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Well, it's warming up to the Summer of 2010, and what looks to be one of the greatest sports summers in recent memory. Not just because of the NBA's ridiculous free agency, or the Reinvention of Tiger, but moreso because of all the action happening in one particular sport: soccer. For those that don't know, the World Cup is coming to South Africa this summer. Also at the same time, most of the leagues are finishing up their seasons.
At my job, we're pretty good with Photoshop. We've also just recently become pretty big fans of professional football (not soccer, because that would mean being fans of MLS, which we're not). So in our downtime, we don't send dumb email forwards to our coworkers like other companies. We actually combine our mastery of Adobe products with a bit of clever trash talk to produce ridiculously hilarious pieces.
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I ordered two of these tables for our home. I love how they look and am glad I did not pay attention to some of the reviews. The tables have never tipped over contrary to what some are saying - I would expect it depends on what you have on top of them or inside. My tables are empty inside and on top - phone, candle and picture frame! Excellent buy for an excellent price. They look so rich next to my Grandmother's antique chairs! LOVE THEM!
A very pretty little table. Just right for a nook we had been trying to fill.
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*At one point Mike McCoy was seen as the hottest head coaching candidate, and the frontrunner in both Arizona and Chicago. But both teams backed off of McCoy, who ended up Chargers head coach. What happened? Our sources say he did not interview as well as other candidates.
*Don't be surprised if the Patriots let Wes Welker walk when free agency rolls around. As much as they love and appreciate him they won't pay a premium to keep him. Bill Belichick has a system which is designed to have interchangeable parts at most positions. Said a former Patriots wide receiver: "He will just go find the next Wes Welker."
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Machine Guarding: Do I need to follow codes and regulations like NFPA?
What is the purpose of so many codes and regulations? I work in panels all the time. Sure, I take risks every day but do "I" need regulations to keep "me" safe? Bah humbug on the regulations. I know what I'm doing! (Leave your comment: Do you think you're safe without PPE in some control panels?)
What is the purpose of so many codes and regulations? I work in panels all the time. Sure, I take risks every day but do "I" need regulations to keep "me" safe? Bah humbug on the regulations. I know what I'm doing! (See also the November 2011 Control Engineering print edition article, Codes and Regulations: Electrical Controls' Dirty Little Secret: We Don't Follow NFPA Rules. Link to an anonymous survey about PPE behavior.]
Well, my friend, I'll bet you do know what you're doing. But, you're one out of millions across the United States. And, everyone else is not so lucky. There's a great quote from Bill Henton, Director of Health and Safety at Georgia-Pacific, "A historical lack of accidents does not imply a current presence of safety. It simply means you've been faster that the machine." So, why are there so many codes and standards?
In my opinion, there are many reasons that answer this question. Lots of books have been written and all too many eulogies have been offered involving this subject. Suffice it to say that industry itself recognized that safety codes and regulations were needed in U.S. industry to protect our workers. Thus, "consensus" standards were born by industry for self regulation. I belong to several domestic & international safety standards committees and over 80% of my colleagues on each committee are also from industry. As we "write" the codes and standards our goal is to put requirements, best practices, and measures in place that will protect those millions of your colleagues also working in and around industrial machines. There are tens of thousands of your colleagues that probably don't need to be reminded about how to be safe. Yet, thousands of your colleagues every year lose their lives because they weren't faster than the machine, once! And this happens even though we have an abundance of codes and regulations. I shudder to think about those numbers if we didn't have the codes and regulations.
Tom, your point is well taken that you take risks in everyday life. And today you look very healthy. In my last blog I wrote about "tolerable" risk and related it to everyday life like driving your automobile. What many people don't realize through every day life is the existence of the codes and regulations that are behind the scenes. They don't realize it until there's a salmonella outbreak on the West Coast. Or, would our space program have been equally successful with fewer codes and regulations? Oh, maybe we would've still landed on the moon, but it might have taken three times the people and rockets because so many exploded on the launch pad!
Like at Georgia-Pacific, maybe you've been successfully faster than the machine. But, will you always? Remember, you're only one in millions!
