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New wood lane station
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:09:54 -0700 (PDT)
Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
situation?
B2003 ...
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Re: Another squashed bus
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:42:05 +0100
In message <489214a0.262709396@news.individual.net>, at 19:38:34 on Thu,
31 Jul 2008, Neil Williams <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> remarked:
>>Rebuild a bridge to the same height as before - but a brand new low
>>bridge?? What kind of railway would that be, anyway?
>
>I'm wondering if he might be referring to ...
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Re: BBC: Attempt to "Save" Lost Euston Arch
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:39:31 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 31, 11:33?am, "Paul" <p...@nospam.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7528342.stm
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> I keep forgetting to check when I'm up at Euston, but am I right in thinking
> the arch would not have been in the way of the 1960s development anyway?
>
IIRC The "old" Euston was closer to ...
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Re: Another squashed bus
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:08:50 +0100
In message <g6sn1o$fr1$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>, at 16:51:21 on Thu,
31 Jul 2008, John Rowland <johnr@journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk>
remarked:
>> I'd be a bit surprised if you could get planning permission to build a
>> new bridge that's too low for a bus, over an existing street.
>
>I think you could, ...
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TOX08
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:07:39 +0100
You'd think he'd have grown out of it or got electrocuted by now.
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Re: Another squashed bus
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:33 +0100
In message <20080731144326.GB12252@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk>, at 15:43:26
on Thu, 31 Jul 2008, David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> remarked:
>> Why over-complicate it? Just have a GPS that shows routes *without* low
>> bridges, that are recommended for use by buses. Then you can avoid other
>> nasties as well.
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Re: Another squashed bus
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:45:30 +0100
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 04:58:22AM -0700, Mait001@aol.com wrote:
> All these electronic devices - even the intrusive ones "announcing"
> each and every stop. Why are they necessary? On the rare occasion a
> passenger need to be told of a particular alighting point, why can't
> they tell the driver and he then an ...
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Re: Another squashed bus
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:43:26 +0100
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:27:38AM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
> Why over-complicate it? Just have a GPS that shows routes *without* low
> bridges, that are recommended for use by buses. Then you can avoid other
> nasties as well.
And you think bus companies would buy that instead of buying the cheaper
consu ...
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Re: Another squashed bus
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:31:41 +0100
On 29 Jul 2008 20:45:08 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.com> wrote:
>asdf <invalid@invalid.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
>were saying:
>
>>>> Perhaps the driver should have a radar warning device like airline
>>>> pilots "Pull up, Pull up"!
>
>>>P'raps. A good low-tech alternative would be ...
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Re: Another squashed bus
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:19:02 +0100
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:05:15 +0100, "John Rowland"
<johnr@journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message
>> <c025457a-a2a6-4432-b005-f32b809b3184@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
>> at 01:36:45 on Wed, 30 Jul 2008, thagor2008@googlemail.com remarked:
>>> Just have some bleeper which ...
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