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Old November 18th 11, 11:48 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Just how easy is it to rewrite the rules? TfL and the Olympics

On Nov 18, 4:39*pm, Tony Miles wrote:
On Nov 18, 2:42*pm, Mwmbwls 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.

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.

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?


Why does a tram system need complicated signalling?