These comments come to mind having read the Control Engineering article: Codes and Regulations: Electrical Controls' Dirty Little Secret: We Don't Follow NFPA Rules
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Piccadilly line
Piccadilly line |
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Type | Deep Tube | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
System | London Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stations | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ridership | 210.169 million (2011/12) [1] passenger journeys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colour on map | Dark Blue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | tfl.gov.uk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening | 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depot(s) | Cockfosters Northfields |
Rolling stock | 1973 Tube Stock 6 cars per trainset (due to be replaced in 2020) |
Technical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line length | 71 km (44 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Piccadilly line /ˌpɪkəˈdɪli/ is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fourth busiest line on the Underground network on the basis of the number of passengers transported per year with 210,000,000. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1, with a number of surface sections, mostly in its westernmost parts. Of the 53 stations served, 25 are below ground. Some of its stations are shared with the District line and some are shared with the Metropolitan line. It is the second longest line on the system, after the Central line, and has the second most stations, after the District line. It serves many of London's top tourist attractions including Harrods, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus (after which the line is named), Leicester Square and Covent Garden, as well as London Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in Europe (based on passenger numbers).
The beginnings[edit]
- See Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway for detailed histories of the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), the Great Northern & Strand Railway (GN&SR), and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway (B&PCR).
The Piccadilly line began as the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), one of several railways controlled by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL), whose chief director was Charles Tyson Yerkes, although he died before any of his schemes came to fruition.
The GNP&BR was formed from the merger of two earlier, but unbuilt, tube-railway companies taken over in 1901 by Yerkes' consortium: the Great Northern & Strand Railway (GN&SR) and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway (B&PCR). The GN&SR's and B&PCR's separate routes were linked with an additional section between Piccadilly Circus and Holborn. A section of the Metropolitan District Railway's scheme for a deep-level tube line between South Kensington and Earl's Court was also added in order to complete the route.
When the GNP&BR was formally opened on 15 December 1906, the line ran from the Great Northern Railway's station at Finsbury Park to the District Railway's station at Hammersmith.
On 30 November 1907, the short branch from Holborn to the Strand (later renamed Aldwych) opened, which had been planned as the last section of the GN&SR before the amalgamation with the B&PCR was made. In 1905 (and again in 1965), plans were made to extend it the short distance south under the River Thames to Waterloo, but this never happened. Although built with twin tunnels, single-line shuttle operation became the norm on the branch from 1918 on, with the eastern tunnel closed to traffic.
Later changes[edit]
On 1 July 1910 the GNP&BR and the other UERL-owned tube railways (the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway) were merged by private Act of Parliament[2][3] to become the London Electric Railway Company.
On 10 December 1928, a rebuilt Piccadilly Circus station was opened. This included a sub-surface booking hall and eleven escalators, replacing the original lifts, and was the start of a renovation of the whole railway, including a comprehensive programme of station enlargement.
Cockfosters extension[edit]
From the 1920s onwards there had been severe congestion at the line's northern terminus, Finsbury Park, where travellers had to change on to trams and buses for destinations in North and North East London. There had been deputations made to Parliament asking for an early extension of the line either towards Tottenham and Edmonton or towards Wood Green and Palmers Green.
The early 1930s was a time of recession, and in order to relieve unemployment, government capital was made available. The chief features of the scheme were an extension northwards from Finsbury Park to Cockfosters. It was also planned to build a station between Manor House and Turnpike Lane at the junction of Green Lanes and St Ann's Road in Harringay, but this was stopped by Frank Pick, who felt that the bus and tram service at this point was adequate. However, a 'Ventilation station', in similar architectural style to tube stations of the time was provided at the site, and is visible today. There was also some opposition from the London and North Eastern Railway to the line. The extension began from Finsbury Park to a point a little south of Arnos Grove. The total length of the extension is 12 km (7.5 mi): it cost £4 million to build and was opened in sections as follows:
- 19 September 1932: to Arnos Grove
- 13 March 1933: to Enfield West (now Oakwood), in conjunction with the westward extension to Hounslow West
- 19 July 1933: completion to Cockfosters
Westward extensions[edit]
Powers to link with existing tracks west of Hammersmith were originally obtained in 1913. A Parliamentary report of 1919 recommended through running to Richmond and Ealing. By the end of the 1920s the priority had shifted to serving the areas around Hounslow and north and west of Ealing. The outcome involved taking over the inner pair of tracks between Hammersmith and Acton Town as a non-stop service, while the Metropolitan District Railway would continue to provide the stopping service on the outer pair of tracks.[4] Construction of the linking sections started in 1930, and the services opened as follows.
