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At Brixton and Walthamstow Central stations there are no buffers, but the
track appears to wander into the distance. At brixton there appears to be a curve. Where do these tracks go? How long is the length of the exess at Brixton and Walthamstow? |
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![]() "Raymond Kirk" wrote in message ... At Brixton and Walthamstow Central stations there are no buffers, but the track appears to wander into the distance. At brixton there appears to be a curve. Where do these tracks go? How long is the length of the exess at Brixton and Walthamstow? Have a butchers 'ere http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/ |
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![]() 4sub wrote: "Raymond Kirk" wrote in message ... At Brixton and Walthamstow Central stations there are no buffers, but the track appears to wander into the distance. At brixton there appears to be a curve. Where do these tracks go? How long is the length of the exess at Brixton and Walthamstow? Have a butchers 'ere http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/ Interesting site. This section should help the OP. http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/vi...20diagrams.htm -- gordon |
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thanks for that. I find it confusing! Can someone please explain it to me in
laymans terms. wrote in message ups.com... 4sub wrote: "Raymond Kirk" wrote in message ... At Brixton and Walthamstow Central stations there are no buffers, but the track appears to wander into the distance. At brixton there appears to be a curve. Where do these tracks go? How long is the length of the exess at Brixton and Walthamstow? Have a butchers 'ere http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/ Interesting site. This section should help the OP. http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/vi...20diagrams.htm -- gordon |
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![]() "Raymond Kirk" wrote in message ... thanks for that. I find it confusing! Can someone please explain it to me in laymans terms. wrote in message ups.com... 4sub wrote: "Raymond Kirk" wrote in message ... At Brixton and Walthamstow Central stations there are no buffers, but the track appears to wander into the distance. At brixton there appears to be a curve. Where do these tracks go? How long is the length of the exess at Brixton and Walthamstow? Have a butchers 'ere http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/ Interesting site. This section should help the OP. http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/vi...20diagrams.htm -- gordon It would appear that there is space to stable a train in both roads at both ends of the line and the pit road could enable a fitter to work under a train as well. |
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:17:54 -0000, "Raymond Kirk"
wrote: wrote in message Interesting site. This section should help the OP. http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/vi...20diagrams.htm -- gordon thanks for that. I find it confusing! Can someone please explain it to me in laymans terms. In essence there are lengths of track that run on beyond the normal ends of the platforms at both Brixton and Walthamstow. There are protective signals / switch points to stop a train in the overrun tunnels reaching the normal platform areas. Where it says "pit" then there is a sunken area under the rails which would allow access for a train technician / fitter to the underside of the trains. 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. I think the telephone symbols indicate the existence of a signal post telephone which the driver could use to speak to the line controller. There certainly used to be a scheduled move into and out of the tunnels at Walthamstow as I used to catch a train that came out of the overrun. It was novel watching people's faces when a train arrived from a completely unexpected direction. If trains become defective but can still be moved then sometimes they will be shoved into the overrun tunnel until such time as it is easier and less disruptive to take the train back to Seven Sisters to get into Northumberland Park depot. I understand engineer's trains have been parked in Victoria and Brixton sidings in recent days. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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In message , Raymond Kirk
writes I find it confusing! Can someone please explain it to me in laymans terms. The line continues beyond the platform ends at both terminii for two reasons. During normal service hours they provide an over-run so that if for any reason the normal stopping and safety procedures fail, trains don't immediately run into a solid wall. But their main purpose, certainly at Brixton (where the over-run tunnels are 1200 feet in length) is to provide over-night stabling for trains so that the service can begin with a reasonably frequent service in the early morning without having to wait for trains to make their way from the Northumberland Park depot. -- Paul Terry |
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![]() Raymond Kirk wrote: At Brixton and Walthamstow Central stations there are no buffers, but the track appears to wander into the distance. At brixton there appears to be a curve. Where do these tracks go? How long is the length of the exess at Brixton and Walthamstow? The final "Badger Railtours" trip we ran a few years back ("The darker side of touring") ran into the tunnels at both ends as well as many zany crossovers, the depot at Northumbeland Park and the reversing sidings at Kings Cross and Victoria. I believe that the BLS or someone similar did one also ? Fat Richard |
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On 7/1/07 19:18, "Paul Terry" wrote:
But their main purpose, certainly at Brixton (where the over-run tunnels are 1200 feet in length) is to provide over-night stabling for trains so that the service can begin with a reasonably frequent service in the early morning without having to wait for trains to make their way from the Northumberland Park depot. JOOI, why can't they stable trains overnight in the Brixton platforms? |
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