On 24/02/2012 11:57, Andy wrote:
On Feb 24, 11:17 am, Graeme wrote:
On 24/02/2012 11:01, Andy wrote:





On Feb 24, 9:39 am, Graeme wrote:
On 24/02/2012 01:33, Andy wrote:

On Feb 23, 10:09 pm, Charles
wrote:
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:22:59 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Feb 23, 5:38 pm, wrote:
On Feb 23, 12:53 pm, wrote:

On Feb 23, 11:59 am, wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:14:47 -0000

"Peter wrote:
wrote

Plans to start Croxley Rail Link services in 2016

The formal (Railways Act 2005) closure notice for Watford LUL station has
now been published. Any objections must be in by 12 April, though actual
closure will not take place until the Croxley Link is open, expected in
2016.

I expect the residents of the new estate next to the station who no doubt
BOUGHT BAsed on proximity to the tube are going to be mightily miffed.

And even more miffed with their solicitors, if the plans for the
existing station to close were not bought to their attention before
buying?

The nearest tube station is quite some distance. I guess it would be
Edgeware?

Not that I mentioned tube stations but, if you are going to be
pedantic, it would help if you could get the name Edgware correct!!
Stanmore is closer to Watford Met anyway.

But while generally frequented by tube trains is not a tube station.

Of course, if we are going to get silly, then not too far from Watford
Met, on the north curve from Croxley to Rickmansworth, there is the
only tunnel with tube like construction on the Met.

Very few stations are tube stations anyway, even in central London, as
the running tunnel has often been opened out to form the platforms.

Often still a tube though, just a larger diameter than the running tunnels

Although the proportion has been getting less, due to the new Jubilee
stations being large concrete boxes and other stations having larger
platforms built in new tunnels. How many holes is the tube allowed to
have before it is no longer a tube?

The running tunnels are still tubes (or pipes, pace the Bellets ). I
would also dispute the statement that very few stations on tube lines in
central London are tubes.

Who said that?

Err, you did.

I said that very few stations are tube stations, even
in central London.

You said it again

Taken over the whole system, stations in a tube are
in a definite minority

I wasn't disputing that. Hence the emphasis on /central/ London.

and a large proportion of the Tube stations in
central London are on the subsurface lines

A proportion...

and, of the rest, there are
not many of the Lancaster Gate / Queensway / Goodge Street design
remaining where the old station tunnels are still obviously tubes for
all the platforms.

Aren't there?


Despite rebuilding at a few major points, the majority are still tubes.



Are you talking about individual platforms or whole stations?

Well some stations have a mix of subsurface and tube construction. But
for the purposes of this arguement I would count them as different
stations. eg Earls Court/Gloucester Road/ South Ken where the District
station is a cut and cover/cutting but the Picc station is in tubes.

There are very few stations where one platform will be in tube and the
other not. Off hand I can't think of many. The Victoria line
interchanges come to mind, principally Oxford Circus. Otherwise?


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Graeme Wall
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