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"asdf" wrote in message
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:19:45 +0200, "Alan \(in Brussels\)" wrote: Yes and no, because although those are indeed examples of what the OP of the text meant, what he actually wrote (as he clarified subsequently) referred to the construction of tunnels *to replace* surface or elevated lines. The Circle line through Barbican almost fits this description - it was in open cutting before being rebuilt in tunnel when the Barbican Centre was built. Did they lower the level of the tracks when they built the Barbican Centre? Or did they just use the valuable air space over the tracks in the cutting? I assumed it was the latter. In which case, there are many other examples of such exploitation of air rights, and not just on the Underground. The most recent, of course, is the tunnel fiasco at Gerard's Cross, where the Chiltern line now runs through a (fragile) tunnel, without changing its level in the slightest. Other fairly recent examples of building over formerly open lines include Fulham Broadway, Gloucester Road and perhaps South Ken to come. |
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"Stephen Farrow" wrote in message
... There's also a subway station (served by the 4, 5 and 6 trains) next to the 125th Street Metro-North station. Yeah there is, though the MetroNorth station is elevated, and truly separate form the subway. |
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:00:29 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote: I'm afraid i don't know my PEP from my Mk3; do you mean that the tunnels are smaller than W6A gauge? Ever so slightly, yes, I believe. I have no idea why this is the case. Neil -- Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK When replying please use neil at the above domain 'wensleydale' is a spam trap and is not read. |
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![]() "Martin Underwood" wrote in message ... "David Spiro" wrote in message ... Having grown up in NYC and being a user of its subway for all my life, I was wondering about some of the differences between it and the London tube. Both systems are some of the first ever constructed, with London being the oldest, IIRC. I have traveled the London tube, and found it superior in some ways to NYC, even with its problems, and not as good in others. (But then again, what system doesn't have some degree of issues to contend with?) As a history buff, I am curious as to how the London system started, and where the first line or lines were. NYC's system started as a private enterprise, the Interborough Rapid Transit system, and the only line it ran was from City Hall in Lower Manhattan up to 116th Street, in what is now Spanish Harlem. Back then, (in 1904) this was the upper limit of urban NYC, at the end of Central Park. Briefly... The first underground line was the one from Paddington to King's Cross - The first was the Pneumatic Tube Company in NY. what is now the Metropolitan/Circle. This was opened in 1863. I believe it was originally driven by steam locos which condensed the steam rather than releasing it into the tunnel. I'm not sure what they did with the smoke... This railway (and the rest of the Circle line) is mainly cut-and-cover so it's only just below ground level. It was built by a separate company, the Metropolitan Railway, with financial backing and rolling stock intially coming from the Great Western Railway. Most of the tube lines (built by boring through the rock rather than by cut-and-cover) were built between about 1880 and 1910, though in many cases the extremities, further away from central London, were not built until the 1920s and 30s - for example the Northern Line beyond Clapham Common, Golders Green and Archway. The Victoria Line was built as recently as 1968-71 and the Jubilee Line is newer still: the Baker Street to Charing Cross section was 1979 and the "Jubilee Line Extension" from Green Park to Stratford was completed as recently as 1999 in preparation for passengers to get to the Millennium Dome. There are a number of good books on the subject which go into far more detail than my very brief summary he - The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History, Douglas Rose, pub Douglas Rose, ISBN 0-9507101-5-6 (Map showing all the lines that are or were at one time run by London Transport, with opening and closing dates of lines/stations or dates of transfer to/from LT) - London's Underground, John Glover, pub Ian Allen, ISBN 0-7110-2416-2 - |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Alan (in Brussels) wrote:
"Nigel Pendse" a écrit dans le message de ... "Ian Jelf" wrote in message In message , Tom Anderson writes Conversely, London never had the el-to-subway transition that built a lot of the NYC system (there are one or two examples of this happening in London, though). I'll probably kick myself when you answer this.......but where are there any examples of this happening in London? How about where the District and Picc climb out of their subsurface and deep level tunnels at Earl's Court to just below ground level at Hammersmith and then up a steep gradient on to the viaduct by Ravenscourt Park? Or where the Wimbledon Line climbs on to a quite high viaduct in Fulham? And the Central west of White City? Yes and no, because although those are indeed examples of what the OP of the text Is that me? meant, what he actually wrote (as he clarified subsequently) referred to the construction of tunnels *to replace* surface or elevated lines. That's exactly what i meant - tearing down elevated lines and digging tunnels along the route. tom -- Osteoclasts = monsters from the DEEP -- Andrew |
