On Sat, 1 May 2021 14:23:32 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Recliner wrote:
Wouldn't the D stock have quite a bit in common with the 73TS?
D stock had rather more in common with 83ts.
The 83 stock was scrapped when some of the vehicles were only 15 years old. It
was a bloody scandal that no one seemed interested in. But as I've said
Does anyone know how I can get in touch with Alistair Bell, who
attempted the London Underground all-stations record on 30th December
1999 (see https://www.davros.org/rail/bell1999.html). If so, please
could you ask him to email me.
Thanks in advance.
--
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at davros.org
From Matthew Parris's Times diary:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/camerons-old-rival-has-given-his-shins-a-kick-xvv5vh6d3?shareToken=c7534baefb95653d9a76e23bcd074109
Black mark on Covid
Expert opinion is now clear that it’s very rare to contract Covid-19 from
surfaces. But still the trilogy “hands, face, space” is intoned:
sacrosanct, a medical mantra. Government communications...
Today was the day when non-essential shops and outdoor restaurants could reopen in England. I decided to take an
electric bus along two of the main shopping streets in London to see if there were returning crowds of shoppers.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/albums/72157718923710722
Bottom line: not really, as the absence of foreign tourists is very obvious. But some shops did have...
From
https://www.cityam.com/mayor-of-london-election-sadiq-khan-pledges-to-name-london-overground-lines/
Sadiq Khan has pledged to give individual names to London Overground train
lines if re-elected as mayor of London next month.
Khan’s manifesto, released today, said the “London Overground network has
grown considerably over recent years” and that “to reflect this I’ll launch
a...
Checked my Oyster today and noticed my tube fares have gone up by 10p since
march. Kalamity Khan kept that quiet - I read tube fares weren't going to go
up - but given its the election in May no surprise. Wouldn't have mattered
anyway, he could drop a bomb in the middle of London and the sheep would
still vote for him.
I see Tim is working on a new series to be shown later in the year on
Yesterday. From a tweet this morning of his:
One of the few +ves of commuting on the tube (and filming a TV show called
#SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground) during a lockdown is that recently I’ve
been walking around London’s underground network a lot, and at times,
almost *entirely* by myself.
That led me to an announcement...
I just got my weekly TfL 'Weekend travel information' newsletter, which
contains this item of information:
From Friday 26 until Monday 29 March, due to staff shortages, there will be
short notice closures on the Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan
lines.
The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines will be disrupted on the following
days:
On Friday 26 March, services will be reduced from...
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/design-new-piccadilly-line-trains-unve
iled-tfl-b922086.html
Lets hope sense prevails and once these have had a good shakedown on the
picc they order them for the bakerloo, central and W&C instead of wasting
time and money on yet another round of tenders to do the exact same job.
