That there arn't any posts about the power cuts in America and the chaos it
caused on the New York subway. Perhaps CJD might have realised that us
knuckle-scraping morons might actually be needed to come and rescue him one
day?

It was Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:57:22 +0100, and "Robin Mayes"
wrote in uk.transport.london:
| That there arn't any posts about the power cuts in America
| and the chaos it caused on the New York subway.

misc.transport.urban-transit might be a better bet. Why
would people complain about NY in a London Transport group?

BTW: Those that know the most first hand may be the most
delayed on getting the power back on. It took a while to
get everyone out of the system, but no serious injuries.

JL


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"Robin Mayes" wrote in message
...
That there arn't any posts about the power cuts in America and the chaos
it
caused on the New York subway. Perhaps CJD might have realised that us
knuckle-scraping morons might actually be needed to come and rescue him
one
day?



Lol,. your right there mate. Am i the only one who remembers lul did have a
powercut? and they got all passengers from trains using there back up
powerstation?

What amazed me was the swarms of people walking.
The last time I was in New York there was a problem on the subway. And
people just left the station and walked down the road. Literally down
the road. Not even on the pavement. Just a swarm of people walking down
the middle of the room.
--
CJG

In article , CJG NEWSGROUP@ne
wsgroup.no.spam.thanks writes
What amazed me was the swarms of people walking.
The last time I was in New York there was a problem on the subway. And people
just left the station and walked down the road. Literally down the road. Not
even on the pavement. Just a swarm of people walking down the middle of the
room.

I've seen things approaching that outside Kings Cross when the tube
station has been closed (usually a "security alert") in the morning rush
hour.
--
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window a bit, type a bit, stare out of the window a bit. Networked computers
make these two activities converge, because now the thing you type on and the
window you stare out of are the same thing" - Douglas Adams 28/1/99.

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In article , CJG NEWSGROUP@ne
wsgroup.no.spam.thanks writes
What amazed me was the swarms of people walking.
The last time I was in New York there was a problem on the subway. And
people
just left the station and walked down the road. Literally down the road.
Not
even on the pavement. Just a swarm of people walking down the middle of
the
room.

I've seen things approaching that outside Kings Cross when the tube
station has been closed (usually a "security alert") in the morning rush
hour.
--

It happened all over central London during the tube stikes a couple of years
ago.

Andrew

It was Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:55:42 +0100, and CJG
wrote in uk.transport.london:
| And people just left the station and walked down the road.
| Literally down the road. Not even on the pavement.

Ahh, but they were on the pavement ... in NYC that is the road!
(They also drive on parkways and park on driveways. Odd buggers.)

JL
Sidewalks are for normal days


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In message , Robin Mayes
writes
That there arn't any posts about the power cuts in America and the
chaos it caused on the New York subway. Perhaps CJD might have realised
that us knuckle-scraping morons might actually be needed to come and
rescue him one day?

If you mean me. I have been house hunting far away from London
Underground's monkey business. Better things to do than point out the
obvious about London Underground.
So anyway. Say the same happened here and the whole of London and South
East England lost its power. What exactly would happen on the
Underground?
And aren't New York's subway lines a lot nearer the surface. So if they
come to a halt then its a short walk to the surface.
And I can assure you if I was on the underground and the lights and
power went out I would be up in the fresh air way before the station
assistant has found his dusty safety instructions book.
--
CJG

CJG wrote:
In message , Robin Mayes
writes
That there arn't any posts about the power cuts in America and the
chaos it caused on the New York subway. Perhaps CJD might have
realised that us knuckle-scraping morons might actually be needed to
come and rescue him one day?

If you mean me. I have been house hunting far away from London
Underground's monkey business. Better things to do than point out the
obvious about London Underground.
So anyway. Say the same happened here and the whole of London and
South East England lost its power. What exactly would happen on the
Underground?

Well, the theory is that the Greenwich power station (gas-turbine-powered I
believe) would start up and supply traction current, so that trains stuck in
tunnels could at least reach the next station. And emergency lighting in
stations would be powered by batteries for long enough to evacuate everyone
safely.

Two points that I would like answered:
1. Would the signals still work or would trains need to be moved under
emergency manual signalling?
2. Would the escalators and lifts be working, and if not how would
deep-level stations be evacuated?

And aren't New York's subway lines a lot nearer the surface. So if
they come to a halt then its a short walk to the surface.
And I can assure you if I was on the underground and the lights and
power went out I would be up in the fresh air way before the station
assistant has found his dusty safety instructions book.

So how would you do that if you were between stations on a tube train when
the power went off?
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"Robin Mayes" wrote in message
...
That there arn't any posts about the power cuts in America and the chaos
it
caused on the New York subway. Perhaps CJD might have realised that us
knuckle-scraping morons might actually be needed to come and rescue him
one
day?

It was surprising that the NY subway doesn't have emergency lighting like LU
does.