From
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/

One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
local railway station.

Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
to Bristol line.

Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.

Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
just one year and 45 days to complete.

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
> From
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>
> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
> local railway station.
>
> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
> to Bristol line.
>
> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>
> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>
>

Bridges seem to take an age. Round here road over bridges are being rebuilt
because of MML electrification. The closures are 4 to 6 months. They’ve had
total weekend blockades of the line several times over, so it’s not as
though they only have a couple of hours night time working available. In
contrast the construction of the OHLE is happening at a very fast rate.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 16:32:16 -0000 (UTC)
Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
>Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From
>>
>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empi
>re-state-building/
>>
>> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
>> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
>> local railway station.
>>
>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>> to Bristol line.
>>
>> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
>> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
>> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>>
>> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
>> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
>> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
>> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>>
>>
>
>Bridges seem to take an age. Round here road over bridges are being rebuilt
>because of MML electrification. The closures are 4 to 6 months. They’ve had
>total weekend blockades of the line several times over, so it’s not as
>though they only have a couple of hours night time working available. In
>contrast the construction of the OHLE is happening at a very fast rate.

Not only bridges. When the escalators were being refurbished at Holborn quite
a while ago they did one at a time and each one was gone for about a year so
probably 4 years for all of them. I don't know how long it took to build the
station in the first place but it would somewhat less than that.

On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
> From
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>
> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
> local railway station.
>
> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
> to Bristol line.
>
> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>
> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>

Just an excuse for the Times to run a story with royalty in it. If
Madam's family didn't live there the Times wouldn't have noticed.
--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
>> From
>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>>
>> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
>> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
>> local railway station.
>>
>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>> to Bristol line.
>>
>> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
>> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
>> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>>
>> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
>> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
>> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
>> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>>
>
> Just an excuse for the Times to run a story with royalty in it. If
> Madam's family didn't live there the Times wouldn't have noticed.

Should we look for the same story in the Express or Hello! magazine?

Sam

--
The entity formerly known as Sam.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
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On 01/01/2024 22:56, Sam Wilson wrote:
> Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
>>> From
>>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>>>
>>> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
>>> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
>>> local railway station.
>>>
>>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>>> to Bristol line.
>>>
>>> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
>>> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
>>> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>>>
>>> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
>>> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
>>> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
>>> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>>>
>>
>> Just an excuse for the Times to run a story with royalty in it. If
>> Madam's family didn't live there the Times wouldn't have noticed.
>
> Should we look for the same story in the Express or Hello! magazine?
>

Only if they have big tits.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
> to Bristol line.

Isn't it quite common to see that very large structures were completed
quite quickly in the past mainly by hand.

Obviously less concerns about H&S and QA but they did seem to manage to
get the jobs very quick.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 22:56:33 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson
<ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
>>> From
>>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>>>
>>> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
>>> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
>>> local railway station.
>>>
>>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>>> to Bristol line.
>>>
>>> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
>>> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
>>> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>>>
>>> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
>>> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
>>> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
>>> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>>>
>>
>> Just an excuse for the Times to run a story with royalty in it. If
>> Madam's family didn't live there the Times wouldn't have noticed.
>
>Should we look for the same story in the Express
>
Does it affect house prices in SE England ?

>or Hello! magazine?
>
>Sam

On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 09:53:19 +0000, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

>On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>> to Bristol line.
>
>
>Isn't it quite common to see that very large structures were completed
>quite quickly in the past mainly by hand.
>
>Obviously less concerns about H&S and QA but they did seem to manage to
>get the jobs very quick.
>
How long did it take to build that skew bridge just outside Waterloo?
I'm sure somebody told me 17 *hours* but that seems implausible.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 22:56:33 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
>>> From
>>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>>>
>>> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
>>> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
>>> local railway station.
>>>
>>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>>> to Bristol line.
>>>
>>> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
>>> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
>>> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>>>
>>> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
>>> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
>>> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
>>> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>>>
>>
>> Just an excuse for the Times to run a story with royalty in it. If
>> Madam's family didn't live there the Times wouldn't have noticed.
>
>Should we look for the same story in the Express or Hello! magazine?

I discovered almost the identical story in the Telegraph. Clearly at least one of them had copied it without
attribution, and I think it was the Times that copied it from the Telegraph (which is much more royal-focused than the
Times).

On 03/01/2024 11:41, Recliner wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 22:56:33 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
>>>> From
>>>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>>>>
>>>> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
>>>> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
>>>> local railway station.
>>>>
>>>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>>>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>>>> to Bristol line.
>>>>
>>>> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
>>>> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
>>>> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>>>>
>>>> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
>>>> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
>>>> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
>>>> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just an excuse for the Times to run a story with royalty in it. If
>>> Madam's family didn't live there the Times wouldn't have noticed.
>>
>> Should we look for the same story in the Express or Hello! magazine?
>
> I discovered almost the identical story in the Telegraph. Clearly at least one of them had copied it without
> attribution, and I think it was the Times that copied it from the Telegraph (which is much more royal-focused than the
> Times).

Are you sure they both didn't take it from an agency?

Coffee <martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
> On 03/01/2024 11:41, Recliner wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 22:56:33 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson
>> <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 01/01/2024 16:19, Recliner wrote:
>>>>> From
>>>>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/network-rail-pedestrian-bridge-empire-state-building/
>>>>>
>>>>> One is a 102-storey giant regarded in its heyday as the eighth wonder of
>>>>> the world, the other a prefabricated footbridge at the Princess of Wales’s
>>>>> local railway station.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yet the Empire State Building in New York took less time to build than
>>>>> Network Rail is taking to complete a small pedestrian walkway on the London
>>>>> to Bristol line.
>>>>>
>>>>> Passengers have been left fuming at the interminably slow pace of work on
>>>>> the bridge at Theale station near Reading in Berkshire, where the
>>>>> Princess’s parents and siblings are often seen boarding trains to London.
>>>>>
>>>>> Construction was already 10 years overdue when it began in January 2023 and
>>>>> it is not expected to open until spring 2024. In contrast, the Empire State
>>>>> Building, which was for decades the tallest building in the world, took
>>>>> just one year and 45 days to complete.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just an excuse for the Times to run a story with royalty in it. If
>>>> Madam's family didn't live there the Times wouldn't have noticed.
>>>
>>> Should we look for the same story in the Express or Hello! magazine?
>>
>> I discovered almost the identical story in the Telegraph. Clearly at
>> least one of them had copied it without
>> attribution, and I think it was the Times that copied it from the
>> Telegraph (which is much more royal-focused than the
>> Times).
>
> Are you sure they both didn't take it from an agency?
>

It's not the sort of story agencies produce, plus if you compare them, the
Telegraph story has a clue that it's original.