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Old September 8th 19, 03:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Northern Line goes south

On Sun, 8 Sep 2019 14:58:02 +0100, MissRiaElaine
wrote:

On 08/09/2019 00:49, Basil Jet wrote:
On 07/09/2019 23:00, MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 07/09/2019 20:51, tim... wrote:


"MissRiaElaine" wrote in message
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On 07/09/2019 16:19, wrote:

Didnt you know you can't criticise TfL or any of its subsidiaries
on this
group since they're absolutely beyond reproach and any issues are
the fault of
the passenger.

Bring back London Transport (and British Rail for that matter).

bring back paper timetables

Indeed. And proper signals (semaphore would be nice, but colour light
signals with actual light bulbs would be ok.) LED signals are like LED
street lights, in other words HORRIBLE.


Right... because peering into the fog hoping to see a light every 100
yards that hasn't been obscured by a branch or stolen by scrotes is so
much better than having a monitor in the cab with the message
"Clear for 6.7km, 50kph TSR in 3.4km" written on it.


Always assuming the tech works. A light bulb is about as simple as you
can get. Imagine if they tried the same on the roads..!


Incandescent light bulbs have a short life and need frequent
replacement. The light is also not consistent, dimming and getting
more yellow over time. LED arrays are far better. But in railway
terms, no lineside signals at all is better still.


And stop talking in metric, last time I checked we used MILES in this
country. At least that's what's on the dial of every car speedometer
I've seen lately.


So when did you last buy fuel in gallons?

Most UK trams and light railways use km. For example, this is a
speedo on a Nottingham NET tram:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/47935957238/in/album-72157708767150101/lightbox/

Engineering went metric many decades ago. Nobody would dream of
engineering a new British car using imperial measurements. In fact, no
engineers still working would have any experience of anything but SI
units.

And why do you think car acceleration timings in the UK are quoted for
the 0-62.5mph range? They gave up on 0-60 long ago.