On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:17:23 +0000
Paul Corfield wrote:
The signalling contract was put out to competitive tender. I assume
Thales bid with the same system as the JNP lines but did not win. We

This tender business is a right load of nonsense. Surely consistency is
more important than saving a few quid? If they'd done all this idiocy
100 years ago we'd have some lines with red meaning danger, others with green
or blue or polkadot meaning danger. And there won't be any room to move in
the cabs of the maintenance locos with seperate systems for the jubilee,
victoria, central and SSL and whatever other pick-n-mix installations they
dream up for the bakerloo and northern eventually.

B2003