- to Uxbridge: the District Railway had operated services to Uxbridge since 1910. The District services were taken over by the Piccadilly line:
- 4 July 1932: extended from Hammersmith to South Harrow
- 23 October 1933 (after formation of the London Passenger Transport Board): to Uxbridge
- to Hounslow: the line from Acton Town was quadrupled to Northfields on 18 December 1932 and the Piccadilly line was extended:
- 9 January 1933: to Northfields
- 13 March 1933: to Hounslow West, in conjunction with the eastern extension to Enfield West.
These eastward and westward extensions are notable for the Modernist architecture of their new stations, many of them designed by Charles Holden, who was inspired by examples of Modernist architecture in mainland Europe. This influence can be seen in the bold vertical and horizontal forms, which were combined with the use of traditional materials like brick.[5] Today, many of these Holden-designed station are listed buildings.
Victoria line[edit]
During the planning stages of the Victoria line, a proposal was put forward to transfer Manor House station to the Victoria line, and also to build new "direct" tunnels from Finsbury Park to Turnpike Lane station, thereby cutting the journey time in and out of central London. This idea was eventually rejected due to the inconvenience to passengers that would have been caused during rebuilding, as well as the costs of the new tunnels. Even so, the Piccadilly line was affected at Finsbury Park by the construction of the Victoria line. The westbound service was redirected through new tunnels, to give cross-platform interchange with the Victoria line on the platforms previously used by the Northern City Line. This work was completed in 1965, and the diversion came into use on 3 October 1965, three years before the opening of the first stage of the Victoria line.
Heathrow extension[edit]
In 1975, a new tunnel section was opened to Hatton Cross from Hounslow West. Hounslow West became a tunnel section station. In 1977, the branch was extended to Heathrow Central. This station was renamed Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 in 1984, with the opening of a one-way loop serving Heathrow Terminal 4, south of the central terminal area.
From 7 January 2005 until 17 September 2006, the loop via Heathrow Terminal 4 was closed to allow the connection of a spur line to the now operational Heathrow Terminal 5 station. All underground services reverted to two-way working into Terminals 1, 2 and 3, which again became the temporary terminus; shuttle buses served Terminal 4 from the Hatton Cross bus station. For a brief period in summer 2006, the line terminated at Hatton Cross and shuttle buses also ran to Terminals 1, 2, 3 while the track configuration and tunnels were altered for the Terminal 5 link from that station. The station at Terminal 5 opened on 27 March 2008 on the same day Terminal 5 opened.
2005 terrorist attack[edit]
On 7 July 2005, a Piccadilly line train was attacked by suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay. The blast occurred at 08:50 BST while the train was between King's Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square. It was part of a co-ordinated attack on London's transport network, and was synchronised with three other attacks – two on the Circle line and one on a bus at Tavistock Square. A small high-explosive device, concealed in a rucksack, was used.
The Piccadilly line bomb resulted in the largest number of fatalities, with 26 people reported killed. Access for the emergency services and evacuation of the public proved difficult as it is a deep-level line. Parts of the line re-opened on 8 July, and full service was restored on 4 August, four weeks after the bomb.
Rolling stock[edit]
Like virtually all Underground lines, the Piccadilly line is operated by a single type of rolling stock, in this case the 1973 tube stock, in the standard London Underground livery of blue, white and red. Seventy-nine trains out of a fleet of 86 are needed to run the line's peak service. One unit (166-566-366) was severely damaged by the terrorist attack of 7 July 2005.
The stock was refurbished by Bombardier Transportation between 1995 and 2000.[6] Changes included the removal of transverse seating, strap hangers replaced with grab bars, new floor material and a full repaint into London Underground's corporate livery.[7]
The line was previously worked by 1959 stock, 1956 stock, 1938 stock, standard tube stock and 1906 gate stock.
The line has two depots, at Northfieldsmap 55 and Cockfosters.map 54 There are sidings at Oakwood, South Harrow, Arnos Grove, Rayners Lane, Down Street, Wood Green, Acton Town, Ruislip and Uxbridge.
The line is controlled from a control centre at Earl's Court, which it used to share with the District line. It is in need of resignalling, and this work was planned to be carried out by 2014, but this has been postponed for financial reasons.
