Tottenham Hale Station – 30th April 2018
These pictures show the space to the East of the third platform space, where the third track will go through.
It looks like there isn’t much space for the fourth track, if they want to squeeze one in. Or will the piles for the electrification have to be moved?
Good Advice About The May 2018 Rail Timetable Changes
Several of the train operating companies don’t seem to have published their timetables, that will become current on May 20th, 2018.
I found this page on the Settle-Carlisle web site, which is entitled May 2018 Timetable.
This is said.
The current timetable for daily services on the Leeds-Settle-Appleby-Carlisle route ends on Saturday, 19 May.
To help you plan your journeys post 19 May, we have put train times on the timetable page.
This is the first major change to train times for many years with extra services and new train departure times. Please check the new times applicable from 20 May carefully.
Printed timetables are not yet available. We are working hard to get the Settle-Carlisle line guide and timetable ready so it is available before the timetable change.
Northern’s printed timetable may not be available until 1 June but we anticipate the Settle-Carlisle lineguide and timetable will be in stations, tourist information centres etc before the start of the new timetable.
This would appear to be good advice, that applies to all train operating companies.
It does seem that what is said on nationalrail.co.uk seems sensible.
Best of luck with your journeys on the 21st of May.
The Resignation Of Amber Rudd
In the almost forty-six years from 18th October 1964 to the 11th May 2010, there have been several Governments of both sides and twenty Home Secretaries.
Which means the average tenure is under two and a half years.
Incidentally, how many of the twenty can you name?
So Amber Rudd‘s tenure is just under the average.
The remarkable thing about the list of Home Secretaries is how few last more than four years, so Theresa May‘s tenure of six years, must show a certain something.
In the same period, there have only been twelve Chancellors of the Exchequer.
I have seen it said by respectable commentators, that if a company has a large turnover of CEOs, then there is something fundamentally wrong with the company.
So is there something fundamentally wrong with the Home Office?
It is a large department with a budget of nearly £9billion and around 30,000 employees.
The Home Office web site, these are the department’s responsibilities.
- working on the problems caused by illegal drug use
- shaping the alcohol strategy, policy and licensing conditions
- keeping the United Kingdom safe from the threat of terrorism
- reducing and preventing crime, and ensuring people feel safe in their homes and communities
- securing the UK border and controlling immigration
- considering applications to enter and stay in the UK
- issuing passports and visas
- supporting visible, responsible and accountable policing by empowering the public and freeing up the police to fight crime
- fire prevention and rescue
Would Sainsburys put such diverse responsibilities together?
I’m certain, that some of these responsibilities need to be reorganised.
Perhaps, then Home Secretaries will find it easier to stay in the job.
The Anonymous Widower 