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Visible signs of Thameslink 2000
Kev wrote:
On Oct 19, 11:04 am, Rupert Candy wrote: Like many on these groups, I try not to believe any transport project is actually happening "until they start digging". So, having been away for a week or so, I was gratified to notice several signs that "Thameslink 2000" (or whatever they're calling it these days) might actually happen. They've started piling at the southern end of Blackfriars railway bridge (by the old bridge supports) - presumably for the second river crossing - and there are hoardings at Farringdon by the north end footbridge, though no signs of actual construction yet. I also noticed a stripy eye-catching "Thameslink Project" information stand at Moorgate - currently empty, but presumably will soon hold "You're not getting any Thameslink trains any more" leaflets... I think that you naive attitude to how a project is implemented then. Now wonder there are many scew ups when people think that all that is involved in implementing a project is to "dig holes". Of course you can cut corners and just face the consequences when it all goes belly up. But if you spend forever planning, nothing even happens. Though no doubt the people of Leeds and Gosport will be laughing when the major cities of France and Spain sink into a hell brought about by their so-hasty construction of all those tram projects.... Once holes are being dug there is a chance something might actually happen. Important though it may be, while we are still at the stage of assessing the impact of the project on the one-legged Welsh lesbian community, or re-announcing the same project to the local papers for the eighth time, things seem a very long way off. A while ago I was talking to someone who was involved in designing stations for Crossrail. Can they dust-off the models of the previous plan in the museum at Acton depot, I asked. "Models, what models?" -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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