On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Stephen Farrow wrote:

d wrote:
"John Rowland" wrote in message
...

Actually, it's best if all main lines passed through London, and all lines
interchanged with each other and with all tube lines, but not too many
lines interchanging at the same station. That way a terrorist strike on a
single station causes minimal disruption. A single London Central station
has no benefits and huge disbenefits.

Planning rail routes and services around terrorism? Does it really happen
that frequently?

*Attacks* don't happen that frequently. There have been periods where
disruption due to phoned-in (fake) bomb threats happened on a very,
*very* regular basis.

Phoning in fake bomb threats for multiple stations doesn't seem much
harder than phoning in for one.

tom

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