Recent content by Bald Rick

No, it’s not. Citation required.

Vic line has 4.5hrs access, 5 nights a week, with almost an extra hour in the early hours of Mondays. I make that 23hrs / week, every week (compared to 7.5 for Thameslink) plus occasional longer closures at weekends on both lines. The Vic also has a traction system fully insulated from the...

Universal estimate 35-40% will arrive by rail.

Slightly OT, butI’, astonished how many people are now boardign at Farringdon in the mornign and then alighting at City TL. It can’t be much quicker than walking!

No doubt in my mind thatthe standard of driving has declined in the last 10-15 years or so, and in my mind (based on no evidence whatsoever) that corresponds almost perfectly with the advent of smart phones. However, I will say that even the standards of driving I see on the south end of the...

Indeed. That‘s what ‘bullet proof’ spec, weekly light maintnenace and 4 x per year weekend maintenance gets you. By far the most troublesome aspects of the core are failed Insulated Rail Joints between Farringdon and Blackfriars (caused by arcing across them as a result of DC return current...

There is a weekend closure of the core every 13 weeks (4 times per year) to do the heavier maintenance and renewal that needs a longer duration of time than 7.5 hours. For example some rerailing takes longer than on regular lines, partly because of it being in tunnel, and partly because some...

Plenty of people eople still do !

Whilst sympathising greatly, if someone is not confident about driving on a dual carriageway to the extent they are scared of changing lane or driving faster than 40moh then frankly they should not be driving on it, and they should make other transport arrangements instead, such as a taxi. This...

A total of three, at the very beginning or end of the day M-F, none on Sat, and on Sunday mornings before the Corbys arent running.

And it didn‘t need to be on, as there is plenty of cheaper power going spare at present, not least around 20GW of Gas generation that’s been sat doing nothing for almost a week. One suspect they are burning simply to get rid of their stockpile, as that is going to be cheaper than transporting it...

But again, no-one has said that. You’re imagining it. No one has said this park won’t have people arriving by train. What has been said, both before and after the latest consultation by universal is: Most people will arrive by road (note that does not mean that all who arrive by road are in...

Which trains are ram packed approaching wixams, from which direction and at what time? and how does that compare to the expected flows to / from the park? Where has anyone said that, can you quote it please?

I suspect - based on my views only - that is much more to do with obesity and processed food.

Controversial opinion - the reduction in smoking is causing more problems for the NHS than it solves. Lots of poeple who would have smoked for life, and expired fairly quickly with little treatment through lung cancer or heart troubles in their 50s, are now making it to their 70s / 80s and...