Service pattern[edit]
The current off-peak service pattern is:
- 6 trains per hour Cockfosters – Heathrow Terminal 5 (via Terminals 1, 2, 3)
- 6 trains per hour Cockfosters – Heathrow Terminal 4 (returning around the loop and serving Terminals 1, 2, 3)
- 3 trains per hour Cockfosters – Uxbridge
- 3 trains per hour Cockfosters – Rayners Lane
- 3 trains per hour Arnos Grove – Northfields
This forms a service frequency of approximately 2.5 minutes through central London, with 21 trains per hour.
Often late evening services terminate at Oakwood instead of Cockfosters.
Trains also make an additional stop at Turnham Green in the early morning and late evening but do not call there during the main part of the day.
Other services operate at times, especially at the start and towards the end of the traffic day.
From 2015, there will be a 24-hour service on Friday and Saturday nights from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Cockfosters, but not from Uxbridge to Acton Town or the Heathrow Terminal 4 loop.[8]
Geographically accurate representation of the Piccadilly Line.
(In order from east to west.)
Cockfosters branch[edit]
Cockfosters branch | |||
Station | Image | Opened | Additional information |
Cockfosters | 31 July 1933 | One of the two depots is located heremap 1 | |
Oakwood | 13 March 1933 | Opened as Enfield West; renamed Enfield West Oakwood 3 May 1934; renamed 1 September 1946map 2 | |
Southgate | 13 March 1933 | in deep-level tunnelmap 3 | |
Arnos Grove | 19 September 1932 | Trains may terminate here: there are several sidings for stabling trainsmap 4 | |
Tunnel section commences | |||
Bounds Green | 19 September 1932 | map 5 | |
Wood Green | 19 September 1932 | map 6 | |
Turnpike Lane | 19 September 1932 | map 7 | |
Manor House | 19 September 1932 | map 8 | |
Original Section | |||
Finsbury Park | 15 December 1906 | map 9 | |
Arsenal | 15 December 1906 | Opened as Gillespie Road; renamed Arsenal (Highbury Hill) 31 October 1932; the suffix was later dropped in 1960map 10 | |
Holloway Road | 15 December 1906 | map 11 | |
Caledonian Road | 15 December 1906 | map 12 | |
King's Cross St. Pancras | 15 December 1906 | Opened as King's Cross; renamed King's Cross for St. Pancras 1927; renamed 1933map 13 | |
Russell Square | 15 December 1906 | map 14 | |
Holborn | 15 December 1906 | Renamed Holborn (Kingsway) 22 May 1933; the suffix was later dropped.map 15 | |
Covent Garden | 11 April 1907 | map 16 | |
Leicester Square | 15 December 1906 | map 17 | |
Piccadilly Circus | 15 December 1906 | map 18 | |
Green Park | 15 December 1906 | Opened as Dover Street; renamed 18 September 1933map 19 | |
Hyde Park Corner | 15 December 1906 | In the event of disruption, trains may terminate here via a crossovermap 20 | |
Knightsbridge | 15 December 1906 | map 21 | |
South Kensington | 8 January 1907 | map 22 | |
Gloucester Road | 15 December 1906 | map 23 | |
Earl's Court | 15 December 1906 | map 24 | |
Tunnel section ends | |||
Barons Court | 15 December 1906 | map 25 | |
Hammersmith | 15 December 1906 | map 26 |
Extension to Hounslow and Uxbridge[edit]
Extension to Hounslow and Uxbridge | |||
Station | Image | Opened | Additional information |
Turnham Green | 1 January 1869 | Originally the London and South Western Railway; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 June 1963map 27 | |
Acton Town | 1 July 1879 | Originally the Metropolitan District Railway, later District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932map 28 | |
The line splits here into two branches – the Heathrow branch and the Uxbridge branch. |
Heathrow branch[edit]
Continuing from Acton Town | |||
Station | Image | Opened | Additional information |
South Ealing | 1 May 1883 | Originally the Metropolitan District Railway, later District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 29 April 1935map 29 | |
Northfields | 16 April 1908 | Originally the District line (one of the two depots is here and some trains terminate here); first served by the Piccadilly line 9 January 1933map 30 | |
Boston Manor | 1 May 1883 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 13 March 1933map 31 | |
Osterley | 23 March 1934 | map 32 | |
Hounslow East | 2 May 1909 | Opened as Hounslow Town by the District line renamed 1 December 1925; first served by the Piccadilly line 13 March 1933map 33 | |
Hounslow Central | 1 April 1886 | Opened as Heston-Hounslow by the District line, renamed 1 December 1925; first served by the Piccadilly line 13 March 1933map 34 | |
Tunnel section recommences | |||
Hounslow West | 21 July 1884 | Opened as Hounslow Barracks) by the District line, renamed 1 December 1925; first served by the Piccadilly line 13 March 1933, resited 19 July 1975map 35 | |
