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Ron Ron Ron Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 All/most of the signal gantries have been removed....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Row, Row, Row, your boat Gently down the stream Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily Life is but a dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jim.snowdon Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Wasn't that just the same as what 19th century architects did with their designs? The Victorians were extremely flamboyant in their architectural decoration. . At least their decoration was proper decoration - nothing subtle and no half measures. Besides, the creators of 19th century buildings were more civil engineers than architects, who these days seem to be more building stylists than engineers (albeit supported by teams of capable engineers who have to try and realise their designs). Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted December 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 29, 2017 Wrong-road running on the double-arrow sign when viewed from that side. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jim.snowdon Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Wrong-road running on the double-arrow sign when viewed from that side. Martin. Given the scale of the project, ie impressive, having that by way of the external signage is something of an anticlimax, if not an apology. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Given the scale of the project, ie impressive, having that by way of the external signage is something of an anticlimax, if not an apology. Jim That's what you call understated. Davey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The finishing touches being applied yesterday and overnight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Finally...Open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2018 The finishing touches being applied yesterday and overnight. I love the Hi Tech work bench that looks as if it's been knocked up from scrap timber using a nail gun. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2018 I love the Hi Tech work bench that looks as if it's been knocked up from scrap timber using a nail gun. Jamie You mean the design wasn't stress tested or signed off by the company safety rep? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2018 You mean the design wasn't stress tested or signed off by the company safety rep?I doubt that they did a CAD drawing and finite particle analysis on it. More probably they were in keeping with their forebears who built the original arches using rack of eye and certain measurements involving particular follicles on a gnat. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I stopped off at LB today and went up to Platforms 2 & 3, which are sharing the up off-peak Cannon Streets. There is nothing running through the Thameslink platforms (4 & 5) - is there a date for their opening? Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Row, Row, Row, your boat Gently down the stream Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily Life is but a dream. Sing "oops upside your head, sing oops upside your head".. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.snowdon Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I stopped off at LB today and went up to Platforms 2 & 3, which are sharing the up off-peak Cannon Streets. There is nothing running through the Thameslink platforms (4 & 5) - is there a date for their opening? Bill May 2018, according to the Thameslink project website. And unlike certain projects elsewhere on the network, Thameslink has been quietly delivering on time right through. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted January 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2018 I stopped off at LB today and went up to Platforms 2 & 3, which are sharing the up off-peak Cannon Streets. There is nothing running through the Thameslink platforms (4 & 5) - is there a date for their opening? Bill Through Thameslink services via London Bridge do not restart until May this year. EDIT: just beaten to it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2018 I stopped off at LB today and went up to Platforms 2 & 3, which are sharing the up off-peak Cannon Streets. There is nothing running through the Thameslink platforms (4 & 5) - is there a date for their opening? Bill Technically they are open now - its just no trains are scheduled that way yet as the current timetable was written while London Bridge was still being rebuilt! What is currently proposed is that as individual drivers officially become passed out on the route via London Bridge and Met Junction more and more trains will start to to head via London Bridge instead of trundling round the south London suburbs to get to Blackfriars via Tulse Hill*, etc. Any trains that do run via London Bridge will pause there so that their running time between Blackfriars and East Croydon is the same as that taken by trains running via Tulse Hill. This means that while driver training is ongoing if a driver turns up at East Croydon / Farringdon and they don't yet sign the London Bridge route, they can still go via Tulse Hill and not wreck the timetable. By the next timetable change in May, all drivers should be fully trained up in the new London Bridge infrastructure and at that stage there will be a fairly hefty revamp of Thameslink (and Southern) services with much quicker journey times again possible due to trains being able to utilise the direct and fast run via Forrest Hill and not have to trundle round south London as they do now. * Note, most trains from Brighton, etc do not stop at Elephant & Castle precisely because it would screw up the above plan which has to take into account the route knowledge issue and the intention to gradually migrate back to the London Bridge routing over several months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2018 Through Thameslink services via London Bridge do not restart until May this year. EDIT: just beaten to it! Unofficially they might do so before then. It all depends on driver route knowledge. At present none are passed out to go via London Bridge, but come May they all will. As such, initially you will only see route learning specials through 4 & 5, then gradually you will get stuff that has been diverted away from the Tulse Hill trundle calling. Note however that said trains will not be shown as calling at London Bridge on any journey planing software and moreover there is no guarantee that just because a Brighton train calls at 14:30 on Monday, that the same will happen on Tuesday.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here's a video... Select HD and full screen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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