Rainbow Line
 

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled to
welcome the Pride line to London’s thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT people
across our great capital."
--
Roland Perry

Rainbow Line
 

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 08:11:31 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled to
welcome the Pride line to London’s thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT people
across our great capital."

April 1, already.

Rainbow Line
 

In message , at 08:17:26 on
Fri, 1 Apr 2016, e27002 aurora remarked:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled to
welcome the Pride line to London’s thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT people
across our great capital."

April 1, already.

No ****, Sherlock.

"The Pride line will be officially named in a ceremony on April 31."
--
Roland Perry

Rainbow Line
 

On 2016-04-01 07:25:48 +0000, Roland Perry said:

In message , at 08:17:26 on
Fri, 1 Apr 2016, e27002 aurora remarked:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled to
welcome the Pride line to London’s thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT people
across our great capital."

April 1, already.

No ****, Sherlock.

"The Pride line will be officially named in a ceremony on April 31."

I heard that he's renaming all the exit signs as brexit.

Rainbow Line
 

On Friday, 1 April 2016 08:11:49 UTC+1, Roland Perry wrote:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled to
welcome the Pride line to London's thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT people
across our great capital."
--
Roland Perry

From the picture it actually looks quite good. It is better than the current grey of the Jubilee Line.

Rainbow Line
 

On 01/04/2016 08:25, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:17:26 on
Fri, 1 Apr 2016, e27002 aurora remarked:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled to
welcome the Pride line to London’s thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT people
across our great capital."

April 1, already.

No ****, Sherlock.

"The Pride line will be officially named in a ceremony on April 31."

I was quite excited when one of the candidates for mayor said they would
provide a subsidy for London Pride. It would have saved me a fortune.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Rainbow Line
 

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 19:17:57 +0100, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

On 01/04/2016 08:25, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:17:26 on
Fri, 1 Apr 2016, e27002 aurora remarked:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled to
welcome the Pride line to London’s thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT people
across our great capital."

April 1, already.

No ****, Sherlock.

"The Pride line will be officially named in a ceremony on April 31."

I was quite excited when one of the candidates for mayor said they would
provide a subsidy for London Pride. It would have saved me a fortune.

There are times when I wish Usenet had the ability to give an up-vote.

Rainbow Line
 

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 08:11:31 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/01...-line-will-be-
renamed-to-celebrate-pride/

"Mayor of London Boris Johnson told PinkNews: "I am thrilled
to welcome the Pride line to London’s thriving transport network,
where it will serve as a reminder of the struggle of LGBT
people across our great capital."

Be very careful the "Bad Guy" hunter from Devon, david brooks,
may be on board.

Rainbow Line
 

In message , at 13:23:46 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:
Waitrose has announced that it will be the first supermarket to launch
on the TfL network by taking over a disused station on the Piccadilly
line.

The concourse at Down Street station will be redeveloped to create a
unique retail space for TfL customers.

Joking apart, I remember when there were shops (well, kiosks) on the
platform at several UndergrounD stations.

There still are - Embankment, Monument and Hammersmith come to mind
immediately.

The kiosks at Monument aren't behind the line, however, whereas the two
at Embankment on the District line are.

For the avoidance of doubt, I'm only interested in kiosks on platforms,
"airside" of the ticket barriers.
--
Roland Perry

Rainbow Line
 

In message , at 13:20:27 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:

I remember that Cadbury had chocolate machines at most stations, though
they seem to have removed them about 10 years ago. Why was that?

Removed longer ago than that, I think.

Even when they worked, I suspect they probably vended more chocolate
bars to people with the necessary size of washers, rather than UK
coinage.
--
Roland Perry

Rainbow Line
 

On 02/04/2016 13:36, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:23:46 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:
Waitrose has announced that it will be the first supermarket to launch
on the TfL network by taking over a disused station on the Piccadilly
line.

The concourse at Down Street station will be redeveloped to create a
unique retail space for TfL customers.

Joking apart, I remember when there were shops (well, kiosks) on the
platform at several UndergrounD stations.

There still are - Embankment, Monument and Hammersmith come to mind
immediately.

The kiosks at Monument aren't behind the line, however, whereas the
two at Embankment on the District line are.

