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On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 03:30:14PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:58:52 +1200,=20 > cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message=20 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >=20 > > On Sunday 31 August 2003 14:04, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >=20 > > > > The London Underground was originally designed to allow through > > > > running from the mainline railways to stations more convenient for > > > > central London than the mainline termini, which were very much on > > > > the outskirts of the London of the time. There are several > > > > connections between the two systems, and the "suburbs" end of > > > > several Underground routes is reached over main line track, so > > > > Underground drivers on such routes have to know two sets of > > > > operating rules, Underground rules and national rules. > > > > > > ..this sounds like a _very_ good time to pour a shipload of concrete > > > onto those wintendo-style dual rule tracks, to replace the nice hard > > > rock that _should_ have separated those two track systems. > >=20 > > Now that's nonsense. The operating rules are basically the same for > > both systems, there's no major difference. And the trains are no > > more different than, say, an express passenger and a slow goods, which > > have always shared the tracks with a good degree of safety for 175 > > years. =20 > >=20 > > It also makes all sorts of sense to extend Underground services on to= =20 > > less-busy mainline branches where the traffic patterns justify it. >=20 > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 04:35:55 -0700,=20 > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message=20 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >=20 > > Why? Passenger and freight peacefully coexist on tracks worldwide. >=20 > ...as does airliners and high rises. You both ignore how=20 > war criminals and terrorists work; they _break_ the rules. =20 What you say seems to imply that the solution to that problem is to either get planes to fly on the ground or to get rid of high rises :) Bijan --=20 Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.crasseux.com --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Uj86Uof+95vTyAwRAhhoAJ9RxKSB3PI1wfzymLwG5IlIWaDJBwCghgwx tlkVhoVofKex/JEBpGIwm/I= =xF6H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
