tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post2953363106816319023..comments2024-03-26T10:23:12.534+00:00Comments on round the rails we go: People Watching Scott Willisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-11856769653685286702016-01-06T09:45:08.720+00:002016-01-06T09:45:08.720+00:00I would recomend that you look no further than Par...I would recomend that you look no further than Parry Glasspool as Harry Thompson in Hollyoaks. local to home as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-63032595992224366752015-12-17T09:08:09.468+00:002015-12-17T09:08:09.468+00:00Problem is, the NIMBY generation are retired and v...Problem is, the NIMBY generation are retired and very bored. They used to write letters to the papers, but I don't think that exists any more, so this is the next best thing.Tim R-T-Chttp://www.flickr.com/photos/r-t-cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-60552651793876806842015-12-10T22:20:50.425+00:002015-12-10T22:20:50.425+00:00Don't lose hope Andrew. The whole new Thamesli...Don't lose hope Andrew. The whole new Thameslink timetable has to start by accommodating the loop service as loops are so difficult to keep to time; and then trains on the Midland and East Coast main lines are affected too. If it becomes unworkable I suspect the loop service will be terminated at Blackfriars and they will have to lump it. I found the decision particularly annoying as almost everywhere on the Wimbledon loop is well served by other routes and it cost the Catford Loop 2tph which is for the moment stuck with probably the worst service in London for zone 3/4 stations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-91805717591925416082015-12-10T20:59:37.633+00:002015-12-10T20:59:37.633+00:00You need to watch people like that. Same sort of ...You need to watch people like that. Same sort of people stopped the Wimbledon Loop ever getting a service increase. If there hadn't been a battle to keep through trains to Bedford, instead of stopping every train at Blackfrairs, the Loop could have had double the frequency. Now, no chance. <br /><br />All for the sake of a few seconds changing at Barbican.Andrew Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537107239353802646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-54353297845234147942015-12-10T20:39:51.360+00:002015-12-10T20:39:51.360+00:00We are having similar issues at the south end of t...We are having similar issues at the south end of the Hayes line which TfL want to integrate it into the Bakerloo Line. Great. High frequency all day every day (not just 2tph on a Sunday) straight into the west end and beyond. What could be better? No, say some locals, the trains will be shorter and won't go to Cannon Street. Even though nearly everybody on the Cannon Street trains changes for Charing Cross is on the Bakerloo line throughout the day. They've got to change trains from one frequent service to another frequent service on their journey to work so the rest of us can't have something better. I've even heard it suggested that the frequency will be lowered. Oh right, a tube service that runs less than four trains an hour is really likely isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-16840587597815763572015-11-26T16:23:18.327+00:002015-11-26T16:23:18.327+00:00Seems a good idea - I've always thought that a...Seems a good idea - I've always thought that a long gap. Nearer to the modern centre of Maghull than the existing station, too.<br /><br />Should it perhaps be built with a reversal siding or bay? I think there would be potential to increase service frequency south of Maghull but not so much north of it?<br /><br />Should also get round to building Burscough Mill Dam Lane as well.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739094192244593533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-52619581052414775792015-11-25T14:38:02.585+00:002015-11-25T14:38:02.585+00:00I think next-year I'm going to go trick-or-tre...I think next-year I'm going to go trick-or-treating in suburbia dressed as 'change'. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-86969163514831917032015-11-25T14:08:58.834+00:002015-11-25T14:08:58.834+00:00Andrew, I had a similar experience with a door sto...Andrew, I had a similar experience with a door stopper. The fire station in town was going to be redeveloped and so there was a proposal to resite it to a TA base near my home while the works went on. A guy came to the door with a petition against it and reacted with bafflement when I said I had no objection. <br /><br />Chris, from what I overheard the principal objection was just "I don't want it."Scott Willisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-45615839775263746572015-11-25T13:49:14.432+00:002015-11-25T13:49:14.432+00:00I am continually surprised by the amount of seethi...I am continually surprised by the amount of seething fury that so many middle-aged people have over inconsequential things. For example, see the reader comments following any newspaper article about the McCanns. The sheer effort people must put into nursing those hatreds - well, it doesn't bear thinking about.<br /><br />What were the main objections? Traffic congestion at the station car park, gangs of hoodies hanging around on the platforms, or a new fast getaway route from Maghull for thieves and robbers?Chris Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-36369571239190081572015-11-25T13:45:23.288+00:002015-11-25T13:45:23.288+00:00Some years ago Transport for London put out an ide...Some years ago Transport for London put out an idea to divert a half hourly mini-bus service to run on a street near my house to make it more useful and to serve more people. It would replace part of the route which has no bus stops and is poorly used so is bad value for money. Because it would remove a width restriction, they'd put in cameras to monitor - and fine - HGVs going that way. The bus would be hail and ride.<br /><br />They put a bus in the street one Saturday so people could see it and answer questions.<br /><br />The way some of the locals reacted, you'd think that they'd proposed a high intensity double deck bus service running ever three minutes down the road. Oh and all car parking space would be lost and every HGV in the known universe would be suddenly using the road. It would be HELL ON EARTH. <br /><br />So TfL listened and went away. They came up with a new plan. This time there would be a height restriction so that HGVs couldn't get down there, and some moveable bollards and things. Basically only minibuses would get through.<br /><br />The protests continued. There were petitions. There were mass campaigns. And there was a LOT of mis-information. I actually had to tell someone who came to my house to look up what he was objecting to because he was plain wrong. <br /><br />"There's going to be a height restriction," I told him. "There's absolutely no way that a HGV could get down there. Go back home, look properly at the plans." I added.<br /><br />He ignored me and went knocking on more houses, spreading the same fear and misinformation.<br /><br />TfL eventually canned the scheme because people like him spread so many lies and crap. A useful bus service that could have taken cars off the road and been valuable to local residents, was prevented.<br /><br />I suspect the people you saw are related to them.Andrew Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537107239353802646noreply@blogger.com