or also counting the indirect effects also (such as the supply chain issues), but in the latter case I suspect the answer will be almost all of it.
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