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Pipe Dreams, Tube hell

23 November, 2025 woody 0 Comments Thoughts 4:19 pm

Well then, why did I call this site what I did? After shuttling back and forth on the Tube since the year 2000, I’ve developed a very committed love–hate relationship with the whole blasted system.…

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Even more thoughts from the tube

5 April, 2016 woody 0 Comments Thoughts 12:48 pm

Transport for London? A car The Piccadilly line reliability might have cause for improvement, but is not as bad as it could be due to the VERY slow station and track improvements. The PPP (Public-Private…

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More thoughts from the Tube

15 March, 2016 woody 0 Comments Thoughts 5:45 pm

It's raining once again, well it is England. I'm on the Piccadilly line. The faces are staring blankly at nothing, avoiding all eye contact. The damp carriage steaming from the heat that 100 bodies create…

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Thoughts from the tube

23 February, 2016 woody 0 Comments Thoughts 10:35 am

A perfect example of how the Tube system has been run can be found in a tunnel designed and built by Sir Marc Brunel and his don Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The Thames Tunnel, between Rotherhithe…

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