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Old November 26th 15, 09:11 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default London's Great Northern Hotel

On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:20:36 +0000, Neil Williams
wrote:

On 2015-11-24 08:39:34 +0000, Graeme Wall said:

Not a viable solution, the logistics of making such a change would make
it a practical impossibility.


I understand that new builds *are* moving that way. It's conversion of
existing installations that is infeasible.



Now there is an English construct that grinds with me. This British
utilization of "build" as in "the build". What is wrong with "new
construction *is* moving that way"?

One also dislikes "the spend".