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Post by thc on Feb 15, 2008 10:34:42 GMT
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Post by thc on Mar 20, 2006 6:25:49 GMT
Thanks everyone. THC
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Post by thc on Mar 18, 2006 20:08:30 GMT
Hello all I really couldn't think of a better place to come to have this question answered. AIUI the District Railway used to be known as the "Fish and Parcels" - I've tried to find mention of it in "Going Green" by Piers Connor but, unless my eyes are deceiving me, it's not there. Can anyone here enlighten me as to the reasons behind the sobriquet? THC
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Post by thc on Mar 4, 2008 21:18:09 GMT
Boris "policies" = motherhood and apple pie. Selecting him as a candidate shows the low regard in which the Conservative party holds the London electorate. But I digress.
THC
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Post by thc on Nov 27, 2006 9:08:01 GMT
Not quite as right as you might think, Phil. It was Coventry City FC rather than Coventry FC who were reliant on the Underground on Saturday. The latter team, as any afficionado of the oval ball game will tell you, play rugby union at Coundon Road rather than association football at the Ricoh Arena. They are one of twelve rugby teams (eleven union, one league) who are entitled to use the suffix FC (rather than RFC, RUFC or RLFC) due to being formed before the (English) Rugby Football Union in 1871.
THC
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Post by thc on Sept 22, 2006 8:02:27 GMT
Hi all. Not that long ago I constructed a tube map including the infamous tube lines sponsored by Morgan, the information for it coming from a book "London's Lost Tube Schemes". Now, whilst a fantastic book, to my consternation it only covered the early (private) tube boom before WWI. My first question is does anyone know of a book that covers proposals since then, including the New Works programme and the County of London Plan? Hello Ben For what it's worth I agree with you - London's Lost Tube Schemes looked to be the book that I had spent years waiting for, only to be slightly disappointed when it was finally published that it didn't cover proposals from the New Works programmes and after as you describe. There would seem to be a gap in the market for such a book - unless anyone knows of one that does justice to the subject? I'd be very grateful to hear of such a publication if there was one... In any case, I look forward to seeing your map(s) when complete - please keep us posted! THC
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Post by thc on Jul 28, 2006 7:12:52 GMT
The thing that grabbed me upon first reading this story was the "six hundred passengers" that were detrained. Must have been one sardine-like 1973 stock!
THC
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Post by thc on May 1, 2006 11:14:23 GMT
1. The Croxley Rail Link finally built. 2. The 1935-40 New Works Programme completion in the Northern Heights. 3. Completion of the Watford-Edgware railway from Bushey Heath to Watford Junction. 4. Extension of the B-loo back to Watford Junction.
<the poster pauses a moment to savour the thought of THREE Underground lines serving WJ!>
5. Roll-out of the Central London Railway's 1913 proposals to extend from Shepherd's Bush to Turnham Green and Richmond. 6. Reinstatement of the Hammersmith Grove Road chord so H&C trains can be diverted to serve Ravensourt Park and all stations to Richmond.
<again, the poster lays down his keyboard to imagine a Central/H&C/SWT interchange at Richmond!>
7. And, tying in to Metro Cammell's last post - one for National Rail. Reinstatement of the ex-GC mainline from Aylesbury to South Wigston to connect with the MML...
Ahh, dontcha just love dreaming?
THC
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Post by thc on Mar 11, 2006 10:53:11 GMT
This isn't just about replacing the family TC (although I can see why the more cynical among us might view it as such!) - this is about changing behaviours - the obvious place to start being with the young, whose influences and habits are still malleable. Ken's playing a clever game here - encouraged by the free travel on offer a whole new generation of bus- and Tube-savvy youngsters will ensure that such modes will continue to feature in their travel habits when they reach working age, thus ensuring the continuance and development of London's public transport system. Nice one Ken.
THC
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Post by thc on Mar 3, 2006 18:13:22 GMT
I work near Ravenscourt Park station and occasionally see them out this far - at least three times in the last six months or so. And I'm only in sight of the District for about twenty minutes a day as I cross Ravenscourt Park, so I had supposed that they ended up at Ealing (are they in gauge for Richmond?) reasonably frequently. But then I could be completely wrong and - frankly - there are many hereabouts more qualified than me to attempt an answer to your question...
THC
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