http://madridjournals.com/2017/12/14/berlins-money-guzzling-...

Then again, it is a giant metal shed.

Now Crossrail, THAT'S something.

On time and on budget. Yet they still won't give the green light for Crossrail 2.

And how do you expect to move people from that empty space into Berlin? People aren't happy to be flown 50 miles outside the city. When that happens, all those flights coming and going into that enpty space end up addin an extra couple of hours to the travel time.

To make matters worse, that empty space tends to be connected with city centers by.... Train.

I overheard on the Bakerloo line two Transport for London employees talking about safetly and one pipes up and says "of course most of the inside of the Bakerloo line is covered in asbestos, they have to spray the inside of the line with glue every year and check the air quality - it can't ever be removed of course - as soon as you disturbed it you'd be completely fucked".

I try to avoid the Bakerloo line these days...

Manchester t3 isn't too bad - I've left a taxi with 15 minutes before take off on a couple of occasions with no problems.