bad train allocation

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Bill Bolton wrote:

> > Given the gradient of the road tunnel, it would need to be a *long* one.
>
> The proposals had it starting at just south of St Leonards on the
> North Shore side and coming up towards the surface around Central on
> the Southern side.

In other words, a perfect t*rr*r*st t*rg*t...

And on the morning news, I hear there's going to be a completely new
North Shore line! Where the heck is the money coming from?

-- Dave

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Bill Bolton wrote:

[ Under-harbour railway tunnel ]

> > In other words, a perfect t*rr*r*st t*rg*t...
>
> Um, er, why would it be more so than a host of other existing aspects
> of the rail network, or other urban infrastructure?

Because of the blast effect in that nice big long tunnel, and the
difficulty if not outright impossibility of getting help there.

You'll excuse me if I don't go into further detail...

(Yes, I *do* have Emergency Response training, and one thing you are
taught is to imagine the worst possible scenario.)

-- Dave