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Christopher A.Lee wrote:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:20:51 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

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"Brian Watson" wrote:

A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just
claimed there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham
Palace and various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


There are certainly tunnels connecting a large number of sites in Central
London but none of the maps I have access to show them connecting to Buck
House. Some of them are PO (now BT) cable tunnels and others connect the
various government 'citadels' under the various ministry buildings.
However to the best of my knowledge non are equipped with rails.

The usual source of these stories is that someone has heard of these
tunnels and also of the Post Office railway and put 2 and 2 together and
made 5.

The Victoria Line passes under Buck House. I have heard stories of there
being an access for mergencies.

Not as far as I know, but then anything is possible.


As to the story of evacuating the Royal Family in an emergency there are
two runways in Central London capable of taking an aircraft of the Queens
Floght assuming the latter still exists.

The Broad Walk in Kensington Gardens is the obvious one.

But not one of the 'official' ones. (for some value of official).
Irrelevant now as I believe helos are the preferred option now,

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