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August 7th 09, 11:24 AM
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Residents welcome new London railway depot - not!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8189061.stm MaxB |
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August 7th 09, 04:33 PM
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On 7 Aug, 12:24, MaxB wrote:
Residents welcome new London railway depot - not! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8189061.stm MaxB "Liberal Democrat councillor for Haringey Council Rachel Allison has described the proposed building as "the bunker"... "This is a huge maintenance facility nearly two-storeys high." " My preconceptions about bunker design were that they shouldn't be so prominent! Dominic |
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August 7th 09, 05:41 PM
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Dominic wrote:
On 7 Aug, 12:24, MaxB wrote: Residents welcome new London railway depot - not! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8189061.stm MaxB "Liberal Democrat councillor for Haringey Council Rachel Allison has described the proposed building as "the bunker"... "This is a huge maintenance facility nearly two-storeys high." " My preconceptions about bunker design were that they shouldn't be so prominent! Gosh, imagine having to live opposite a two-story building... |
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August 7th 09, 06:00 PM
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Basil Jet wrote:
Dominic wrote: On 7 Aug, 12:24, MaxB wrote: Residents welcome new London railway depot - not! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8189061.stm MaxB "Liberal Democrat councillor for Haringey Council Rachel Allison has described the proposed building as "the bunker"... "This is a huge maintenance facility nearly two-storeys high." " My preconceptions about bunker design were that they shouldn't be so prominent! Gosh, imagine having to live opposite a two-story building... Storey, even. Looking at the diagram, the building will be on the far side of the ECML opposite the properties in Chadwell Lane. Aren't they council properties? Haven't these people heard that beggars can't be choosers? It will be barely visible from the private properties in New River Avenue. |
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August 10th 09, 09:43 PM
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"Basil Jet" wrote in message ... Basil Jet wrote: Dominic wrote: On 7 Aug, 12:24, MaxB wrote: Residents welcome new London railway depot - not! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8189061.stm MaxB "Liberal Democrat councillor for Haringey Council Rachel Allison has described the proposed building as "the bunker"... "This is a huge maintenance facility nearly two-storeys high." " My preconceptions about bunker design were that they shouldn't be so prominent! Gosh, imagine having to live opposite a two-story building... Storey, even. Looking at the diagram, the building will be on the far side of the ECML opposite the properties in Chadwell Lane. Aren't they council properties? Haven't these people heard that beggars can't be choosers? It will be barely visible from the private properties in New River Avenue. Can somebody explain how building the depot creates hundreds of jobs. Will the new Thameslink trains be that much more unreliable than the existing trains that they need more maintenance. Surely the existing trains are maintained so why does the new Thameslink require hundreds of extra maintenance staff. Kevin |
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August 10th 09, 10:01 PM
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Zen83237 wrote:
Can somebody explain how building the depot creates hundreds of jobs. Will the new Thameslink trains be that much more unreliable than the existing trains that they need more maintenance. Surely the existing trains are maintained so why does the new Thameslink require hundreds of extra maintenance staff. A few more trains, but mostly, more carriages per train. |
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August 11th 09, 08:52 AM
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In message , at 22:43:20 on
Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Zen83237 remarked: Can somebody explain how building the depot creates hundreds of jobs. Will the new Thameslink trains be that much more unreliable than the existing trains that they need more maintenance. Surely the existing trains are maintained so why does the new Thameslink require hundreds of extra maintenance staff. The new trains will have more carriages than the old. But they may also be factoring in a reluctance of staff at the old depot (where is that?) to the new ones, resulting in *local* recruitment. -- Roland Perry |
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August 7th 09, 06:06 PM
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In message , at 18:41:49 on Fri, 7
Aug 2009, Basil Jet remarked: "This is a huge maintenance facility nearly two-storeys high." " Gosh, imagine having to live opposite a two-story building... It's only *nearly* two stories high. Does that mean one and a half stories, in reality? -- Roland Perry |
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August 8th 09, 05:32 PM
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On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:33:37 -0700 (PDT), Dominic
wrote: On 7 Aug, 12:24, MaxB wrote: Residents welcome new London railway depot - not! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8189061.stm MaxB "Liberal Democrat councillor for Haringey Council Rachel Allison has described the proposed building as "the bunker"... "This is a huge maintenance facility nearly two-storeys high." " My preconceptions about bunker design were that they shouldn't be so prominent! but this one is not prominent being "nearly two storeys high" so smaller than the surrrounding suburbia. -- Peter Lawrence |
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August 7th 09, 06:25 PM
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On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:24:44 -0700 (PDT), MaxB
wrote: Residents welcome new London railway depot - not! Same on the former Radlett aerodrome. Freight depot proposed, locals say "nooooooooo!". Perhaps they don't want the jobs. Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc | http://www.nohelmetlaw.org.uk/ "Nullius in Verba" - take no man's word for it. - attr. Horace, chosen by John Evelyn for the Royal Society |
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