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Old July 8th 05, 02:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Paul Douglas Paul Douglas is offline
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Default Which way were the trains going?

Peter Goodland wrote:
There seems to be some confusion as to which direction the three trains
were travelling in. The police chief in this morning's press conference
has just said that the first bomb was in a train travelling from
Aldgate to Liverpool Street, but others have been reporting that the
train was travelling in the opposite direction? I would have thought
that knowing the direction of the trains was crucial - you want to be
looking at the correct CCTV pictures on the platforms!

Additionally, I was watching the BBC last night and they had a diagram
of the Bus heading eastwards along Euston Road towards Kings Cross
before being diverted to Tavistock Square, but others have reported
that the bus came from Kings Cross?

If all the trains, and the bus, were travelling away from Kings Cross
then this adds weight to the single bomber theory.

Does someone have the definitive answer?


The BBC now has a clickable map.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...ml/aldgate.stm


This BBC map shows Bomb 1 and Bomb 3 both exploding on WESTBOUND Circle
line trains. But - think about the time differences between the two
explosions! The first bomb (Liverpool St.) was at 8:51 and the second
(Edware Rd) was at 9:17.

How long does it take a circle line train to get from Liverpool St. to
Edware road? These two trains could have been next to each other to
start with! Perhaps the same bomber placed bombs in both of these two
trains?

Paul