Steve M wrote:
Richard J. wrote:

Paul Terry wrote:

In message . com,
Joe writes

[snip]
and what crossing is closest to Central London?

Google again for the thread "London's closest pair of level
crossings?"


That thread was about the minimum distance between two crossings.
The discussion about the crossing closest to London was in the
thread "level crosings on the LUL", starting with the 5th post
in that thread. The answer was the crossing over the West London
Line just south of Willesden Junction that gives access to a
scrap yard off Scrubs Lane. I think it's the one arrowed at

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.sr...=newsearch.srf


The two on the Kingston loop just after New Malden station are also
pretty close together... not sure if they are closer than the two
above though!

Location at

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.sr...=newsearch.srf

Not sure what "the two above" refers to, as this thread has not actually
discussed pairs of crossings close together, apart from the thread
reference that Paul Terry gave. That thread concluded that Vine Street
in Barnes had the closest pair in London, with about 6 car lengths
between the crossings.

The Elm Road crossings at New Malden look from the aerial photograph to
be about one car length apart. Are you saying that there are separate
sets of gates for each track? If not, it's just one crossing with the
tracks a bit further apart than usual.
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