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![]() "Tom Anderson" a écrit dans le message de h.li... On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Alan (in Brussels) wrote: "Nigel Pendse" a écrit dans le message de ... "Ian Jelf" wrote in message In message , Tom Anderson writes Conversely, London never had the el-to-subway transition that built a lot of the NYC system (there are one or two examples of this happening in London, though). I'll probably kick myself when you answer this.......but where are there any examples of this happening in London? How about where the District and Picc climb out of their subsurface and deep level tunnels at Earl's Court to just below ground level at Hammersmith and then up a steep gradient on to the viaduct by Ravenscourt Park? Or where the Wimbledon Line climbs on to a quite high viaduct in Fulham? And the Central west of White City? Yes and no, because although those are indeed examples of what the OP of the text Is that me? meant, what he actually wrote (as he clarified subsequently) referred to the construction of tunnels *to replace* surface or elevated lines. That's exactly what i meant - tearing down elevated lines and digging tunnels along the route. OK. Let's try again. a) It was indeed the message by Tom Anderson that included: The biggest physical difference between the networks is that London's lines are mostly in deep tunnels - 'tubes' - in the clay layer (or something) ~20 metres below the surface; only a few lines (the Circle line, the lines coming off it at tangents, and the East London line) are built at shallow depth using cut-and-cover. AIUI, New York's lines are all shallow (except for PATH and such). This means that stations are rather different in structure, and the tunnels, and thus the trains, are smaller (i assume because digging wide deep tunnels was ruinously expensive). Conversely, London never had the el-to-subway transition that built a lot of the NYC system (there are one or two examples of this happening in London, though). that raised this issue. Another poster then asked for specific "examples of this happening in London", on the assumption that Tom was referring to "el-to-subway transition" in the sense of "tearing down elevated lines and digging tunnels along the route", as he wasn't aware of any. Then a third contributor offered examples of places where a UndergrounD train runs out of a tunnel and onto a viaduct (or vice versa), and I intervened to try to clarify the situation by giving examples of where a surface rail line in London (whether on a viaduct, embankment or not) has been *replaced* by one in a tunnel (see text extracts above). b) Careful examination of the last sentence of the last quoted paragraph above reveals that strictly speaking the last part is incompatible with the first part (if "London never had..." there can't be "one or two examples of this happening in London"), hence the confusion. ISTM that this aspect of the comparison has now been exhausted. Regards, - Alan (in Brussels) |
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"Moishe Lip****z" wrote in message
news:iYDNe.258$IG2.251@trndny01 "Martin Underwood" wrote in message The first underground line was the one from Paddington to King's Cross - The first was the Pneumatic Tube Company in NY. Not so. The Met opened several years earlier, and was a proper railway, not just a short demo line. |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:42:25 +0100, "Nigel Pendse"
wrote: The Circle line through Barbican almost fits this description - it was in open cutting before being rebuilt in tunnel when the Barbican Centre was built. Did they lower the level of the tracks when they built the Barbican Centre? Or did they just use the valuable air space over the tracks in the cutting? Neither - the line was completely re-routed, the new route being in tunnel. |
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The Circle line through Barbican almost fits this description - it was
in open cutting before being rebuilt in tunnel when the Barbican Centre was built. Did they lower the level of the tracks when they built the Barbican Centre? Or did they just use the valuable air space over the tracks in the cutting? Neither - the line was completely re-routed, the new route being in tunnel. Contrariwise: they just used the air space over the tracks. See, for example, this history from David Leboff's "London Underground Stations abc": # The original station building was a single-storey, # light-coloured brick structure which was rather plain # compared with many of the stations constructed at around # that time. It was severely damaged during World War 2 and # finally demolished around 1955, along with the standard # overall roof which extended over the platforms and tracks. # During the early 1960s, the entrance and a new sub-surface # ticket hall were incorporated into an office development, # which was subsequently rebuilt around 1990. At platform # level, the station has kept its high brick retaining walls, # which have been cleaned in recent years. (The changes of name are mentioned in a separate paragraph.) -- Mark Brader, Toronto "I seem to have become a signature quote." -- David Keldsen |
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