On 9 May 2005 07:23:20 -0700, "PhilD" wrote:


asdf wrote:
When and why was it singled? I travelled on the West Ruislip branch
of
the Central line sometime around 1990, and vaguely seem to remember
the Direct line being all double track then (though I might be
wrong).
What reason could there have been since then to go out and single it?

Don't know when, but I do know that the singling involved leaving the
other track in situ. The "new" single line was sometimes the up line,
and sometimes the down (hence (some of) the speed restrictions), and
the remainder stayed put. 'Course, it may have been removed now, but
it may have *looked* like double track when you saw it, but was
actually single.

Ah, so it could have happened before then.

I seem to remember that at the time, there was no noticable difference
between the two tracks - both looked a bit rusty, but viable. Nowadays
(having seen part of the line recently), one of the two tracks is
obviously disused, being overgrown and very rusty.