Shoreditch

Is that a pair of shoes tied together on the pile of sand? ;D

ROFL ;D ;D ;D Are there any pictures of this tree?

;D ;D ;D, thanks for showing me that ;D ;D

I would like to see some full photos of what it looks like now. Quite shocking when it's full up. Give it 20 years pass by with my "children", "i caught a train from a station down there once, dad there was never a station there"!

Realy that soon? Blimey...time flies

when both platforms had conductor rails in the 1950,s were there any known cases of LT trains using the disused platform track,(lay-over/stabling etc:) ? therails always looked very rusty. There was a stop board (illuminated) and catch points to prevent anything proceeding north from this platform but it would have needed a reversal to enter.as there was no scissors crossin as at whitechapel.just a trailing crossover

Well here's some massive size pictures that I must stress I DID NOT TAKE. THEY ARE NOT MINE AND I DON'T RECCOMEND DOING WHATEVER OCCURRED TO GET THEM. Someone with more cajones than I went climbing around the Shoreditch/High Steet building site and took some snaps but PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T DO THE SAME YOU'LL GET INJURED OR ARRESTED OR DIE.

That said, enjoy the pretty pictures:

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_{Edit: more emphasis on not me doing this and condoning it to avoid admin fury.}

If memory serves, that's a cocktail involving angostura bitters, a swipe of lime and a saltlick.

However, putting serious head on, interesting pictures from an interesting position. I'd have a real dose of the wobblies up there.

Cheers!

Here goes:

in the 1941 WTT (85, 6th October) organised into Weekdays until 1030-ish then separated out into Sats. Excepted then Sats. Only:

There are 4 trains headed GEG - L.N.E (G.E.) goods trains from Shoreditch LNE:
1.34am to New X 1.50am, and 1.54 to New X Gate 2.10am (Mondays excepted);
4.4am, NX 4.20am; 4.39am, NXGate 4.53am (Mondays Only)

Then there's a GEB - L.N.E. (G.E.) trains conveying horse and carriage and parcels traffic over the ELL (presumably in this context 'B' means 'Brake[van]'? off the LNE at Shoreditch at 5.26am to NXGate arriving 5.40am.

The first passenger stock move is an empty off Whitechapel to Shadwell at 5.20am. Everything then goes quiet on the goods paths front as there's a 6 minute service off Shoreditch (one every 12min to NX, one every 12min to NXG); however there's a GEG sandwiched inbetween the 8.12 (NXG) and 8.18 (NX) which is 8.15 off Whitechapel, arriving NXG 8.27. This is a daily goods as there's no column note for MO or ME.

After 9.48 Shoreditch closes, so the service pattern becomes based around Whitechapel: 9.55.5 NX, 10.1.5 NXG, 10.7 NX, 10.13 NXG, 10.19 NX, 10.25 NXG, 1030.5 NX, 10.38.5 NXG, then GEG runs if required Wcpl 10.41 - NX arr 10.52 with a 10.45.5 off Wcpl hot on it's heels arriving NX 10.56.

Passenger service resumes.... Still based around Whitechapel: 10.52 NXG, 1059.5 NX, 11.7 NXG, 11.13 NX; a runs if required GEG arrives Shoreditch at 11.9am and is booked to leave Shoreditch at 11.16 and is pathed to run to one of either the NXs arriving at 11.30.

11.21 NXG, 1127 NX, 1134 NXG, 1141 NX. Then another GEG r/r Shoreditch 1140-44 to one of either NXs, booked NXG 1158 or NX at noon.

After that the service off Whitchapel seems to settle into a 7min frequency with Goods paths roughly every hour, most have the column note R for runs if required, except 3.28pm off Wcpl, arr NXG 3.41, 7.34 ex W arr NXG 7.46pm, a booked light engine move to Whitechapel from Shoreditch at 8.38, a GEG from Whitechapel at 8.42 to NXG if the 7.34 is cancelled, there are then goods paths at XX.34 until the close of service. Shoreditch opens again at 4.3 - 7.34.5.

In the other direction the services are broadly similar with the goods paths avoiding the peak times, roughly alternating between NX and NXG.

By 1952 things had clamed down at lot with the goods paths, New Cross Gate is then the preferred point of entry/exit into the ELL:

Eastern Region Goods 1250am MO RR, 1.40am MX, 1.55am MO, 3. 5am MX, 3.15am MO, 4.5 am CC (runs if required on Monday) all New Cross Gate - Shoreditch, the ER parcels 2.11 pm NXG - Shoreditch arr 2.25, Fish empties 9.36pm NXG - 9.52 Shoreditch, then daily (SuX) goods off NXG to Shoreditch 11.8pm, 1225am, 1.40am, 3.5am, 4.5am.

In the other direction Shoreditch - NXG ER Goods: 1.8am MX, 1.58 MO, 3.8am CC, 4.18am RR, ER parcels 1255pm Shoreditch - 1.9pm NXG, Fish Special 8.45-47pm Shoreditch - 9.1pm NXG. Then goods Shoreditch - NXG at 9.57pm, 1120pm, 12.31am, 1.43am, 3.8am CC, 4.18am.

All the 1952 paths had no return working apart from the fish empties became the fish special.

;D

Just in case you haven't seen it this article by R. Kirkland gives an interesting account of the station in 1953. Interesting mention of sidings serving a waggon hoist just east of the station on the southbound side

Any more news on developments at the former station?

EDIT: Deleted double post.

Is Platform 6 at Whitechapel currently used, or is it a "dormant" platform?

I did promise some time ago (see above), and despite several attempts... on fast trains.... I hadn't been lucky enough to get a decent image.... then yesterday (15/12/07) in one corner of a shot I managed to get this....


Thinks have changed a bit and sadly Shoreditch has been all but buried

That's the price of progress