 | P-Way 365 P-Way looks after the track upgrade and renewal works within Tube Lines. Over an 18 month period from Jan 2007 P-Way changed the way it worked to bring its Lost Time Injury rate down to zero. This short film charts how this was achieved Tube Lines are responsible for both maintenance and upgrade work on the Jubilee line, Northern line and Piccadilly line. We also provide a number of services across the network including the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), Distribution Services and Trans Plant. We also deliver a growing catalogue of safety and skills courses as well as competency management consultancy. Maintaining the system Over the first 7½ years of our agreement with London Underground, around half of Tube Lines' £4.5 billion plus investment will be used to maintain the system. This is a massive task, as Tube Lines inherited some of the oldest infrastructure on the network. A history of under investment and inconsistent maintenance regimes has further impacted on system reliability. There is a great deal of work required to ensure that the Tube is fully operational every morning and we have to have a highly responsive maintenance capability to deal with unplanned work. Each and every night of the year, thousands of Tube Lines employees and contractors are out on the railway, ensuring that it is fit and ready for service each morning. This army of night workers operates mainly between the hours of midnight until four in the morning. Maintaining the system is a hugely challenging job and requires an attention to detail to make sure that the right people and right equipment are in the right places each night. Tube Lines has introduced new technology to help understand the bigger picture of where maintenance is most required to enable the company to focus resources in the right place. |
 | Welcome to Tube Lines Tube Lines are responsible for both maintenance and upgrade work on the Jubilee line, Northern line and Piccadilly line. We also provide a number of services across the network including the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), Distribution Services and Trans Plant. We also deliver a growing catalogue of safety and skills courses as well as competency management consultancy. Maintaining the system Over the first 7½ years of our agreement with London Underground, around half of Tube Lines' £4.5 billion plus investment will be used to maintain the system. This is a massive task, as Tube Lines inherited some of the oldest infrastructure on the network. A history of under investment and inconsistent maintenance regimes has further impacted on system reliability. There is a great deal of work required to ensure that the Tube is fully operational every morning and we have to have a highly responsive maintenance capability to deal with unplanned work. Each and every night of the year, thousands of Tube Lines employees and contractors are out on the railway, ensuring that it is fit and ready for service each morning. This army of night workers operates mainly between the hours of midnight until four in the morning. Maintaining the system is a hugely challenging job and requires an attention to detail to make sure that the right people and right equipment are in the right places each night. Tube Lines has introduced new technology to help understand the bigger picture of where maintenance is most required to enable the company to focus resources in the right place. |
 | Northern boy dancing Dan Cohen, yes, THE Dan Cohen, accompanied by four able percussionists, decided to dance at Manchester Picadilly Station for the entertainment of others. What a true great. |
 | myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Marlin London Bridge in London / England / United Kingdom More @ http://myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::99557 Location: The hotel area is steeped in London history with many sites and museums close by. Some such attractions include the Clink Prison Museum, the London Dungeons, the Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Southwark Cathedral and many more. Any discerning wine enthusiasts should feel right at home at Vinopolis, located near to the hotel. Close by is the world-renowned Borough Food market which attracts traders from all over the UK and as far afield as Mainland Europe. This delectable market is a must for food lovers. Heathrow International Airport is 29 km from the hotel, Gatwick International Airport is 47 km away and Stansted Airport is located 57 km from the hotel. Facilities: This 202 unit apartment-hotel is a new development which encompasses an internal square the size of Piccadilly Circus. Additional benefits include complimentary broadband, lift access, welcome basket and a weekly maid service. Rising from the northern tip of the development is a 22-storey landmark tower, specially designed to make its own distinct architectural statement. Designed by award winning architects, this landmark development presents a new vision of contemporary city living. The hotel features a lobby with WLAN Internet access and a 24-hour concierge operates on site. Many extra services are available on request, such as next day dry cleaning, car parking, childcare, additional maid service, and many more. The site is complimented by landscaped public areas, and facilities for cafes, restaurants and shops. Rooms: Stylish apartments and penthouses are available, many with striking views across London. The emphasis here is on light and space, with all apartments