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Old March 2nd 10, 03:31 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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On Mar 2, 8:11*am, amogles wrote:
On 1 Mrz., 04:01, E27002 wrote:



Marylebone was designed with, and land purchased for ten platforms.
It was built with tunnels for seven approach tracks and large goods
yards. *Most of the spare land has been sold including the never
utilized platform space.-


but theoretically it could be recovered, even if in the form of an
undercroft under other structures??

There is an engineering solution to most problems. The question is
one of cost effectiveness. IMHO this is a non-starter. However,
interestingly, IIRC, the foundations of Marylebone were constructed in
such a way as to allow construction, in the future, of a tunnel to the
Circle Line.