For the avoidance of doubt, I'm only interested in kiosks on platforms,
"airside" of the ticket barriers.

Which all of those 3 are - ok, at Monument they are set back by the DLR
stairs but they are within sight line of the platforms, level with them
and with no encumberences between them.

Embankment and Hammersmith they are very much on the platforms themselves.

Rainbow Line
 

On 02.04.16 13:36, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:23:46 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:
Waitrose has announced that it will be the first supermarket to launch
on the TfL network by taking over a disused station on the Piccadilly
line.

The concourse at Down Street station will be redeveloped to create a
unique retail space for TfL customers.

Joking apart, I remember when there were shops (well, kiosks) on the
platform at several UndergrounD stations.

There still are - Embankment, Monument and Hammersmith come to mind
immediately.

The kiosks at Monument aren't behind the line, however, whereas the
two at Embankment on the District line are.

For the avoidance of doubt, I'm only interested in kiosks on platforms,
"airside" of the ticket barriers.

Yes, there is. I just recalled that it is on the westbound track.

The westbound platform appears to be the only one on the LUL that uses a
single-lense platform repeater.

Rainbow Line
 

On 02.04.16 13:38, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:20:27 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:

I remember that Cadbury had chocolate machines at most stations,
though they seem to have removed them about 10 years ago. Why was that?

Removed longer ago than that, I think.

Even when they worked, I suspect they probably vended more chocolate
bars to people with the necessary size of washers, rather than UK coinage.

I do remember that those machines appeared to often dispense more than
you purchased. I did not mind that.

One thing that I did not understand was why they removed the payphones
on the platforms.

Rainbow Line
 

In message , at 13:49:14 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:

One thing that I did not understand was why they removed the payphones
on the platforms.

Too much maintenance compared to the takings, I expect. Their demise was
probably hastened by the project to give Rabbit coverage to all stations
(in much the same way 20yrs later Virgin wifi).

That Rabbit didn't last more than a couple of years is an unintended
outcome.
--
Roland Perry

Rainbow Line
 

On Saturday, 2 April 2016 09:01:38 UTC+1, Someone Somewhere wrote:

There still are - Embankment, Monument and Hammersmith come to mind
immediately.

Liverpool Street. Baker Street? Does a "Treats" count? On the Met Line.

Rainbow Line
 

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:49:14 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:

One thing that I did not understand was why they removed the payphones
on the platforms.

Too much maintenance compared to the takings, I expect. Their demise was
probably hastened by the project to give Rabbit coverage to all stations
(in much the same way 20yrs later Virgin wifi).

That Rabbit didn't last more than a couple of years is an unintended
outcome.

If it's a choice between using a payphone in the station and waiting till
you reach a landline at your destination, I can see the payphone being
used. If it's a case of just waiting until you get above ground and using
your mobile, I expect people would rather wait. I think there is also an
element that most people have, for practical purposes, "forgotten" about
payphones, in that if they can't use their mobile it doesn't occur to them
to look for a payphone.

Robin

Rainbow Line
 

On 03.04.16 11:14, bob wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:49:14 on Sat, 2 Apr 2016,
" remarked:

One thing that I did not understand was why they removed the payphones
on the platforms.

Too much maintenance compared to the takings, I expect. Their demise was
probably hastened by the project to give Rabbit coverage to all stations
(in much the same way 20yrs later Virgin wifi).

That Rabbit didn't last more than a couple of years is an unintended
outcome.

If it's a choice between using a payphone in the station and waiting till
you reach a landline at your destination, I can see the payphone being
used. If it's a case of just waiting until you get above ground and using
your mobile, I expect people would rather wait. I think there is also an
element that most people have, for practical purposes, "forgotten" about
payphones, in that if they can't use their mobile it doesn't occur to them
to look for a payphone.

Robin

I think that you are probably correct.

Rainbow Line
 

In message , at 10:14:51 on Sun, 3 Apr 2016,
bob remarked:

One thing that I did not understand was why they removed the payphones
on the platforms.

Too much maintenance compared to the takings, I expect. Their demise was
probably hastened by the project to give Rabbit coverage to all stations
(in much the same way 20yrs later Virgin wifi).

