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On 18/07/2011 06:13, TimB wrote:
On Jul 17, 9:17 pm, wrote:
On Jul 17, 12:40 pm, Roland wrote:



In messageRrWdnTjSrIMBqL7TnZ2dnUVZ8hCdn...@brightvie w.co.uk, at
20:18:53 on Sun, 17 Jul 2011, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

The surprising thing is that Epping - Ongar was electrified (this
didn't happen until 1957).

That would have been about when they decided the Kelvedon Hatch
bunker
was to be re-purposed (and somewhat rebuilt) from air traffic control
to
a regional government HQ. Coincidence?

ISTR there is something in the (very strange) museum there

You may think it's strange, but it captures the Cold War very well.

which more or less claims there was a link between the line surviving
and the bunker.

They do claim that, yes.

But if the bunker was ever needed, wouldn't it have taken ages to get
the 9Fs there from Woodhe4)*(&^%NO CARRIER

If the bunker's needed, people (and lots of supplies) would go there
and
be very unlikely to return. One of the "strange things" they'll tell
you
is that the locks on the doors are mainly to keep those inside at their
posts, rather than preventing the somewhat fried people outside from
breaking in.
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Clearly, this museum is worth a visit.

Easy to find - there are road signs all over Essex saying 'Secret
Bunker'....


Would one say that Epping-Ongar was a government line, which allowed
civilian use?


If I had the time and resources, I'd look at all the lines closed post-Cold
War and see how many had close links with military sites, no matter how
small the actual usage. Survivors of the Beeching closure plans would be
worth looking at too.
I'd also look at odd stubs where the lines went further to more useful
places. The keeping of Mill Hill East seems odd but there was a barracks
nearby.