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Jack Taylor · February 13th 11, 01:03 PM posted to uk.transport.london

d wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:01:05 -0000
"Jack Taylor" wrote:
AFAIK they lifted it near farringdon to build that works ramp but
last time I was at Barbican - which admittedly was about 6 months
back - it was all still in situ. Perhaps thats changed, though the
scrap value of the track surely can't be worth the hassle of
lifting it now theres no rail connection to that branch.

It's still there and the westbound line has now had all manner of
detritus dumped on it, including the monitors that used to be on the
platforms.

Sounds like vandals have got in. How much of a loser do you have to
be to entertain yourself by climbing onto a railway and smashing
stuff up?

No, it's clearly been stripped by contractors and dumped in the four foot to
await collection and disposal. Some of the stuff is bagged up in cubic metre
bags, it's just the bigger stuff like the CRT monitors, signalling
equipment, pieces of catenary and some sections of rail (cut into shorter
lengths) that have been left loose.