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| Steam train takes to London Underground 17/12/2012 at 20:14 #39306 | |
Steam Buff
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Hi Saw this on BBC News site. Have copied a bit of the description. Lol A steam train built more than 100 years ago took to London's Underground system at the weekend. Transport for London is operating a service on 13 January to commemorate 150 years since the first London Tube journey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20759707 Log in to reply |
| Steam train takes to London Underground 18/12/2012 at 06:10 #39324 | |
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pilotman
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I think they are using some of our restored "Chesham" coaches from the Bluebell rly. As usual the BBC gets it completely wrong. The first tube lines did not appear until around the turn of the nineteenth century. Log in to reply |
| Steam train takes to London Underground 18/12/2012 at 10:19 #39329 | |
moonraker
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Indeed the Metropolitan Railway was cut and cover as opposed to deep tunnelled "Tube". I think they mean the first Underground Railway Journey
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| Steam train takes to London Underground 18/12/2012 at 11:40 #39331 | |
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Josie
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" said:Indeed the Metropolitan Railway was cut and cover as opposed to deep tunnelled "Tube". I think they mean the first Underground Railway JourneyIndeed. I think to say they've got it "completely" wrong is unfair; 'Tube' originally referred to deep-level tunnels but it's now used by most people to refer to the whole network. TfL appears to use 'Tube' and 'Underground' interchangeably, and the Wikipedia page for London Underground describes it as an accepted term in the second paragraph. If someone in Barking asked the way to the nearest tube station, should they be pointed towards Stratford? 
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| Steam train takes to London Underground 18/12/2012 at 13:10 #39333 | |
outofsection
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Those who were daft (er, sorry "lucky"enough to get ticket(s) on this train in January will find themselves anything from nearly £100 up to nearly £200 out of pocket per ticket for a journey on this train. Thanks, but no thanks! £50 maybe, but nearly £100 or more... sorry, waaay too expensive!
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| Steam train takes to London Underground 18/12/2012 at 15:12 #39343 | |
jc92
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" said:Those who were daft (er, sorry "lucky"agreed, you cant even have heads out. (well you can but i imagine it might be painful.) so for a lot of the journey it will be much like an expensive tube trip to nowhere in a vintage coach "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply |
| Steam train takes to London Underground 19/12/2012 at 06:53 #39366 | |
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pilotman
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QUOTE: (Josie) Indeed. I think to say they've got it "completely" wrong is unfair; 'Tube' originally referred to deep-level tunnels but it's now used by most people to refer to the whole network. TfL appears to use 'Tube' and 'Underground' interchangeably, and the Wikipedia page for London Underground describes it as an accepted term in the second paragraph. unquote: Interchangeability of nomenclature might be alright for everyday use, but when you are describing historical facts (150th anniversaries for example)is it too much to ask that those facts are correct. I whinge because any time the BBC reports on anything I know anything about they get it wrong. I assume it's the same for things I know nothing about, but I am blissfully ignorant of those. Merry Christmas 
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