That Rabbit didn't last more than a couple of years is an unintended
outcome.

If it's a choice between using a payphone in the station and waiting till
you reach a landline at your destination, I can see the payphone being
used. If it's a case of just waiting until you get above ground and using
your mobile, I expect people would rather wait.

I got a Rabbit phone so that I could ring up people when I was in London
and let them know if I was going to be late for a meeting, and I would
invariably be travelling around by tube. Previously I'd had an analogue
mobile, but when it broke down I hadn't been using it enough to justify
replacing it.

When Rabbit was withdrawn, one of the compensation packages on offer was
a free Orange phone, although it was still on a contract at £30/month.
The networks weren't subsidising the phones from the monthly contract
back then.

I think there is also an element that most people have, for practical
purposes, "forgotten" about payphones, in that if they can't use their
mobile it doesn't occur to them to look for a payphone.

One of the reasons I didn't use payphones much was they often had
queues, and almost always stank of urine or worse.
--
Roland Perry

Rainbow Line
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 10:14:51 on Sun, 3 Apr 2016,
bob remarked:

One thing that I did not understand was why they removed the payphones
on the platforms.

Too much maintenance compared to the takings, I expect. Their demise was
probably hastened by the project to give Rabbit coverage to all stations
(in much the same way 20yrs later Virgin wifi).

That Rabbit didn't last more than a couple of years is an unintended
outcome.

If it's a choice between using a payphone in the station and waiting till
you reach a landline at your destination, I can see the payphone being
used. If it's a case of just waiting until you get above ground and using
your mobile, I expect people would rather wait.

I got a Rabbit phone so that I could ring up people when I was in London
and let them know if I was going to be late for a meeting, and I would
invariably be travelling around by tube. Previously I'd had an analogue
mobile, but when it broke down I hadn't been using it enough to justify
replacing it.

When Rabbit was withdrawn, one of the compensation packages on offer was a
free Orange phone, although it was still on a contract at £30/month. The
networks weren't subsidising the phones from the monthly contract back
then.

Oh yes they were.

It was much more necessary then because the entry price for buying a phone
was beyond the "utility" value that a domestic customer would pay

tim

Rainbow Line
 

In message , at 12:31:00 on Sun, 3 Apr 2016,
tim... remarked:

When Rabbit was withdrawn, one of the compensation packages on offer
was a free Orange phone, although it was still on a contract at
£30/month. The networks weren't subsidising the phones from the
monthly contract back then.

Oh yes they were.

It was much more necessary then because the entry price for buying a
phone was beyond the "utility" value that a domestic customer would pay

They weren't selling many to domestic customers (if you mean consumers)
back then, because the industry's main market was companies. Calls cost
typically 50p/minute.

Orange and One-to-One started opening it up to a wider audience with
prices which appealed more to the masses, but the Nokia Orange in 1994
was still £299 to buy.
--
Roland Perry

Rainbow Line
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 12:31:00 on Sun, 3 Apr 2016,
tim... remarked:

When Rabbit was withdrawn, one of the compensation packages on offer was
a free Orange phone, although it was still on a contract at £30/month.
The networks weren't subsidising the phones from the monthly contract
back then.

Oh yes they were.

It was much more necessary then because the entry price for buying a phone
was beyond the "utility" value that a domestic customer would pay

They weren't selling many to domestic customers (if you mean consumers)
back then, because the industry's main market was companies. Calls cost
typically 50p/minute.

There was still a market in selling to "normal" people, just not to be used
for casual conversations


Orange and One-to-One started opening it up to a wider audience with
prices which appealed more to the masses, but the Nokia Orange in 1994 was
still £299 to buy.

I would bet that they was still a subsidised price :-(


tim

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In message ,
Offramp writes
On Saturday, 2 April 2016 09:01:38 UTC+1, Someone Somewhere wrote:

There still are - Embankment, Monument and Hammersmith come to mind
immediately.

Liverpool Street. Baker Street? Does a "Treats" count? On the Met Line.


Stratford (and 1 other on the Central Line Epping Branch - I forget
which)
--
Bryan Morris
Public Key http://www.pgp.uk.demon.net - 0xCC6237E9