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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 27, 2014 22:21:15 GMT
More tram humour.Apparently one of our major train stations was only upgraded and ditto for an upcoming redevelopment of a shopping centre because we... now.. have... A TRAM NETWORK! Now be grateful, citizens.
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Post by The Doctor on May 27, 2014 22:31:59 GMT
His recession comment is beneath contempt.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 31, 2014 6:51:17 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 31, 2014 7:40:27 GMT
*sad trombone*
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 31, 2014 8:15:51 GMT
*removes hat*
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kayevcee
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Post by kayevcee on May 31, 2014 10:21:39 GMT
"he warned that lessons must be learned"
"She said there were "big questions to be asked"
""We've said let's wait until the system is up and running and then look at lessons to be learned"
Always with the passive voice. 'Someone' has to learn a lesson. 'Someone' needs to answer questions. Not me! I didn't do anything wrong and neither did anyone I work with! Still wrong something did go and hauled over the coals someone should be. Just not anyone who actually worked on the project!
EDIT: Just found the comment about the recession that Ralph mentioned. The level of obliviousness required to make such a statement boggles the mind. Does this guy not live in Edinburgh? Did he not see the damage?
-Nick
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 31, 2014 10:28:03 GMT
When the half-line is a flop and becomes even more heavily subsidised Edinburgers will soon punish politicians at all levels for it. The blame game has been going on for so long now somebody's head has to roll.
I chuckled this morning when even people who have been involved with the (relatively) more successful recent years were trying to wash the hands of it.
Oh and apparently, despite months of testing, engineers were still out yesterday trying to tie in traffic lights in the larger area into the tram line operation. That's Edinburgh's new fully integrated public transport system for you.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 2, 2014 11:33:49 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2014 13:30:54 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 1, 2014 9:21:24 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 10, 2014 22:19:02 GMT
I have NEVER rode the tram!
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 7, 2014 16:14:38 GMT
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Post by legios on Nov 7, 2014 16:46:46 GMT
So... Folk felt like it wasn't in their interests to cooperate with a non-statutory inquiry... This may have been a rather poor tactical decision on their part I feel. Did they really think that the Scottish Government wouldn't allow the enquiry to compel their evidence?
Karl
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Feb 1, 2015 1:09:46 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 1, 2015 10:36:40 GMT
So predictable.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 13, 2015 13:21:11 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2015 13:47:22 GMT
What a grand idea.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 13, 2015 14:42:13 GMT
Don't hold back.
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2015 14:57:38 GMT
Don't stop. Never give up.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 13, 2015 22:52:30 GMT
Or alternatively, have so many submissions from people that the enquiry gets bogged down and nothing is actually accomplished.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2015 11:41:41 GMT
So the tram chief has quit and they need a new one. £80k a year apparently to run one half of one line. That seems...disproportionate. For running a country-wide transport system perhaps that wage could fit...
Meanwhile more community services and jobs and wages go down the pan in Edinburger while we all have to pay for this fucking useless tram we don't need.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 13, 2015 17:59:33 GMT
Edinburgher residents to pay for tram mis-managers to explain themselves.I especially like the bit were the council says they are happy to apply to take part in the inquiry. Which was awarded powers to force them to participate as they weren't willing to before. |
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Post by Benn on Aug 13, 2015 18:24:32 GMT
The Edinburgh tram is the gift that keeps on giving.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 13, 2015 20:28:00 GMT
And taking.
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Post by legios on Aug 13, 2015 20:46:44 GMT
Ye gods. "We fully support the enquiry as we have done since the beginning". Heaven help what they would have been like if they hadn't been supporting it all the way along!
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 13, 2015 21:15:28 GMT
Considering the huge swatches of cuts to services I am somewhat troubled to learn that somehow money can always be found when it comes to trams. Just this week I've learned that most of the public toilets stealth vanished but by God the Trams and anything to do with them must be funded at all costs!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 14, 2015 15:03:43 GMT
The network is too big to fail!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 18, 2015 9:35:50 GMT
Tram carries ~2.5% of Edinburgh passengers in 2014 and losses another half million quid in operating costs alone despite higher than expected passenger numbers. Check out the 'good' news here! |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 18, 2015 11:51:12 GMT
Truly we need to keep cancelling essential public services to pay for it for it for the forseeable future!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 18, 2015 12:11:57 GMT
Well when it helps the city out so much any essential services that lose out should feel privileged to give up their funding for it!
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