December 3rd 08, 06:29 PM
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Crossrail NOT making connections
On Dec 3, 10:15*am, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, 1506 wrote:
On Dec 3, 9:27*am, Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:21:05 -0800 (PST), 1506
On the positive side this means that the branch will remain something
of a preserved example of early urban transit. *Between Westbourne
park and Goldhawk Road, the route is in essence an "Elevated". *There
are not too many examples of "Els" left anywhere in the world. *Only
Chicago has signifficant sections remaining.
Not to mention New York.
I didn't think there were too many left in NYC. *I can only recall one
short section in Manhattan. *Do the other Boroughs have many Els left?
Outside Manhattan, the subway is substantially, perhaps even mostly,
elevated. It includes sections running on top of roads, and the marvellous
and entirely aerial Broadway Junction:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=40.6...an/2368185126/
The Street View mode on the google map is a pretty good way to take a look
round the structure.
Thank you for the GREAT links. I will enjoy them at my leisure.
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