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"Andrew Webster" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> David Damerell <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Andrew Webster <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >David Damerell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>Bear in mind that you may use the surface Tube lines outside the rush
hour
> > >>with an unfolded bike; most of the major railway terminuses are on or
> > >>within walking distance of the Circle Line.
> > >A bit of a contradiction in terms here. The shallow underground lines
> > >are not "tube", but of cut-and-cover construction.
> >
> > I know that (although I realise other rbt readers may not); indeed,
> > outside central London (as you know) the surface lines are above the
> > surface in many places.
> >
> > _But_ it's all the big-T Tube even where it's not a small-t tube; just
as
> > it is the big-U Underground even when it is not little-u underground.
>
> I'll quote from http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/lu-summary.htm just
> to support my argument...
>
> The name "tube" appeared early in the 20th century when the deep level
> lines first opened with their small diameter tunnels. It is now often
> used (incorrectly) by the general public to mean any Underground line.
Common useage defines what is 'incorrect'. In this case, you are
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> David Damerell <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Andrew Webster <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >David Damerell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>Bear in mind that you may use the surface Tube lines outside the rush
hour
> > >>with an unfolded bike; most of the major railway terminuses are on or
> > >>within walking distance of the Circle Line.
> > >A bit of a contradiction in terms here. The shallow underground lines
> > >are not "tube", but of cut-and-cover construction.
> >
> > I know that (although I realise other rbt readers may not); indeed,
> > outside central London (as you know) the surface lines are above the
> > surface in many places.
> >
> > _But_ it's all the big-T Tube even where it's not a small-t tube; just
as
> > it is the big-U Underground even when it is not little-u underground.
>
> I'll quote from http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/lu-summary.htm just
> to support my argument...
>
> The name "tube" appeared early in the 20th century when the deep level
> lines first opened with their small diameter tunnels. It is now often
> used (incorrectly) by the general public to mean any Underground line.
Common useage defines what is 'incorrect'. In this case, you are
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