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SkyScraper City Northern Line extension to Battersea proposed  
19:05 20-Jun-08   [Replies: 15, Views: 919]    By: sweek
Northern Line extension to Battersea Power Station proposed The latest masterplan for the Battersea Power Station site has been unveiled by the poetically named new owners Real Estate Opportun...
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SkyScraper City Evening Standard wants Boris to scrap new TfL projects  
12:53 16-Jun-08   [Replies: 46, Views: 1315]    By: DarJoLe
How Boris can save an easy £500m Andrew Gilligan Evening Standard 16.06.08 Boris Johnson could save around £500 million in one part of TfL alone without making any cuts in services, an E...
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SkyScraper City Does the UK need a joined up strategy like Ireland?  
23:49 11-Jun-08   [Replies: 39, Views: 996]    By: Unnamed
Ireland has a plan. Spend 10 million Euros per day, every day for ten whole years on infrastructure, according to a national plan - that's 35 billion in total. (thank you Europe - especially the U...
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SkyScraper City West London Orbital Underground Line  
16:10 11-Jun-08   [Replies: 28, Views: 1384]    By: Unnamed
Sorry if this already has a thread, I couldn't find one. From London Unlocked [http://londonunlocked.org/?p=408]> The West London Business Chamber of Commerce are proposing a West London O...
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SkyScraper City Government announces electrification programme  
15:24 8-Jun-08   [Replies: 62, Views: 2294]    By: Unnamed
The Transport Secretary, Ruth Kelly has announced that an electrification programme will be implemented for the railways: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ss&feed=travel [http://www....
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SkyScraper City Government to approve TIF for Manchester  
07:10 7-Jun-08   [Replies: 46, Views: 1327]    By: Unnamed
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....e_green_light_ [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1053043_city_gets_the_green_light_]> only needs the local authorities to agree to the plan ...
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SkyScraper City Plans for ‘smartcard’ to cover all public transport ticketing by 2014 ..  
15:53 4-Jun-08   [Replies: 26, Views: 447]    By: maccoinnich
I already posted this in a thread in the Glasgow forum, but thought I'd stick it here too. From the Herald [http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/transport/display.var.2316745.0.Plans_for_smartcard_to_...
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SkyScraper City High speed rail link to Sheffield and Leeds from London would return £..  
21:36 29-May-08   [Replies: 123, Views: 3628]    By: Unnamed
Britain only currently has one true high speed rail link - the one through Eurotunnel. The continent has heavily invested, and there are extensive links to cities like Paris and Berlin. It was pr...
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SkyScraper City DFDS Axes Newcastle - Norway Ferry Route  
01:31 28-May-08   [Replies: 8, Views: 477]    By: johnnypd
DFDS Seaways axes Newcastle-Bergen route Craig Eason - Tuesday 27 May 2008 The Queen of Scandinavia was brought into the route in 2006. DFDS Seaways is to axe its Newcastle to Bergen route, result...
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SkyScraper City [Bristol] Public transportation system - as appalling as i was told?  
14:28 26-May-08   [Replies: 31, Views: 1045]    By: Unnamed
First of all I have to say, that I've never been to Bristol personally. A few weeks ago some of my friends, who went to Bristol for a contract, told me a few things about transport there. Accordin...
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SkyScraper City 3rd Rail Regenerative Braking Starts  
11:56 20-May-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 449]    By: elfabyanos
We're getting there slowly.... From http://www.therailwaycentre.com/News..._Southern.html [http://www.therailwaycentre.com/News%20May%202008/190508_Southern.html]> Quote: ...
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SkyScraper City Arup proposes Eurostar extension to Heathrow  
18:00 18-May-08   [Replies: 52, Views: 1733]    By: Jaeger
Arup proposes Eurostar extension to Heathrow 16 May, 2008 By Sarah Richardson http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?...de=3113854&c=0 [http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncod...
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SkyScraper City Bering Straight Bridge - Linking Eurasia with the Americas  
09:12 18-May-08   [Replies: 10, Views: 446]    By: Karate_Kev
i recently watched a fascinating program on the discovery channel debating the feasability of building a bridge across the bering straight - http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence...teracti...
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SkyScraper City Reopened Railways & New Lines  
19:47 16-May-08   [Replies: 96, Views: 3853]    By: Bowater
Is there a definitive list of lines that have been reopened, newly built in the UK in recent years? I heard on the radio that the UK has the fastest expanding European network but I find that hard...
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SkyScraper City London monorail system - any chance of being built  
19:20 15-May-08   [Replies: 42, Views: 1828]    By: Unnamed
Does anyone know if there are still plans to build the kind of monorail systems that were being proposed in about 2006. I heard of a couple of plans but nothing ever seems to come of them. I fo...
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SkyScraper City national express totally suck  
14:21 14-May-08   [Replies: 77, Views: 1620]    By: gothicform
well i got home in the end yesterday. what happened? UGH. Well I got to newark and there was no train to lincoln despite it being timetabled. there was no replacement bus either. apparently this w...
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SkyScraper City Petrol prices around the world  
20:07 9-May-08   [Replies: 40, Views: 1289]    By: rotherowl
With the ever increasing cost of petrol and diesel in the UK and supposedly the rest of the world ,can someone tell me why Oman which is a country in the Gulf only charges 15 pence per litre. I've...
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SkyScraper City Pendolinos - Good or Bad?  
09:39 8-May-08   [Replies: 45, Views: 1391]    By: Tim Robinson
I used a Virgin Pendolino for the first time this weekend taking a train from Liverpool to Crewe. I'd been looking forward to using the tilting trains for a while and decided to hang around in Liv...
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SkyScraper City Eco-towns will they work? Private Eye thinks not.  
13:24 4-May-08   [Replies: 15, Views: 426]    By: Mwmbwls
The current edition of “Private Eye” (1209) contains a critical piece concerning the recent announcement concerning eco-towns. The author notes Caroline Flint’s assurance that none of the towns wi...
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SkyScraper City DLR DAGENHAM DOCK  
08:57 4-May-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 791]    By: Unnamed
After the plans to formally construct the extension have been submitted, I felt it best to set up its own post where people can post their own positive or negative comments. On the 11th June w...
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SkyScraper City Urban planning solution?  
08:50 29-Apr-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 319]    By: Octoman
What do you think of the following idea? Any new buildings above a certain threshold size will only be approved if its plans include public space equal to at least 50% of the buildings footpri...
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SkyScraper City Roadworks  
13:20 24-Apr-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 312]    By: Octoman
Is it just me or are the amount (and quality) of the roadworks in London getting worse? I was walking along the south bank at the back of the Royal Festival Hall this morning. A few months ag...
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SkyScraper City Which city has the best subway? London or New York  
21:45 22-Apr-08   [Replies: 247, Views: 6260]    By: Unnamed
I'm a big fan of the New York subway system. With its express lines, $25 unlimited 7 day go anywhere fare, and 24/7 service, it wipes the floor with the London underground.... However, I also DO l...
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SkyScraper City Western Otmoor - Ecotown plans  
09:56 22-Apr-08   [Replies: 12, Views: 397]    By: Parkey
It seems the initial plans for the Western Otmoor Ecotown (between Oxford and Bicester) have been published. Link here [http://www.parkridge.co.uk/category.php?category=6&menuitem=5167]> ...
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SkyScraper City ATO on SSL tube lines scrapped or delayed  
21:38 20-Apr-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 314]    By: Unnamed
Whilst most of the London mayoral debate has been on the rather meaningless topic of bendy buses versus routemasters, a much more important event seems to have passed largely unnoticed, the cancel...
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