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you've got to admire the Brits for imaginative transit excuses

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danny burstein

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Dec 19, 2009, 2:06:54 PM12/19/09
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In explaining away the Eurostar hiccup yesterday which
led to five trains and 2,000 people getting stuck under
the French Channel for hours and hours:
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[BBC}

Richard Brown, Eurostar chief executive, apologised to passengers
who spent the night trapped in what he called "very unpleasant
conditions" in the Channel Tunnel.
....
He said the five trains, which were coming from Brussels and Paris,
failed because of the "very, very cold temperatures" outside and
the "warm, humid" conditions inside the tunnel.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8422305.stm


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Sancho Panza

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Dec 20, 2009, 1:40:14 PM12/20/09
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"danny burstein" <dan...@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In explaining away the Eurostar hiccup yesterday which
> led to five trains and 2,000 people getting stuck under
> the French Channel for hours and hours:
> ----
> [BBC}
>
> Richard Brown, Eurostar chief executive, apologised to passengers
> who spent the night trapped in what he called "very unpleasant
> conditions" in the Channel Tunnel.
> ....
> He said the five trains, which were coming from Brussels and Paris,
> failed because of the "very, very cold temperatures" outside and
> the "warm, humid" conditions inside the tunnel.
> ----
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8422305.stm

Nah. They're not in NJ Transit's league. On Friday alone they had "caternary
problems," "track problems," "signal problems" and "track problems" again,
all within 15 miles and a couple of hours. And the big snowstorm was nowhere
in sight.
NJ Transit has those lines for public consumption down pat.

Stephen Sprunk

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Dec 20, 2009, 4:24:59 PM12/20/09
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danny burstein wrote:
> In explaining away the Eurostar hiccup yesterday which
> led to five trains and 2,000 people getting stuck under
> the French Channel for hours and hours:
> ...

I don't see any "imaginative" excuses, Eurostar is not transit, and I
don't see what this has to do with NYC...

S

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