The work on the KGX completely revised track layout is finally nearing
completion. From Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jay_tee71/status/1401399039179079683?s=21
Seen on Twitter: The Waterloo & City will open for passenger service on
Monday (7th)
Morning and evening peak only, Monday to Friday
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I'd previously seen it reported that it would reopen on 21 June, so this
means it might reopen two weeks early.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/05/14/waterloo-city-line-reopen-14-months/
The latest short-term DfT funding settlement for TfL yet again obliges the
latter to pursue the Johnson hobby horse of 'driverless trains'. In
particular, the DfT wants DLR-style automation to be investigated on the
Drain and Piccadilly lines:
Driverless Trains
11.TfL's record of modernisation and innovation should not leave it behind
other European networks, which are achieving significant...
According to the new Modern Railways, the existing A13 is going to be
buried as it goes near Barking Reach to create room for more housing.
Meanwhile, the entire new railway to Barking Reach is built on a
viaduct. They say that the water table is pretty high there, but while
that would create problems for tunnelling, I don't think it would be too
much of a problem for cut and cover.
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Visited Battersea Power Station Station in Thursday's episode (9/15),
and discussed Beck's map in, er, Saturday's episode (10/15). Presumably
both are available on iPlayer.
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Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to
1984 - Throb Throb - Naked Raygun
Anyone know whats going to happen to the former station building? I was
looking back in streetview yesterday and noticed that in 2017 there was
a sign up saying it would be refurbished:
https://goo.gl/maps/Hjgcm8fMbHLudZjo9
But that vanished in 2018 and the place is still derelict.
The canopies over the entrances at Goodmayes and Chadwell Heath stations
look childish and awful IMO.
https://youtu.be/HQBbjEdLI7Q?t=411
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Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to
1982 - 'I Staggered Mentally' - Portion Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGliq3eJZPs
It's all to do with how to show the new line on a map and keep it in
zone 1 while all the stations around it are zone 2! (except Kennington
which is now 1/2)
The new bridge is currently under construction on the east side and will
presumably be slid over the motorway before too long.
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Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to
1993 - International Language - Cabaret Voltaire
Four and a half years after the crash that killed seven passengers, the
inquest finally starts tomorrow:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57080188
Apparently a new avoiding slip from M25 E/B to A10 N/B is being constructed.
https://highwaysengland.co.uk/our-work/south-east/m25-junction-25-improvements/
But my question is about what is (or was) there before the work. For
years there has been a weird lay-by on the northbound A10 just north of
the M25, weird because you can only get into it by stopping on the dual
carriageway at the end...
apropos something entirely unrelated, I was perusing the 60+ pass validity
and I came across the rule:
..
"60+ Oyster pass holders are not entitled to free travel on services outside
of London."
at:
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
