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What connection to London Transport do the following eight women have in common?
Ada Lovelace, who collaborated with Charles Babbage, and is regarded as the first computer programmer
Phyllis Pearsall, creator of the A-Z
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
Sophia Brunel, wife of Marc Isambard Brunel
Mary Brunel, wife of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Ellie Simmonds, Paralympic champion swimmer
Jessica Ennis, Olympic heptathlon champion
Ada Lovelace, who collaborated with Charles Babbage, and is regarded as the first computer programmer
Phyllis Pearsall, creator of the A-Z
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
Sophia Brunel, wife of Marc Isambard Brunel
Mary Brunel, wife of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Ellie Simmonds, Paralympic champion swimmer
Jessica Ennis, Olympic heptathlon champion
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They have used/been spotted on the Tube
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No. Perhaps I should also say that no other women have this connection. Only these eight!Tube Geek wrote:They have used/been spotted on the Tube
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Their first names are also Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs)
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I should also say on Crossrail Elizabeth Line Crossrail
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They've all driven an S stock train into Green Park.michael_churchill wrote:What connection to London Transport do the following eight women have in common?
Ada Lovelace, who collaborated with Charles Babbage, and is regarded as the first computer programmer
Phyllis Pearsall, creator of the A-Z
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
Sophia Brunel, wife of Marc Isambard Brunel
Mary Brunel, wife of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Ellie Simmonds, Paralympic champion swimmer
Jessica Ennis, Olympic heptathlon champion
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Correct answer!Tube Geek wrote:Their first names are also Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs)
Is this common knowledge, 'cause I only read it recently?
Apparently it is traditional to give TBMs a female name. Although given how modern the technology is, it can't be a very old tradition.
The Crossrail TBMs worked in pairs, so they were named in pairs. And they took suggestions from the general public for each pair, so it's surprising we didn't get Tunnelly McBoringFace!
So the pairs were Phyllis & Ada, Victoria & Elizabeth (she gets a tunnel boring machine and the whole line named after her?), Sophia & Mary, Ellie & Jessica.
If you want to know more...
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/construction ... -machines/
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that link is how I got it in the first place!
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Except that the Orient Express (presume you mean the VSOE as the historic Orient Express no longer runs) neither goes from St Pancras nor to Turkey....Tube Geek wrote:Oh, forgot about this!
GWR to Paddington
Circle Line to King's Cross St. Pancras
Orient Express to Turkey
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The historic Orient Express went from Paris to Turkey,but that didn't start at St Pancras either...
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That's three different types of train, so I think it should count as three modes of transport. I was going to say boat.Tube Geek wrote:Oh, forgot about this!
GWR to Paddington
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Actually, boat is more right than train! I meant the historic OE, but has it ever been to Britain, then?
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The Venice Simplon Orient Express runs out of Platform 1 (Platforms 1 to 6 are the SouthEastern Chatham platforms) at London Victoria to Dover, and you get the ferry across the channel and continue on the continent.
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A quickie: Which LU line has the highest maximum amount of trains running at any one time during peak periods?
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Is it the Central
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