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Author: ngh

The Cicadas Take Flight: Explaining The May Timetable Changes

On 21 May 2018 By ngh In National Rail

Some species of American cicadas have evolved a strange ability: they have synchronised lifecycles lasting prime number lengths of years. For the cicadas this is an advantage – it helps them evade the development of …

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Back to the Future: (Re)lengthening and Shortening at Waterloo

On 21 August 2017 By ngh In National Rail, Network Rail

With the current three week blockade at Waterloo to lengthen platforms 1-4 coming to a close, we take a look at works, and at how the detail doesn’t necessarily always match the headlines. The rebuild …

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