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The bends in many canal tunnels are due to ground movement. Quite a few of the UK canals were built in mining areas and subsidence is a common problem. Some bends were however due to construction tolerances. The three tunnels at the northern end of the Trent and Mersey have impressive kinks...

Taking Canterbury West as an example, the difference between Non HS and HS prices is the same as the difference from Ashford. Much was made in the local news of the increase in season ticket price rises from Canterbury but the rise now means that they actually pay for the journey between...

It is 33 years since my wife worked at Guys Hospital and she used to have to to Waterloo East and get the train back to London Bridge. Again 30+ years ago, there were 3 tph, off peak, between Ashford and Charing Cross. The fast down services ran from Platform 6 at Charing Cross on the hour and...

Whilst I agree with the gist of much that has been said relating to safety, I think you'll find that the scope of BS 7671 does not include railway traction power systems. I can check the scope tomorrow but the IET website states "The IET Wiring Regulations are of interest to all those concerned...

Have never used the EC form but have looked at it. It is missing the "Reason for delay" question that is on the SET form, which I have used twice in two weeks, and has an option for "Service Cancelled Mid Journey". I suggest that you enter the details for the whole journey, hopefully they...

Don't think the Tonbridge Rail maintenance depot were quick enough changing the treatment regime from leaf mulch removal to deicer. There was a hard frost but then we had a dusting of rather wet snow. On the 0700 Radio Kent travel reports there was mention of delays between Orpington and...

The signs give the maximum permitted vehicle height, not the height of the bridge soffit. A margin is included to allow for variations such as bounce on suspension, the effect of a long vehicle bridging a dip in the road surface below the bridge, etc. The Highways Agency guidance gives the...

LU are planning major work at Bank as detailed on the TfL website including: A new southbound Northern line tunnel that will enable the platform to be widened, reducing crowding A new Northern line concourse with additional passageways and escalators to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR)...

I've have mentioned it in another thread, but there are four at a specially built depot at Tonbridge. They are kept very busy on the Kent Coast and Hastings lines this time of year. Regards Bushy

The following is a list of the characters available in the Unicode Character Set. In Windows use Character Map or in Microsoft Office, Insert Symbol. I think I have located all those, from the SMEG page, that exist but they are spread through the character set so are difficult to find. Ḣ Ch...

Thank you both

Out of curiosity only, what would a sign with the characters 'NM', stuck on the screen of a 465, mean. I noticed it today on a train running between Maidstone and Ashford. There was some smaller wording which I couldn't read from where I was watching. The sign was of black lettering on a yellow...

The Jubilee line was originally to be known as the Fleet line and would have run from Charing Cross under Fleet Street to Cannon Street, close the the current DLR Bank Station, then there were various proposals to route it East toward Dockland and/or South-east to Lewisham. Regards Bushy

And our conductor suggested that we should use Southern services to London Bridge via Redhill. The most annoying thing is that, had they told us at Ashford, I would have paid the supplement to use High Speed as I had a 0900 meeting. Bushy

For MS Word, try this (found, by googling, on Bodybuilding.com) 1. Press CTRL+F9 to insert field braces. 2. Enter EQ \o(A,¯) [to overscore A] and delete any extra spaces in the field. The overscore character can be entered by holding down ALT and typing 0175. 3. Press SHIFT+F9 to show the...

Have you ever regretted writing something like: The line has been diabolical this week. We were close to running to time on one of the five up journeys. Yesterday there was a train failure between Tonbridge and Sevenoaks. Today there was a traction power problem in the same area. They were...

My season ticket is barely readable. The SET conductors look at it on most journeys and I haven't had any comments yet. With three weeks left on it, it is the first time for several years that I haven't had to get it replaced part way through the year. Regards Bushy

There are four MPVs based at Tonbridge. Probably why autumn service has improved on Kent Coast line. Regards Bushy

Have to agree, autumn delays on Kent Coast line are nowhere near as frequent as they used to be. Regards Bushy

Sorry, try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSzayAFdMkk Regards Bushy