containing large picturesque windows, most with floor to ceiling glazing in the living room. The units are en suite with a bath, shower and a hairdryer. They each feature a direct dial telephone, satellite/cable TV, radio, Internet access and a kitchen with fridge, oven, microwave, washing machine, tea and coffee making facilities and an iron and ironing board. The rooms are equipped with either a king-sized or double bed, are centrally heated and feature a living area. Payment: American Express, Diners Club, JCB, MasterCard and VISA are accepted methods of payment at this hotel. Misc.: Check-in time is 3 pm and check-out time is 10.30 am. Please note: The agent will notify access codes to the building. If guests have not received or could not access their booking confirmation directly via email it is very important they contact reservations prior to arrival to receive these codes and directions to the development before 7 pm on the day of check-in. The entrance building is via the concierge entrance which is located at 34 Long Lane. How to get there: By tube take the Northern Line to Borough and exit the station. Cross the road directly in front (Borough High Street) and turn left. Cross Great Dover Street, again in front, and continue past the old Town Hall on the right. Take the next right onto Tabard Street and keep left onto Long Lane. The entrance to the concierge is just ahead on the right. By rail take a mainline train to London Bridge station and exit onto the main concourse. Follow the signs for Guys Hospital and cross the footbridge. Walk down the stairs and through the hospital grounds (Great Maze Pond Street) with the main entrance doors to the hospital on your left. Exit out of the hospital grounds and take Crosby Row directly ahead. Follow this road to the junction with Long Lane and turn right. You will now be walking parallel with the building (on the left) and the entrance to the 24-hour concierge is just ahead on the left. |
 | The Heart of England - Manchester, York and Oxford Traveling from Manchester to Oxford is a journey into the heart of England filled with cherished icons of past eras. Manchester was the world's first industrial center, and the grim legacy of those days is still very much part of the city's look (visible in such major streets like Princess Street which is lined up with 18th cent. buildings covered by black smoke). While attending a week-long librarians' convention at the University of Manchester Institute of Technology, I had plenty of spare time to roam around the city center. Central Manchester, famous for its vibrant character, is easy to get around on foot or by the excellent Metrolink tramway. At the heart of it is Piccadilly Gardens, a gardenless square that has been developed into an aesthetically charming urban space. John Rylands Library at Deansgate is perhaps Manchester's most beautiful building, a Victorian Gothic structure, with a breathtaking Reading Room, designed to look like a monastic library, and a stunning collection of early printed books and rare manuscripts (including a Gutenberg Bible and manuscripts dating back to 2000 BC). But a visit to the city will not be complete for a librarian-archivist without Chetham's, the oldest public library in UK (1421). Here Marx and Engels were regular users. The city's main administrative center is the superb Victorian Gothic town hall that dominates Albert Square, with an interior so rich in sculpture and ornate decoration. Here in its hallowed halls, the Mayor of Manchester hosted a banquet reception for the visiting librarians-archivists who attended the convention. On the way to Oxford, we spent a brief stopover in Yorkshire. The history of York is the history of England and its proud past has been beautifully preserved. For nearly 2000 years, York has been the capital of the north, and it played a central role in British history under the Romans, Saxons and Vikings. An awesome city, with a spectacular Gothic cathedral (York Minster is England's largest medieval cathedral and Yorkshire's most important historic building), medieval city walls and ruins, historic buildings, and streets well-preserved from their Medieval beginnings. Oxford (the "city of dreaming spires") is a living museum, with beautiful buildings oozing charm and a distinguished past. A city of remarkable beauty and stunning contrast, home to the academic elite, not only of Great Britain, but of the entire world. Here we stayed as guests for 3 full days at St. Hilda's College, and I was lucky to have the best room accommodation, overlooking its lovely gardens and the charming river Cherwell. On my first day, I made my way past the botanical gardens (the oldest in Britain, founded in 1621 for the study of medicinal plants), an oasis of calm, sweeping along the banks of Cherwell. Opposite the gardens is Oxford University's Magdalen College, one of the wealthiest and most beautiful of Oxford's colleges (and includes Oscar Wilde as one of its more famous students). A leisurely walk along busy High Street, through St. Aldates, to visit my favorite haunt, the churches and libraries, was like a dream come true. Oxford's first colleges were built in the 13th century, with residences for lecturers and their students. Lecturers were not allowed to marry until 1877, and women were not admitted to the university until a year later. Even then, it took another 42 years before women would be granted a degree for their four years of hard study. The largest and grandest of all of Oxford's colleges, Christ Church, is