Crossrail approved

On 22 Jul, 20:23, Mr Thant <maha.thray.sithu.u.th...@>
wrote:
> An hour or two ago the Crossrail Bill became the Crossrail Act, which
> means as soon as the funding agreement is signed (due in September)
> the thing might actually see the light of day.
>
No please - they should be digging down in the tunnels. No light of
day.

On Jul 22, 12:23 pm, Mr Thant
<maha.thray.sithu.u.th...@> wrote:
> An hour or two ago the Crossrail Bill became the Crossrail Act, which
> means as soon as the funding agreement is signed (due in September)
> the thing might actually see the light of day.
>
Wonderful News. This is a great day!

On Jul 22, 1:56 pm, Mr Thant <maha.thray.sithu.u.th...@>
wrote:
> On 22 Jul, 21:28, disgoftunwells <disgoftunwe....uk> wrote:
>
> > No please - they should be digging down in the tunnels. No light of
> > day.
>
> Point of order - the deep level platforms at Paddington will have
> daylight along their whole length, via a massive slot in the ground
> above.
>
How will this work? I thought that the Crossrail platforms were to be
on the south side of Paddington under the old cab road?

On 23 Jul, 12:28, thagor2...@ wrote:
> On Jul 22, 8:23 pm, Mr Thant <maha.thray.sithu.u.th...@>
> wrote:
>
> > An hour or two ago the Crossrail Bill became the Crossrail Act, which
> > means as soon as the funding agreement is signed (due in September)
>
> Given the governments record level of borrowing and deficit its
> building I wouldn't get too excited just yet. Just because its
> approved doesn't mean it'll happen.
>
> B2003

Quite. The history of the railways (and indeed, London Transport
itself) is littered with Acts that never got built. *Sigh* The Watford
& Edgware is my personal poster child for that scenario.

>
> The national debt since 1970 has averaged about 50% - currently it's
> 39% (including PFI but not public sector pensions, since the former's
> new and the latter hasn't changed). So the government has a decent
> amount of room for manouevre.
>

I would contend that we won't actually know what level of debt this
Government has built up and is continuing to build up (Quote Dianne
Abbott on This Week when asked whether the Government will cut back on
spending or borrow, "Oh borrow, of course, we are a deeply unpopular
Government with only two years to go before an election, course we'll
borrow.") until either they're forced to go to the IMF or the other
lot get in (and they’ll probably lie as well).

On Jul 23, 1:37 am, Mr Thant <maha.thray.sithu.u.th...@>
wrote:
> On 23 Jul, 00:10, 1506 <adrian_auerhud...m> wrote:
>
> > How will this work?  I thought that the Crossrail platforms were to be
> > on the south side of Paddington under the old cab road?
>
> Yes they are. They're going to build a long thin two storey high
> "spine of light" (by which they mean skylight) between the cab road
> and Eastbourne Terrace, which will be directly above the island
> platform.
>
Thank you for responding.

This is an interesting concept. I wonder how it will work in
practice. Will the top be glass? Will it be elevated? One has a
certain concern about antisocial behaviors. Will it become a super
sized-trash receptacle, or a magnet for graffiti?

Mr Thant wrote:
> On 23 Jul, 18:19, Tom Anderson <t...@urchin.earth.li> wrote:
>> Why does it stick up so much? Why does it need to go any further than
>> ground level (or, say, three metres above ground level)?
>
> It includes pedestrian entrances, and it also incorporates the
> ventilation outlets/emergency stairs at either end.

Does it contain mirrors or lenses to gather sunlight and direct it downward?
Or even a movable white sheet?

On Jul 23, 11:45 am, "tim....." <tims_new_h....uk> wrote:
> "Mr Thant" <maha.thray.sithu.u.th...@> wrote in message
>
> news:b84b9159-1d12-4f1b-a360-e2d8b6a9045d@z66g2000hsc..com...
>
> > An hour or two ago the Crossrail Bill became the Crossrail Act, which
> > means as soon as the funding agreement is signed (due in September)
> > the thing might actually see the light of day.
>
> Hm,
>
> On this basis we would have had a Channel tunnel built by 1978 [1]
>
> It means nothing.
>
> tim
>
> [1], OK I guessed I can't remember the actual date

Funding and construction cannot proceed with this Act.

On Jul 23, 11:45 am, "tim....." <tims_new_h....uk> wrote:
> "Mr Thant" <maha.thray.sithu.u.th...@> wrote in message
>
> news:b84b9159-1d12-4f1b-a360-e2d8b6a9045d@z66g2000hsc..com...
>
> > An hour or two ago the Crossrail Bill became the Crossrail Act, which
> > means as soon as the funding agreement is signed (due in September)
> > the thing might actually see the light of day.
>
> Hm,
>
> On this basis we would have had a Channel tunnel built by 1978 [1]
>
> It means nothing.
>
> tim
>
> [1], OK I guessed I can't remember the actual date

Funding and construction cannot proceed without this Act.