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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 11:29:39 GMT
There are train indicators in the booking hall at other stations too, [Finchley, Kentish and Tufnell, as well as others]
Might be the case Peter, but its not what I am looking for.
Right!
First clue!
Take a look above the platform name friezes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 11:53:46 GMT
…back from looking at old photos.
Er, I don’t know if it’s got anything to do with the quiz but interesting point… the cabling seems to be routed along the tunnel roof opposite the platform. Does this happen anywhere else?
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 12:20:02 GMT
Nope.
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Post by Colin D on Jun 26, 2007 13:43:01 GMT
Is it anything to do with the original station being lined with brick and then refurbed to cast tunnel lininng  |
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 13:46:57 GMT
No! I am very reliably informed the station tunnels are still brick lined, and always have been.
Read the question and clue VERY CAREFULLY!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 14:12:20 GMT
Very longshot guesses:
Is the font-type on the station name unique to this station?
Is the tiling unique to this station?
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 14:17:42 GMT
No.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 14:32:48 GMT
Is it anything to do with the C&SL bores. Aren't they above the platform?
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 14:36:00 GMT
.........Keep guessing..........
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 26, 2007 16:35:18 GMT
<clutching at straws in a gale after giving up in the haystack> The station tunnels still have the flattened base profile through being brick lined rather than segment lined. |
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Post by jdgray1 on Jun 26, 2007 16:48:43 GMT
Is it there are no station name freezes running the length of platform as in other tube stations???
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 26, 2007 16:55:48 GMT
Are the perforated wall mounted grids beneath the lights and above the station names anywhere else? Looks as if these were put in as trunking and not used as the cabling runs on the offside?
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Post by Colin D on Jun 26, 2007 17:54:52 GMT
The Roundels are set higher?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 18:06:01 GMT
tunnels are smaller
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Post by glasgowdriver on Jun 26, 2007 18:07:34 GMT
ok i am gonna give this one a shot is it the fact that the dotmatrix system on the platforms shows the next 4 trains whereas all other underground platforms dotmatrix only show the next 3 trains? ? |
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Post by jdgray1 on Jun 26, 2007 18:55:21 GMT
Its the only station called Borough on the N.L.  |
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 19:01:48 GMT
No to all guesses so far including PMs received. The train indicators is not right, it has already been said by several posters!
Right, next clue!
There is a uniqueness about this station, while it may be easy to come up from the platforms, soon, it might not be so easy doing it in the opposite direction.
Best of luck!
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Post by Oracle on Jun 26, 2007 19:27:17 GMT
Never having been to Borough, I wondered in some insane way that the answer is to do with the lifts and exits.
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Post by SE13 on Jun 26, 2007 19:32:54 GMT
Well, as in Covent Garden, where the only way out is lifts? (Technically at least). I presume that this could then be the only station without an escalator.......
*Waits to be shot down in flames*
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 26, 2007 19:35:06 GMT
Only set of steps down to an original CSLR platform?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 19:37:23 GMT
Right, next clue! There is a uniqueness about this station, while it may be easy to come up from the platforms, soon, it might not be so easy doing it in the opposite direction. Best of luck! very good AND very true ;D |
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 19:47:13 GMT
Sorry Oracle and SE13! Try again.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 19:49:45 GMT
exit only?
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Post by jdgray1 on Jun 26, 2007 19:51:44 GMT
Station is closed from 28th July 2007 to 22nd February 2008.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 19:56:52 GMT
But that doesn't make it unique, just because it's closing for whatever purpose that requires it to close!
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Post by Oracle on Jun 26, 2007 20:01:43 GMT
Exit only as a result of partial closure? Doesn't make sense! Unless the lifts are being replaced and the stairs made upward only save for staff?
No idea otherwise, as usual.
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 26, 2007 20:07:12 GMT
No correct answer yet, sorry.
Guys, you are trying too hard, read the question and clues carefully!
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Post by c5 on Jun 26, 2007 20:09:52 GMT
It it quicker to use the stairs rather than the lift?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2007 20:25:52 GMT
It's obviously, this, whatever it is, is staring us in the face!
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Post by TMBA on Jun 26, 2007 20:35:17 GMT
Borough is the most northern of the original C&SLR stations. North of here the railway originally followed a different route than at present with the tunnels running to the original terminus at King William Street. This route was abandoned and new tunnels in the direction of London Bridge and Moorgate were constructed and opened in 1900.
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