In message , at
21:33:28 on Mon, 19 Sep 2005, mocha remarked:

What is the deepest platform below ground level?

Hampstead. Because the ground there is very high.

The general topic of "deepest below sea level" was also debated about a
month ago. I'm not sure we came to a definite conclusion, but it could
be Westminster-Jubilee, or if you count the DLR, perhaps Cutty Sark.
It's definitely not Waterloo, although the deepest *line* (below sea
level) is near there.
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Roland Perry

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23:04:15 on Mon, 19 Sep 2005, PJR remarked:
Incdentally, you can find the answers to all such facts extremely easily,
just with a simple Google search.

If you can find the deepest platform below sea level I'll be very
impressed (not counting our discussion here last month).
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Roland Perry

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, mocha wrote:

What is the deepest platform below ground level?

I guess all 3 would be an interesting piece of information to know.

The height of the longest escalator would be interesting too.

Then you may be interested in Clive's comprehensive treatment of the
subject:

http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/vertical.html
http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/vdetails.html

tom

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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 06:37:43 on
Tue, 20 Sep 2005, remarked:

I know that Angel was remodelled fairly extensively to
replace the very narrow two-faced island platform.
Were two separate escalators combined into one
or was the booking office moved further
away, requiring a longer/higher escalator?

I believe the booking office was moved.

The booking office moved round the corner, but didn't
substantially go "up" or "down". The remodelling replaced
a lift with escalators. One very long one and one shorter one.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/ltangel.gif

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"Mark Brader" wrote in message
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Yes. And there was a lift before, not an escalator.
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Isn't the replacement of lifts with escalators the reasoning behind some of
the central area station closures; ie when the surface buidings were no
longer directly above the stations, their entrances were so close both
stations were no longer justified.

Paul Scott

In message , at
13:01:35 on Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Paul Scott
remarked:
Isn't the replacement of lifts with escalators the reasoning behind some of
the central area station closures; ie when the surface buidings were no
longer directly above the stations, their entrances were so close both
stations were no longer justified.

That's often quoted for Down St/Green Park. Haven't heard it for any
others though.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at
23:04:15 on Mon, 19 Sep 2005, PJR remarked:
Incdentally, you can find the answers to all such facts extremely easily,
just with a simple Google search.

If you can find the deepest platform below sea level I'll be very
impressed (not counting our discussion here last month).
--
Roland Perry

The answer was in the link on the post that you replied to, kind of proving
my point ....

In message , at
19:15:36 on Wed, 21 Sep 2005, PJR remarked:
If you can find the deepest platform below sea level I'll be very
impressed (not counting our discussion here last month).

The answer was in the link on the post that you replied to, kind of proving
my point ....

That's very odd. As recently as last month when this discussion was last
held, the deepest point (below sea level) was quoted as being on the
northern line a little south of Waterloo; I wonder why the tfl site
never got quoted (rather than several others).

The figure of 105ft below sea level is a little suspect, as the
published drop for their lifts is 100ft, and ground level is about 35ft
above sea level. Oh well.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at
19:15:36 on Wed, 21 Sep 2005, PJR remarked:
If you can find the deepest platform below sea level I'll be very
impressed (not counting our discussion here last month).

The answer was in the link on the post that you replied to, kind of
proving
my point ....

That's very odd. As recently as last month when this discussion was last
held, the deepest point (below sea level) was quoted as being on the
northern line a little south of Waterloo; I wonder why the tfl site never
got quoted (rather than several others).

The tfl site was indeed quoted. See my posting of 8:39 pm on Aug 24th:
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.ra...1c1612e999fa11
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David Biddulph

In message , at
20:30:31 on Wed, 21 Sep 2005, David Biddulph
remarked:
"Roland Perry" wrote in message
o.uk...
In message , at
19:15:36 on Wed, 21 Sep 2005, PJR remarked:
If you can find the deepest platform below sea level I'll be very
impressed (not counting our discussion here last month).

The answer was in the link on the post that you replied to, kind of
proving
my point ....

That's very odd. As recently as last month when this discussion was last
held, the deepest point (below sea level) was quoted as being on the
northern line a little south of Waterloo; I wonder why the tfl site never
got quoted (rather than several others).

The tfl site was indeed quoted. See my posting of 8:39 pm on Aug 24th:
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.ra...ad/604b84a8678
5acef/fd1c1612e999fa11?q=deepest&rnum=1#fd1c1612e999fa11

What I can't work out is how you managed to post:

From http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/company/facts.asp:
Bank (DLR concourse): 41.4m (136ft) below street level.
I thought that the street there might be between 10 and 20m
above sea level, but I don't have a detailed map of that area,
and

followed by the now outdated, and contradicted by tfl's site:

http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/Statistics.htm confirms the
statement above, that the deepest below sea level is Waterloo
(Northern) at 21.3m

All in one paragraph!

It was exactly a result of this that made me think the tfl site didn't
quote Westminster as the deepest platform, because it's clearly deeper
than Waterloo, and yet you didn't mention this!
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Roland Perry