also its most famous cathedral. Tourists flock here to see not only the magnificent buildings, but to be a witness to its illustrious history and latter-day fame as a location for the Harry Potter films. It boasts of such luminaries among its alumni as Albert Einstein, philosopher John Locke, poet WH Auden, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), and 13 British prime ministers. Right in the city center are located Oxford's Bodleian Library (one of the oldest public libraries in the world, and as a copyright library, holds 8 million items on 118 miles of shelving and has seating capacity for 2500 readers) and Radcliffe Camera, just south of the Bodleian library, the quintessential Oxford landmark, and one of the city's most photographed buildings. A 13th-century chapel and the oldest medieval library in use are found in Merton College (founded in 1264). It is said that Professor JRR Tolkien spent many hours here while writing The Lord of the Rings. Other literary giants associated with the college include TS. Eliot. Shopping in Oxford means a visit to Blackwell's which stocks any book you could ever need. For knick-knacks and souvenirs, I found many interesting items at Whittards along High Street, on the way back to St. Hilda's. |
 | myHotelVideo.com présente: Marlin London Bridge à Londres / Angleterre / Royaume-Uni More @ http://www.myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::99557 Situation: Cet hôtel est niché dans une partie de Londres chargée d'histoire, à proximité de nombreux sites et musées. Les clients pourront ainsi visiter le Clink Prison Museum, le London Dungeon, la Tate Modern, le Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, la tour de Londres, Tower Bridge, la Southwark Cathedral et bien d'autres merveilles. Les amateurs de vin se sentiront comme chez eux au Vinopolis, situé tout à côté de l'hôtel. L'établissement se trouve également à proximité du Borough Market qui attire des commerçants de toute l'Angleterre et même d'Europe. Ce marché extraordinaire est un 'must' pour les amoureux de nourriture. L'aéroport international d'Heathrow est à 29 km, l'aéroport international de Gatwick est à 47 km et l'aéroport de Stansted est à 57 km. Equipement: Cet hôtel d'appartements compte 202 unités d'habitation. Ce nouveau concept comprend une cour intérieure de la taille de Piccadilly Circus. Il propose également un accès Internet haut débit, un ascenseur, une corbeille de bienvenue et un service de ménage hebdomadaire. S'élevant depuis la pointe nord, cette tour emblématique de 22 étages a été spécialement conçue pour offrir sa propre architecture distincte. Conçu par des architectes déjà récompensés pour leur talent, ce nouvel emblème incarne une nouvelle vision du mode de vie urbain contemporain. L'hôtel comprend un hall d'accueil avec accès Internet WiFi et un service de concierge sur place 24h/24. De nombreuses prestations supplémentaires sont proposées, dont nettoyage à sec avec retrait du linge le lendemain, parking, garderie d'enfants, service de ménage supplémentaire, etc. Le site comprend en outre des espaces paysagers publics, des cafés, des restaurants et des boutiques. Chambres: La plupart des appartements et penthouses élégants de l'hôtel offrent une vue superbe sur Londres. L'accent est mis sur l'espace et la luminosité, c'est pourquoi tous les appartements possèdent un salon avec de grandes baies vitrées pittoresques allant du sol au plafond. Les habitations incluent baignoire, douche et sèche-cheveux. L'équipement comprend également une ligne téléphonique directe, la télévision par câble/satellite, la radio, un accès Internet, ainsi qu'une cuisine avec réfrigérateur, four, four à micro-ondes, lave-linge, cafetière/théière, ainsi qu'un fer et une planche à repasser. Les habitations disposent d'un lit double ou king-size, du chauffage central et d'un espace salon. Cartes de crédit: Les cartes de crédit American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, JCB et Visa sont acceptées. Autres: Check-in à 15h et check-out à 10h30. Veuillez noter quun agent vous communiquera les codes d'accès au bâtiment. Si les clients n'ont pas reçu ou ne peuvent accéder directement à leur confirmation de réservation par e-mail, ils doivent impérativement contacter le service de réservation avant leur arrivée pour obtenir les codes d'accès et l'itinéraire (avant 19h le jour du check-in). L'entrée dans le bâtiment se fait par l'entrée du concierge, au 34 Long Lane. Description de la route: En métro, prendre la 'Northern Line' et descendre à la station Borough. Traverser la rue juste en face (Borough High Street) et tourner à gauche. Traverser Great Dover Street et continuer en passant devant l'ancien hôtel de ville sur la droite. Puis prendre la première à droite dans Tabard Street et rester sur la gauche dans Long Lane. L'entrée du concierge est juste devant, sur la droite. En train, prendre une grande ligne jusqu'à London Bridge et sortir par le hall principal. Suivre les panneaux indiquant Guys Hospital et traverser la passerelle. Descendre les escaliers et traverser la propriété de l'hôpital (Great Maze Pond Street), avec les portes d'entrée principales de l'escalier sur votre gauche. Sortez du terrain de l'hôpital et continuer tout droit dans Crosby Row. Suivre cette rue jusqu'au croisement avec Long Lane et tourner à droite. Vous êtes alors sur une rue parallèle au bâtiment (sur la gauche) et l'entrée du concierge 24h/24 est juste devant, sur la gauche. |
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