Liverpool Street - Central Line Sidings
 

Hello

Anyone out there answer my question - at Liverpool Street Central Line
I saw a tunnel off to the right going eastbound and on the westbound
to the left. I assume this is the sidings - do the eastbound and
westbound tracks join together for one siding or are there two.
Also on the westbound coming out of Liverpool Street - was i imagining
that I saw tunnel going to sidings as well. I seem to remember in
another thread there was mention of 2 sidings there ?
Hope someone can help

Paul

Liverpool Street - Central Line Sidings
 

On 28 Jun 2004 11:05:49 -0700, (Paul Marks) wrote:

Hello

Anyone out there answer my question - at Liverpool Street Central Line
I saw a tunnel off to the right going eastbound and on the westbound
to the left. I assume this is the sidings - do the eastbound and
westbound tracks join together for one siding or are there two.
Also on the westbound coming out of Liverpool Street - was i imagining
that I saw tunnel going to sidings as well. I seem to remember in
another thread there was mention of 2 sidings there ?
Hope someone can help

IIRC there is a two track siding at the east end of the station. This is
what your first observation relates to. At the western end I think there
is a crossover - I don't know which way it runs. Someone with a bit more
knowledge than me will be pop up with the right answer very shortly.
--
Paul C


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Liverpool Street - Central Line Sidings
 

"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
...
IIRC there is a two track siding at the east end of the station. This is
what your first observation relates to. At the western end I think there
is a crossover - I don't know which way it runs. Someone with a bit more
knowledge than me will be pop up with the right answer very shortly.

There are two sidings east of the station as you say; they are the subject
of an urban myth in that Peter Laurie in his book "Beneath the City Streets"
suggested that a cross-passage at the far end of the sidings was associated
with some kind of connection to the government deep-level system or such
like, though my own opinion is that his theory is a load of rubbish. AFAIK
they were used as an air-raid shelter in WW2, but that's about it.

The western end of the station has a simple trailing crossover.


HTH.