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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 7:33:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 10:29:10 GMT
Very interesting. Thanks for that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 18:14:28 GMT
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jul 16, 2009 20:12:05 GMT
A little wanting in accuracy though
"The present Aldgate East station [was built] due to the building of a new curved section of track leading from Liverpool Street to join the District Line. If Aldgate East had remained where it was then the curve created would be too sharp for trains, and so the station was moved to allow a smoother bend".
I thought it was to provide a train-length between the two junctions.
Aldwych ..... was the terminus of the Great Northern and Strand Railway. ....This line later merged with the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway to become the modern-day Piccadilly line, leaving The Strand on a side section of the line.
Well, yes, except that the merger happened before anything was built and the main line was then built first
In the late 19th Century, the Metropolitan line took over several sections of line that ran far into the countryside. The first part of this line was a simple extension between Amersham and Quainton Road along a goods railway which stills exists today.
Didn't the Met itself build Amersham - Aylesbury?
".....the realisation that the Piccadilly line would make the (deep-level District) express line obsolete, and so work on the District line soon stopped, leaving just a pair of incomplete platforms at South Kensington".
There was to be only one westbound platform, the westbound junction was east of the station.
Escalators were eventually added, starting from the abandoned District platform next to the eastbound Piccadilly platform, but cutting through the other District platform above on the way to the surface. .
This implies the eastbound is below the westbound at South Ken - it isn't
Curiously, the circulating area at the top of the escalators joins onto the abandoned island platform between the two pairs of sub-surface District tracks, allowing passengers to cross over to the open platforms without passing through the ticket hall.
The island platform is still in use - the escalators cut through one of the disuded side platforms.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 20:28:44 GMT
I knew there would be someone who would find fault in its content!!!!
I just thought it was an interesting read. I hope you all enjoy picking holes in it!!!!
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Post by Phil on Jul 16, 2009 22:03:45 GMT
Aldgate East in the rebuild:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 20:41:44 GMT
I thought the station between West Ruislip and Denham was to be called *Harefield* Road? Interesting bits and pieces in there though, thanks.  |
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Post by Ben on Jul 19, 2009 22:00:13 GMT
It was, but the road outside is, and always has been, called Harvil Road. And the halt of the same location was called South Harefield Halt! I think Harefield Road was just LT being cheeky! |
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Post by railtechnician on Aug 3, 2009 3:38:09 GMT
I knew there would be someone who would find fault in its content!!!! I just thought it was an interesting read. I hope you all enjoy picking holes in it!!!! Yes thank you! I think there are plenty of inaccuracies mixed in with the facts. Holloway Road is a good example, the last remains of the spiral escalator were removed in the late 1980s and AFAIK those are the only surviving parts. These were located beneath the lower landing of the second emergency staircase accessed just inside the ticket hall. The bottom landing was collapsing as the remains were rusting away beneath it, at one time the area beneath the landing could be glimpsed through a grille opposite one of the platforms. As we know the tunnels at Charing Cross were not concreted up when the JLE was built, I was still maintaining the points and signals there in 2004 and there certainly are disused areas of Trafalgar Square station, these being the remains of the disused lift shafts through which the escalator shaft was driven long before the station became part of Charing Cross station. What has been concreted up are the connections to government tunnels which carried communications cabling in WW2 from Whitehall and used the Bakerloo line as a conduit to installations around London. The site is nevertheless quite interesting although the info contained therein is available in other places. With regard to Aldgate East, next time you're there look for the 'skyhooks', they're the eyes screwed into the girders that were used to lower the track during the changeover. Most people probably see them and never give a thought as to why they are there! |
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Post by Chris M on Aug 3, 2009 9:43:50 GMT
A close-ish up view of them featured as the quiz for the 27th of February this year. Here is the unmodified version of that picture again:  (click for a larger version) |
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Post by londonse on Aug 3, 2009 12:04:35 GMT
A good site but it does not tell you whats going on at some of the stations i.e. what they are used for now ventilation, IMR etc |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2009 17:41:42 GMT
Charing Cross used to serve as the southern terminus of the Jubilee line, but these platforms were concreted off when the line was extended towards Waterloo and then off towards East London in 1999. The rest of Charing Cross station remains open.
I didn't know it was concreted off, if so, how do they do filming down there?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2009 17:43:30 GMT
Charing Cross used to serve as the southern terminus of the Jubilee line, but these platforms were concreted off when the line was extended towards Waterloo and then off towards East London in 1999. The rest of Charing Cross station remains open.I didn't know it was concreted off, if so, how do they do filming down there? That is obviously incorrect, otherwise why would we be visiting there on Wednesday? |
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Post by Tomcakes on Aug 3, 2009 18:10:46 GMT
I presume by "concreted off" they refer to the large wall erected at the top of the escalators.
Re: Aldgate East... I wonder what it'd be like if it were done today? 6 months of weekend closures between Tower Hill and Whitechapel?!
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Post by roythebus on Aug 7, 2009 7:51:52 GMT
I presume by "concreted off" they refer to the large wall erected at the top of the escalators. Re: Aldgate East... I wonder what it'd be like if it were done today? 6 months of weekend closures between Tower Hill and Whitechapel?! Nah, with elfen safetea at least 2 years with replacement bus services!! ;D |
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