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Post by southfieldschris on May 27, 2013 19:19:53 GMT
Great photos and videos, thanks for sharing. Makes up, a bit, for not being able to be there in person . Chris
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Post by southfieldschris on May 26, 2013 19:21:07 GMT
Re the graves question – I would plump for Monument Station. The Station Ticket Hall was enlarged a few years back and several Graves had to be relocated. The Station Operations room was rumoured to be built on the site of a plague pit. And the Northern Line Ticket Hall was built in the crypt of a Church. Not Monument. From the platform there is a shaft of light from the street This is the memorial. The inscription reads Sacred to the memory of the dead interred in the ancient church and churchyard of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook during four centuries. The formation of the District railway having necessitated the destruction of the greater part of the churchyard. All the human remains contained therein were carefully collected and reinterred in a vault beneath this monument. A.D. 1884 P5260634 by REVUpminster, on Flickr Must be Cannon Street, then?
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Post by southfieldschris on May 16, 2013 18:17:17 GMT
17:39 at Earl's Court today - C Stock train arrives platform 4 with Wimbledon indicated on the front, and full of people, even fuller once the rest of us had all climbed on, but the platform indicator said Olympia, and after a short conference with the powers that be, it was confirmed that it was indeed supposed to go to Olympia so we all climbed out and off it went round the corner with about 3 people on board. What was all that about ?
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Post by southfieldschris on May 16, 2013 18:14:15 GMT
Thanks everyone - especially like the pic!
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Post by southfieldschris on May 15, 2013 18:34:40 GMT
Apologies in advance if this is a daft question / been asked and answered before - am new here so bound to make all sorts of mistakes.
Here's the question - do the battery locos ever venture down the Wimbledon Branch? I recall a recent bout of track renewal work at the Wimbledon end involving GBRf Class 66s and suitable trains but I assume that was because East Putney to Wimbledon is NR track.
Just wonder what the chances are of seeing any of the battery locos in this part of the world, having lived here for over 20 years and never seeing them any nearer than Earl's Court?
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Post by southfieldschris on May 14, 2013 12:05:40 GMT
North Greenwich is no longer "for the O2" - that's could be O2 closing? It's been removed from the line maps on the trains by way of a sticker over the top which doesn't show 'for the O2', I doubt it's closing just maybe TfL decided it doesn't meet the criteria for inclusion. What other locations are featured on the map like this? Southfields has the (slightly wrong) recorded announcement on the trains about alighting for the tennis.
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Post by southfieldschris on May 13, 2013 18:17:52 GMT
Might be a bit off-topic (sorry, am newbie, please forgive) but the recorded announcement on the District Line trains at Southfields which says "alight here for the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club" is technically correct as Southfields is the nearest station, but the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club is not the place where the Wimbledon Tennis Championships happen - that's the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, on the opposite side of the road.
I'll get my coat...
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