"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 02/03/2012 09:38, d wrote:
I don't know if this is what you're talking about , but just west of the
eastbound met line platform at kings cross there is a disused tunnel
coming
from the north that joins the main running line.
Is that the projected connection to the Midland line at St Pancras? AFAIK
the tunnels were built but never used.
The connections to the Met and Widened Lines at Kings Cross are/we
1 October 1863, East Branch from Kings Cross York Road to the Met, and Hotel
Curve from the Met to the Down Side of Kings Cross GNR station. These seem
to have been altered to connect with the Widened Lines in 1868, instead of
the original Met lines, and remained in use until Kings Cross suburban
electrification in 1976.
1 October 1863, west-facing connection from the East Branch to the Met,
never regularly used, and taken out during the building of the connection to
the Midland in 1868.
Early 1868 - building of the Widened Lines between Kings Cross and
Farringdon. Connected to East Branch and Hotel Curve (see above). Widened
Lines tunnel extended a short distance further west, Was this used for a
connection from the Met, and if so when was it taken out?
13 July 1868 double-track tunnel from the Midland to the Widened Lines.
Still in use as part of Thameslink.
15 March 1926 the tunnel connection from the Met to the Widened Lines had a
single eastbound line laid through it, and the eastbound Widened Line
presumably provided with 4-rail electrification. This allowed Met trains to
reach the terminal platforms at Moorgate without crossing the westbound
line. Did the through GWR trains (hauled from Bishop's Road by Met electric
locos, use this route?
27 April 1935 the 1926 connection was taken out again, and the tunnel
incorporated in the resited Kings Cross (Met and Circle) station.
Peter