Hatton Cross | 19 July 1975 | map 36 | |
Heathrow Terminal 4 | 12 April 1986 | map 37 | |
Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 | 16 December 1977 | Opened as Heathrow Central; renamed Heathrow Central Terminals 1,2,3 on 3 September 1983; renamed 12 April 1986map 38 | |
Heathrow Terminal 5 | 27 March 2008 | map 39 | |
Just beyond Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station, the line goes into a new section to serve Heathrow Terminal 5 tube station, which opened in March 2008. Half of all Heathrow trains use the loop and serve Terminal 4 and the other half omit Terminal 4 and serve Terminal 5.[9] |
Uxbridge branch[edit]
Continuing from Acton Town | |||
Station | Image | Opened | Additional information |
Ealing Common | 1 July 1879 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932map 40 | |
North Ealing | 23 June 1903 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932map 41 | |
Park Royal | 6 July 1931 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932; renamed Park Royal (Hanger Hill) 1 March 1936; renamed 1947map 42 | |
Alperton | 28 June 1903 | Opened as Perivale-Alperton by the District line; renamed 7 October 1910; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932map 43 | |
Sudbury Town | 28 June 1903 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932map 44 | |
Sudbury Hill ( Sudbury Hill Harrow) | 28 June 1903 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932map 45 | |
South Harrow | 28 June 1903 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 4 July 1932; closed when re-located 4 July 1935; re-opened 5 July 1935map 46 | |
Rayners Lane | 1 March 1910 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 October 1933 (from here to Uxbridge trains share track with Metropolitan line, and some trains terminate here)map 47 | |
Eastcote | 1 March 1910 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 October 1933map 48 | |
Ruislip Manor | 5 August 1912 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 October 1933map 49 | |
Ruislip | 1 March 1910 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 October 1933 (some trains terminate here in Monday-Friday peak hours)map 50 | |
Ickenham | 1 March 1910 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 October 1933map 51 | |
Hillingdon | 10 December 1923 | Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 October 1933; renamed Hillingdon (Swakeleys) April 1934; the suffix was later dropped; closed when re-located 5 December 1992; re-opened 6 December 1992map 52 | |
Uxbridge | 1 March 1910 | Terminus. Originally the District line; first served by the Piccadilly line 23 October 1933; closed when re-located 3 December 1938; re-opened 4 December 1938map 53 |
Closed stations[edit]
- Aldwych opened on 30 November 1907 as the Strand tube station. It was at the end of a branch line from the main line at Holborn. An evening through-northbound 'Theatre' train ran until 1910. From 1917 onwards, it was served only by a shuttle from Holborn. In the same year it was renamed Aldwych when Charing Cross on the Northern line was renamed Strand. It was temporarily closed in 1940 during World War II to be used as an air-raid shelter. It re-opened in 1946. The possibility of extending the branch to Waterloo was discussed, but the scheme never proceeded.[10] Aldwych was finally closed on 30 September 1994; the level of use was said to be too low to justify the £1 million in estimated costs of a complete replacement of the lifts. The station is regularly used by film makers.
- Brompton Road opened 15 December 1906; closed 30 July 1934, between Knightsbridge and South Kensington.
- Down Street opened 15 December 1906; closed 21 May 1932, between Green Park and Hyde Park Corner.
- Osterley & Spring Grove first served 13 March 1933; closed 24 March 1934 between Boston Manor and Hounslow East. It was replaced by Osterley.
- Park Royal & Twyford Abbey opened 23 June 1903; closed 5 July 1931. Although on the route of the current Piccadilly line, a short distance north of the present Park Royal station, it was never served by Piccadilly line trains. It was opened by the District line, the original operator of the line between Ealing Common and South Harrow, and was closed and replaced by the present Park Royal station before the Piccadilly line started running trains to South Harrow in 1932.
- York Road opened 15 December 1906; closed 19 September 1932, between King's Cross St Pancras and Caledonian Road. It has been suggested[11] that this station may be reopened to serve new developments on the nearby Kings Cross railway lands, but this idea is not being progressed at present. The road the station served, 'York Road', has since been renamed 'York Way'.
