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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Funeral arrangements discussion.Something I wish I’d known 25 years ago... My late wife’s ashes were interred in my local cemetery, the plot has a fairly simple ‘in...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread SSR resignalling.Interesting, if I’d included a guess that’s probably very close to what I was thinking. Am I correct in thinking the final legs of the...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread SSR resignalling.What’s the eventual solution to SMA11 being abandoned? Include in a future Piccadilly Line signalling scheme?
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Greenford and Bromley North branches.No. In the case of Greenford, why would TfL even want a short, disconnected, non-electrified branch? It’s not going to revert to a...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Darlington station expansion.:lol:o_O maybe they should go back to wooden canopies?
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Darlington station expansion.Electrification safety clearance, isn’t it? First discussed here after being seen in a big way at the Reading rebuild?
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.You might find the intended staging in this thread...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.I doubt they’ll go beyond Colne Bridge Road bridge in the near future because there’s a principal supply point building to remove...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Balise based ASDO - feasible to make this the standard?.Isn’t there still a ‘stop short’ issue with the Desiro version of ASDO used by SWT/SWR, because only the leading vehicle reads the...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Sadiq Khan says future of Heathrow Express should be ‘reconsidered’ due to Elizabeth line success.No, it is not actually simple. There are issues with relief (slow) line capacity, and there are also issues with crossing to the main...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.There have been track plans seen in videos linked earlier in the thread, but they don’t show three main line tracks going through this...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards.@Kevin51 just replied to a post I wrote in May 2022, post #8 on page 1, so he may be reading other info that is overtaken by later events...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Lineside Fire Causes Chaos at Waterloo 23/09/26.To me, (and I wouldn’t claim to be an expert), lineside implies alongside the line but not necessarily on the track. Lineside is also...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Where in London would gain from a mile long tunnel with stations at both ends?.I don't know why people keep proposing extending the Waterloo and City at the Bank end. It’s been pointed out numerous times in...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Havant Area Signalling (26-30 October).Is Bournemouth going to need early replacement too?