On 18 Dec, 15:52, "Recliner" wrote:
"DW downunder" noname wrote in message

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"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
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Following the timetable change, FCC have ceased running empties from
Farringdon into Moorgate and the branch has been fully
decommissioned. As at today, Thursday, the branch has been
completely dewired, final removals occurring adjacent to the LUL
sidings at Farringdon today. The signalling has also been switched
out. Given the speed at which this work is taking place, I guess that
track recovery will not be long commencing.

I would imagine the section would be of some use to LU - as it was in
days of yore.

Cue the usual speculation of outlandish schemes for express routes, DLR
extensions, etc...

As nobody has come up with it yet, how about looping the W&C round to
Moorgate, and then extending it to Farringdon. You could then add a
new deep bore line to take it on to King's Cross, thereby allowing all
those "Eurostar will lose all it's passengers by moving to St Pancras
because I live in LSWR land and can't get to St Pancras" people to
access Paris and Brussels again (except when Eurostar is broken). Now
all I need to do is work something about harrasment of photographers
and smelly voyager toilets in, and I think I've got every uk.railway
cliche in here.

Robin