Future upgrades[edit]
The Piccadilly line is to be upgraded, involving new trains as well as new signalling, increasing the line's capacity by some 24% and reducing journey times by one fifth.[12] Bids for new rolling stock were originally submitted in 2008. However, after the acquisition of Tube Lines by Transport for London in June 2010, this order was cancelled and the upgrade postponed.[13]
Meanwhile LUL has invited Alstom, Bombardier and Siemens to develop a new concept of lightweight, low-energy, semi-articulated train for the deep-level lines, provisionally called "Evo" (for 'evolution'). So far only Siemens has publicised an outline design, which would feature air-conditioning and would also have battery power enabling the train to run on to the next station if third and fourth rail power were lost. It would have a lower floor and 11% higher passenger capacity than the present tube stock.[14] There would be a weight saving of 30 tonnes, and the trains would be 17% more energy-efficient with air-conditioning included, or 30% more energy-efficient without it.[15]
The intention is for the new trains to eventually operate on the Bakerloo, Central, Piccadilly and Waterloo & City lines.[16] On current plans, resignalling work on the Piccadilly line will begin in 2019 and new trains should be in service by 2022.[17]
There are also some proposals, predominantly by Slough Borough Council, to extend the line towards Slough railway station from Heathrow Terminal 5 station.[18] A number of routes have been proposed, and the main ones pass very close to but do not call at Windsor.[18]
See also[edit]
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King Digital, the company behind the wildly popular mobile game Candy Crush Saga has filed its IPO papers, but before it can clear the jelly off the board and move on to the next level, it's going to have convince investors that it isn't just Zynga 2.0. Telis Demos reports on MoneyBeat. Photo: King.com.
King Digital Entertainment PLC's plans for a $500 million initial public offering sets up a crucial test for investors: Can the hugely profitable but fickle new smartphone-games industry be sustained?
"Candy Crush Saga," a colorful, maddeningly addictive puzzle game boosted revenue at the company more than tenfold last year.
The game is free but players are charged for in-game features. Now the test is for King and competitors such as Finland's Supercell Oy to prove they are nimble enough to win over high-spending users with that "freemium" model amid intense competition and consumer tastes that turn on a dime.
Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen recently showed the low barrier to entry for King competitors when his bare-bones "Flappy Bird" game, which he said took him just a few days to develop, topped download charts globally until he took it offline.
King Digital's offering will test the model of 'freemium' smartphone games, like its 'Candy Crush Saga,' shown. Bloomberg News
And hanging over a King IPO is the shadow of Zynga Inc., ZNGA -1.09% Zynga Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $5.46 -0.06 -1.09% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17.88M AFTER HOURS $5.48 +0.02 +0.37% March 14, 2014 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 69,926 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $4.79 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $429,334 03/03/14 Zynga Moves to Make Good On Mo... 02/21/14 New Banks, Less Money: How Kin... 02/12/14 Sell Your IPhone, Earn Bitcoin... More quote details and news » a pioneer of the online-games industry. Zynga's shares sank as it struggled to repeat the winning formula of its popular "FarmVille" game.
"The biggest fear of course is that King is another Zynga," said Tero Kuittinen, an analyst with mobile-diagnostics company Alekstra Inc. He said a key concern is that investors will view King as a one-trick pony and that it won't be able to repeat the successes of "Candy Crush."
The Anglo-Swedish company acknowledged that "Candy Crush" has already shown signs of aging since its October 2012 release. King blamed a decline in revenue in the fourth quarter from the third on "a decrease in 'Candy Crush Saga' gross bookings," a measure of game revenues—across other titles.
King acknowledged that "a small number of games currently generate a substantial majority of our revenue." Its top three games—"Candy Crush," "Pet Rescue Saga" and "Farm Heroes Saga"—accounted for 95% of its total gross bookings, in the fourth quarter, King said in a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. And "Candy Crush" accounted for 78%.
King executives declined to comment beyond the company's filing.
Though hit titles can be fleeting, the mobile-games business still offers significant opportunity. Global mobile-game revenue is expected to rise 30% this year from $13.2 billion last year, according to technology research firm Gartner Inc.
That booming market has translated into outsize profit for King and its rivals. King reported profit of $567.6 million last year, up from $7.8 million in 2012. Revenue jumped to $1.88 billion from $164.4 million. "Candy Crush" was played by 93 million people more than a billion times daily in December, King said in its filing.
