On 5 June, 19:24, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 10:19:53 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote:

Murad Qureshi calls for new signal box - 1928 equipment causing
commuter misery at Edgware Road Tube

Published: *4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM IT has been described as the
arm-pit of the underground and is a perennial source of rage for
browbeaten Circle line commuters.

http://www.westendextra.com/news/201...-calls-new-sig...

So what? * Mr Qureshi was told all about this prior to his visit because
Mike Brown (LUL MD) *explained what happens at Edgware Road when he sat
in front of the GLA Transport Committee recently.

The more important issue here is not that Mr Qureshi does a "headline
grab" but that the sub surface resignalling proceeds to programme. It is
that which will deliver improvement but it will still take a number of
years to achieve. The 1928 signal box is not going to disappear for a
number of years. Its continuing existence is a classic example of "make
do and mend" investment decisions (and lack of sustained capital monies)
that have prevented large scale signalling works on the sub surface
network for decades. *This is what you get when people decide that it is
OK to slash expenditure on public transport.
--
Paul C

Or, to be more exact, cut capital expenditure in the downside of an
economic cyle to reduce costs. In fact the crux of the argument in the
recent general election, with Labour and LDs [the majority] arguing
against and Tories [the minority] arguing for.

And that which the coalition is now putting through with LD support

[Apologies to the non-English contributors for the UK-centric
interpretation]

Patrick