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In article , Paul Corfield
writes At Walthamstow the tunnels run for a considerable distance - I understand that they almost reach to Wood Street station but I don't know how close to the surface they reach or whether the remain at the same depth as at Walthamstow Central. I don't know how far they go beyond Brixton station. Using the standard "km from Ongar" scale: Walthamstow station 27.33 Walthamstow tunnel end 26.98 Brixton station 48.61 Brixton tunnel end 49.02 The station locations will be the midpoint of the platforms, so assuming a station length of 140m, that gives tunnel lengths of 280m and 360m. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Home: Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Please reply to the Reply-To address, which is: |
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![]() Steve M wrote: There are two sidings at Victoria and one at King's Cross. It's not uncommon for trains to terminate at the former and reverse, and I think (although I'd have to check the WTT) that there is one train a day scheduled to use both. Late evening if I recall correctly... On TfL's ETA site for the Victoria line I have seen a train destination of 'Walthamstow Sidings' - as opposed to 'Walthamstow Central' for a normal terminating train returning south. |
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8 Jan 2007, John Rowland remarked: trains cannot be turned on the Waterloo & City without being lifted by crane. Although there is (well, was 10 years ago) a turntable in the depot, but not big enough for a whole carriage. -- Roland Perry |
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Colin Rosenstiel wrote: Although there is (well, was 10 years ago) a turntable in the depot, but not big enough for a whole carriage. What's the point of that, then? It's cheaper to leave a turntable that was big enough to turn previous stock around in place than rip it out? However, ISTR that it was removed during the closure... but you'd be foolish to rely on my memory. -- Shenanigans! Shenanigans! Best of 3! -- Flash |
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"Brian Watson" wrote:
This got me thinking literally, "are there any depots or strategically-placed triangular junctions at which a train could be turned right round?" LU trains are not, as far as I know, biased to be driven from one end or the other, but I could see circumstances such as the Circle Line where it could be an advantage to turn a train to even out wear on the wheels. I don't know whether some variant of it still runs, but there used to be a train in the inner rail Circle service which stood for a while at Edgware Road after the evening peak then renumbered into the Hammersmith & City sequence, continued inner rail to Tower Hill and then ran via Aldgate East. I did not know how physical sets were allocated to train numbers so don't know if there was a pattern to ensure sets were turned or if they were chosen on a "need" basis by depot staff. Cheers, John |
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In message , Mike Bristow
writes In article , Colin Rosenstiel wrote: Although there is (well, was 10 years ago) a turntable in the depot, but not big enough for a whole carriage. What's the point of that, then? It's cheaper to leave a turntable that was big enough to turn previous stock around in place than rip it out? However, ISTR that it was removed during the closure... but you'd be foolish to rely on my memory. The turntable was a for coal wagons when the line had a coal fired power station, the wagons cam down on a separate lift. -- martyn dawe |
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martyn dawe wrote:
.... Although there is (well, was 10 years ago) a turntable in the [W&C] depot, but not big enough for a whole carriage. What's the point of that, then? .... The turntable was a for coal wagons when the line had a coal fired power station, the wagons cam down on a separate lift. I can just just about believe you might need to turn coal wagons round, if the coal has to be tipped out of one end... but I can't believe said power station would need the coal to be delivered along the Drain! Have I missed something, or are you winding us up? Henry |
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