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At least initially, King appears to have some future opportunity. "Papa Pear Saga," released last November, joined "Candy Crush" among the 10 most-downloaded apps globally for Apple Inc. AAPL -1.12% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $524.69 -5.96 -1.12% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8.33M AFTER HOURS $524.80 +0.11 +0.02% March 14, 2014 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 12.93 Market Cap $468.31 Billion Dividend Yield 2.33% Rev. per Employee $2,163,820 03/14/14 Big-Bang Disruptions: The Digi... 03/14/14 iOS 7.1 Spotted in More Than a... 03/14/14 Data Point: iPhone Owners Are ... More quote details and news » devices in December, according to App Annie, which tracks app downloads and revenues. And "Farm Heroes Saga," released for mobile devices in January, was among the 10 highest-grossing iPhone apps this month in the U.S. and the U.K., App Annie said.
King said it plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KING. J.P. Morgan Chase& Co., Credit Suisse Group AG CSGN.VX -2.89% Credit Suisse Group AG Switzerland: SWX Europe CHF26.56 -0.79 -2.89% March 14, 2014 5:31 pm Volume : 8.23M P/E Ratio 16.18 Market Cap CHF42.39 Billion Dividend Yield 0.38% Rev. per Employee CHF768,439 03/16/14 Alibaba Plans Equal Sway for B... 03/14/14 Singapore's DBS Near Deal to B... 03/12/14 Former Credit Suisse Banker Pl... More quote details and news » and Bank of America Merrill Lynch were selected as lead bankers for the IPO.
The company hasn't decided on an IPO price or stock-market value. The company might aim for a long-term earnings multiple on par with game companies such as Electronic Arts Inc. EA -0.37% Electronic Arts Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $29.60 -0.11 -0.37% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.30M AFTER HOURS $29.60 0.00 0.00% March 14, 2014 6:53 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 53,167 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $9.16 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $393,441 03/16/14 Arena-Style Videogames Are Hot... 03/16/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: Getting A... 03/13/14 Electronic Arts Lays Off Some ... More quote details and news » and Activision Blizzard Inc., ATVI +0.72% Activision Blizzard Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $21.00 +0.15 +0.72% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.77M AFTER HOURS $21.00 0.00 0.00% March 14, 2014 6:44 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 6,787 P/E Ratio 47.57 Market Cap $14.96 Billion Dividend Yield 0.95% Rev. per Employee $664,203 03/16/14 Arena-Style Videogames Are Hot... 03/16/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: Getting A... 02/25/14 Lackluster Growth Forecast Hur... More quote details and news » people familiar with the matter said. That could peg the company's value at $8 billion to $10 billion, including equity awards. But the IPO likely would be priced at a discount to that value, depending on investor demand, the people said.
King said its board valued the company's shares at $45.61 apiece in December. Based on the number of shares outstanding at the time, that valued the entire company at $5.5 billion, though that wouldn't include items such as options exercisable after the IPO.
The purpose of the IPO is to create a market for current and future employees and investors to sell shares and to give the company "greater flexibility to act on strategic opportunities," Riccardo Zacconi, King's chief executive and co-founder, said in the filing. The company doesn't need money for its operations or growth, King said.
King plans to allow existing investors to sell shares in the IPO. Mr. Zacconi owns about 10% and about half is owned by Apax Partners LLP, a European private-equity firm. An additional 8% is held by venture-capital firm Index Ventures. King has paid out $500 million to investors since last year through two dividends.
King, with development studios in five European cities, including London and Stockholm, is a relatively seasoned player in the games business, dating to 2002. It rose to prominence only recently amid the explosion of games for Apple's iPhone and phones running Google Inc. GOOG -1.37% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $1172.80 -16.26 -1.37% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.27M AFTER HOURS $1172.50 -0.30 -0.03% March 14, 2014 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 33,566 P/E Ratio 32.09 Market Cap $394.12 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,250,730 03/15/14 Alibaba: A Mix of Amazon, eBay... 03/14/14 Alibaba, Weibo Prep for IPOs i... 03/14/14 Looking Past a Credit Score More quote details and news » 's Android operating system.
For years, King existed in the shadows of higher-profile game makers in Sweden, such as DICE, a developer owned by Electronics Arts that make action-packed shooter games for computers and videogame consoles.
