On Jun 20, 11:40 am, John B wrote:

3) Paddington (Circle) made accessible - if you were going to provide
accessible SSL/NR interchange at Paddington, I'd've thought the H&C
station would be a better bet! Where's this going to go?


Is Paddington one of the Circle line stations that is going to get
longer platforms (along with Bayswater) to allow 7-car trains when the
stock arrives? Will that make putting in lifts at the same time
*relatively* easy?

On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:
The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

B2003

On Jun 19, 12:52 pm, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

Laing own (or owned) Chiltern Railways. It's difficult to think of a
TOC more "quietly competent"[1] than that.

[1] I recall coining that phrase with relation to the Silverlink
County franchise, and I think it's a good description of what is
required from a commuter operator.

Neil

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On Jun 19, 12:52 pm, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

Laing own (or owned) Chiltern Railways. It's difficult to think of a
TOC more "quietly competent"[1] than that.


Err.. and aren't the MTR in question the people who run the Hong Kong
metro - hardly a 'building firm'...

Paul

On Jun 19, 12:15 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
"Neil Williams" wrote in message

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On Jun 19, 12:52 pm, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

Laing own (or owned) Chiltern Railways. It's difficult to think of a
TOC more "quietly competent"[1] than that.

Err.. and aren't the MTR in question the people who run the Hong Kong
metro - hardly a 'building firm'...

Paul

Just like Boltar I see Bob Crow jumped in and made a complete arse of
himself.

Kevin

In article . com,
Kevin wrote:
etent"[1] than that.

Err.. and aren't the MTR in question the people who run the Hong Kong
metro - hardly a 'building firm'...

Paul


Precisely so, and it is headed up in the UK by Jeremy Long, formerly
head of GB Railways and then, for a time, First's railway ops after the
takeover, so masses of very relevant experience in the team
SB

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Boltar wrote:

On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have years
of experience running railways when you can pick a building firm.

Pop quiz! Who runs (a) the Chiltern franchise and (b) the Hong Kong metro?

tom

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3.141592666666 and then it's just all sixes for the other 298 digits. Then
after that there's just hieroglyphs of scary eyes.

On 19 Jun, 12:14, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Boltar wrote:
On 19 Jun, 10:09, Paul Corfield wrote:

The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have years
of experience running railways when you can pick a building firm.

Pop quiz! Who runs (a) the Chiltern franchise and (b) the Hong Kong metro?

Do they? Oh well , my mistake then.

And in reply to another poster , thats more than Bob Crow would ever
admit.

B2003

And in reply to another poster , thats more than Bob Crow would ever
admit.

:-D

In message . com, at
03:52:52 on Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Boltar remarked:
The winner of the London Overground concession is MTR Laing according

Sounds like a sensible decision. Why pick people who already have
years of experience running railways when you can pick a building
firm.

But isn't Laing Rail actually Chiltern, and the construction business
was sold off years ago. The Evening Standard in London is apparently
saying the Chinese have won the bid, though. Not sure what that means.
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Roland Perry