How long does it take to change a light bulb?

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It's being redeveloped into flats etc.

[c5]

prjb said:

tubeboy said:

Going slightly off topic, has these sorts of incidents increased since the closure of Lots road in 2002

I was under the impression that, following it's mothballing, Lots Road is now back to full operation on Ken's instructions.

The emergency power station at Greenwich is still in use

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awkward42 said:

c5 said:

Yes, Paddington is a key interchange, and would be prioritised accordingly, however only only the Bakerloo Line platforms were closed and this was because to fix the problem involved using ladders and scaffolding which would not be possible until Engineering Hours on Sunday night.

Would it not have been possible to suspend and elecrically isolate the line between say Baker Street and Queen's Park (or wherever suitable reversing points are)? While this would have resulted in more stations not being served, in theory at least a full service could have resumed sooner?

The line would have been suspended from Piccadilly Circus to Queen's Park in that case. The crossovers at Edgware Rd and Marylebone were removed many years ago.

[Oracle]

Has Piccadilly Circus been used in recent years? Time was when there was a scissors #-over which must have been handy in the past, e.g. during the war, but the SB-NB was removed...well I can remember it so within the last 40 years!.

[c5]

oracle said:

Has Piccadilly Circus been used in recent years? Time was when there was a scissors #-over which must have been handy in the past, e.g. during the war, but the SB-NB was removed...well I can remember it so within the last 40 years!.

Thats used quite often if there is a problem. I think its a South to North via the southbound platform job.

[prjb]

Are you guys sure that Lots Road is now closed? I don't know myself, but I am sure I had a converstaion with someone who said it had been re-opened. Freely admit that I am not certain here though!

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c5 said:

oracle said:

Has Piccadilly Circus been used in recent years? Time was when there was a scissors #-over which must have been handy in the past, e.g. during the war, but the SB-NB was removed...well I can remember it so within the last 40 years!.

Thats used quite often if there is a problem. I think its a South to North via the southbound platform job.

Or N to S, reversing in the tunnel N of the station. The crossover is used quite often when the Bakerloo is suspended for whatever reason.

[c5]

I believe it is, having just been on the edfPowerlink website. Though Lots Road does remain a Bulk Supply Point from the National Grid

www.edfenergypowerlinkltd.com/

[prjb]

Thanks C5. Unless I have looked in the wrong part of the website, it just stated that it closed in 2003. Whilst that is true, I am sure I have been told that it is now back on line?

[Chris M]

www.lotsroadpowerstation.co.uk/historya.htm says London Underground sold it to developers in 2000.
The website doesn't appear to have been updated since October 2004 though.

From WIkipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lots_Road_power_station (last major change 20:31, 22 January 2006)

In the 1990s it was decided that rather than re-equip Lots Road, it would continue to operate until the machinery was life expired. It remained in operation until being shutdown on 21 October 2002. From that time on all power for the tube system was supplied from the National Grid. The site is at grid reference TQ264770.

Redevelopment
The property company which now owns the site wishes to convert the station into shops restaurants and apartments and to construct additional buildings, including two skyscrapers on the adjoining vacant land. This scheme is presently on hold because Kensington and Chelsea Council refused planning permission for one of the towers. The other, which is actually the taller of the two, has been granted permission by Hammersmith and Fulham Council, but the developer is unwilling to proceed without permission for both towers, and may take the matter to a public enquiry.

From the developers: www.circadian-uk.com/main/news/newsroom.html

Circadian, the joint venture partnership between Taylor Woodrow and Hutchison Whampoa, were granted planning permission by the Deputy Prime Minister (First Secretary of State, John Prescott) in January 2006. This decision was a result of a public inquiry held during the month of February 2005, which closed on 26th April 2005. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) refused permission for the scheme in November 2003. Circadian launched an appeal to the First Secretary of State in March 2004. At the same time, Circadian also requested the Government Office for London (GOL) to call-in the portion of the scheme located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF). Both parts of the overall development site were heard at the same inquiry in front of an Inspector.

The Inspector concluded that the scheme met all Planning Policies in relation to land use, density, impact on residential amenity, transport policy, housing policy, mix of uses, environmental impact, open space provision and was of high quality design. The First Secretary of State in granting his permission agreed with the Inspector on these issues and was mindful of the support for the scheme from the Mayor of London, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), English Heritage and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham when considering reservations expressed by the Inspector on the height of the tallest building on the scheme and its effect on local views.

[prjb]

Well, thats that then! Thanks Chris. Although, I do believe that we still get some power from Greenwich so I'm not sure how accurate the Wikepedia statement is?

[donnytom]

The book "Do Not Pass Go" by Tim Moore is a book which features a tour of London, related to the Monopoly board. The author visits Lots Road before closure, and also the London Bell Co, if that's any help.

tinyurl.com/kcgmb

[Chris M]

prjb said:

Well, thats that then! Thanks Chris. Although, I do believe that we still get some power from Greenwich so I'm not sure how accurate the Wikepedia statement is?

If you know its wrong, change it. If you suspect its wrong mark it as "citation needed" (add {{fact}} after the statement that needs verifying) and/or put a note on the talk page (click the "discussion" tab at the top of the article).

Chris (who nearly signed this message as ~~~~)