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King's main business was its unassuming King.com site, where game players could log in from their computers' Internet browsers for a few moments with a colorful game. When Facebook Inc. FB -1.61% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $67.72 -1.11 -1.61% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47.89M AFTER HOURS $67.71 -0.01 -0.01% March 14, 2014 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 339,120 P/E Ratio 111.02 Market Cap $172.67 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,242,230 03/14/14 Facebook Officially Launches V... 03/13/14 WhatsApp Faces New Challenge 03/13/14 Documents Say NSA Pretends to ... More quote details and news » opened up its site to games, King executives said they quickly came to the conclusion that King's relatively straightforward puzzle-based games were a good fit for the social network.
"Bubble Witch Saga" was King's first Facebook hit, in late 2011 and early 2012. The game, which challenges users to line up rows of colored bubbles, became the third most-played game on Facebook. But watching the rapid migration of users to mobile devices from computers, King executives decided they need to make the game available independently on Google's and Apple's mobile platforms.
King still tests new games on its website. Days after releasing games at King.com, the company will have collected enough data to know which titles are ripe for Facebook and mobile versions, executives have said.
Zynga's public offering offers a cautionary note. Zynga listed in 2011 and its shares have performed poorly since, falling more than 50% as investors questioned whether it could repeat the popularity of "FarmVille." Zynga's revenue fell last year, and the company posted losses for three years straight. Still, its share price has recovered somewhat, climbing 59% in the past year, but they are still 49% below their IPO price. Zynga's shares rose 28 cents, or 5.8%, to close at $5.15 Tuesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
'Candy Crush Saga' was played by 93 million people more than a billion times daily in December, according to King Digital. Reuters
King has moved to distinguish its stock offering from Zynga's. For one, King has filed for a smaller offering, $500 million versus $1 billion, despite its larger revenue and profit base.
And King has been particularly straightforward about the slowing growth of its top game, which could help investors make a better decision about how to value the company, said Arvind Bhatia, an analyst at Sterne Agee Group, Inc. "King has essentially said [in the filing] very clearly that things have slowed with 'Candy'.…If investors are going into this knowing that, and seek an adjusted price for that, the stock can work," he said.
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Grover Cleveland—he dropped his first name as an adult, perhaps because he had been called "Big Steve" by friends, due to his girth, at over 250 pounds—basically went with the flow of his career rather than hold any specific ambitions. He did evade military service in the Civil War by paying a substitute $300, which was not an uncommon practice at the time. Passing the bar exam led to a position as district attorney for Erie County, then sheriff, mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York from 1882 to 1884, when he became known "Uncle Jumbo."
In his first term as president, 1885-89, Cleveland was uncomfortable in the White House, especially as a bachelor. He married his ward, the daughter of his deceased Buffalo law partner, making Frances Folsom America's youngest first lady at 21. It was the first and only White House wedding of a president. The couple's 27-year age difference was summarily lampooned. Children began arriving between his two terms, and three were born in the White house. The Clevelands had five children in all.
In his first term Cleveland also presided over the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, and saw Geronimo surrender, thus ending the Apache wars.
Cleveland's presidencies bracketed one-term President Benjamin Harrison. He was not in favor of overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy, which had been set in motion during Harrison's time in office, but despite his opposition, Hawaii was annexed. Cleveland wrote: "I am ashamed of the whole affair."
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Implementing the HxC2001 SD floppy (hardware/software) has been for a while on my list. The hardware is already hanging out on the back of my A1200 so the concept is already tested for months. The confidence of my previous case … Continue reading


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StarStar Me For T-Mobile Shown Off In YouTube Video Yesterdays launch of the StarStar Me platform on T-Mobile left many folks scratching their head as to why they might want to use this service? A fair question to be sure, but there is definitely an argument to made for using a **me number against having to constantly hand out your phone number. In some regard, I can see businesses getting more use out of this than individuals, but if its something that interests you, perhaps … [read full article]
T-Mobile Joins The StarStar Me Ranks, Lets You Use Your Name Instead Of Phone Number Zoove, the folks behind the StarStar Me platform announced the availability of their StarStar service as now available to T-Mobile customers nationwide. "StarStar Me offers customers a personalized mobile phone number such as a name or favorite word and the ability to manage calls through the StarStar Me app." In other words, you can dial **David and find me on the other end, metaphorically speaking that is. The service does work across smartphones and features phones, which … [read full article]