On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:41:31 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:


On 24 Sep, 10:15, Rupert Candy wrote:

I hadn't thought of that aspect. What about the Met 'main line'? Is
that under LUL control as far as Amersham? It's a long time since my
Met commuting days...

LUL owned, maintained to LU standards by the infraco Metronet (which
in its previous privately owned incarnation collapsed into
administration, but it has since been purchased by TfL). It becomes
Network Rail's responsibility at some point to the west of Amersham.

The boundary point is known as Mantle's Wood. An odd bit of railway
given it's LU property but never used by LU passenger trains - only
Chiltern.
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Paul C

On 24 Sep, 11:22, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:41:31 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

On 24 Sep, 10:15, Rupert Candy wrote:

I hadn't thought of that aspect. What about the Met 'main line'? Is
that under LUL control as far as Amersham? It's a long time since my
Met commuting days...

LUL owned, maintained to LU standards by the infraco Metronet (which
in its previous privately owned incarnation collapsed into
administration, but it has since been purchased by TfL). It becomes
Network Rail's responsibility at some point to the west of Amersham.

The boundary point is known as Mantle's Wood. *An odd bit of railway
given it's LU property but never used by LU passenger trains - only
Chiltern.


Well, there'll be the East London Line in that category soon!

Paul Corfield wrote:

The boundary point is known as Mantle's Wood. An odd bit of railway
given it's LU property but never used by LU passenger trains - only
Chiltern.

And last time I went up there the boundary between the two was rather
noticeable, as you had an obvious transition from sectional track (LU)
to continuous welded rail (NR), and from LU high density signalling to
incredibly long signal sections. (If memory serves, there are only three
or four signals between Mantles Wood and Aylesbury).

Cheers,

Barry