On 18/11/2011 15:39, Tony Miles wrote:
On Nov 18, 2:42 pm, wrote:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-drivers-rules...

Even allowing for the sensationalist "anything to sell(or rather give
away) papers" oversimplification approach of the Evening Standard,can
this/should this be done?

Hmmm.. one interesting part of the Standard's report is:
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"Reliability of the Jubilee line, the principal route linking central
London to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, is causing most concern.

Isn't there another line which is more, erm, Central?

It is used by more than 600,000 passengers a day and has been blighted
by problems affecting its new signalling system. Last week tens of
thousands of passengers suffered delays after the computers
controlling the trains crashed.

Ms Dedring, 40, admitted that the Jubilee line could "still be a lot
better" as she spoke about the "healthy tension" between City Hall and
TfL.

In other news, the Pope attended mass.

She revealed the Mayor personally called bosses at Thales, the firm
operating the Jubilee line's signalling system, to rebuke them for
their performance."
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So which company has so far been unable to resolve problems with the
new signalling on Manchester's Metrolink system? (with a suggestion
any openings planned for "December 2011" haven't a hope of
happening...) - well that would be Thales...
Maybe these guys should be taken out of tendering for any more work in
the UK until they start to deliver some reliable schemes?

Is it the kind of industry where there are only a few potential
suppliers, and if you don't use one you pretty much have to use the other?


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