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Old December 20th 04, 06:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Heathrow Piccadilly Line Closure

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, John Rowland wrote:

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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Dave Arquati wrote:

I believe even in the tunnel to Bank for an underground
station to replace Tower Gateway, which was originally
going to be closed in favour of Bank, but DLR decided
operationally that it was too useful to close.


Do you have any (pointers to) more information on this?


The flat straight spot between two very steep curved sections is quite
obvious if you ride the DLR to or from Bank, especially if you sit in
the front.


Is that right after the junction with the Tower Gateway branch,
immediately south of Tower Gateway station? That's the only likely-looking
straight bit i can see on the (admittedly quite poor) maps i can find.
Although it is on the right tunnel, sadly, it's even further from
Fenchurch Street than Tower Gateway - although perhaps closer to Tower
Hill.

tom

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