Thread: No full metropolitan line service this weekend - again
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Old April 9th 09, 12:49 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default No full metropolitan line service this weekend - again
In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:35:07 +0100, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

Rebuilding the 'sub surface railway' track and formation to mainline
standards throughout, so that the S stock will ride properly when
delivered.

Genuinely? About bloody time if they are.

Talking of such, I note that there is new continuously welded bullhead
rail in Euston Square station - never seen that before!

I thought long welded rail (300M lengths ISTR) was normal practice for
years before flat bottomed rail became standard on LU.

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Colin Rosenstiel
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