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Old July 9th 05, 05:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Which way were the trains going?

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 15:33:01 +0100, "Martin Underwood"
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"Dockland" wrote in message
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London Underground have confirmed that the Liv. St train was heading on
the outer circle rail from Liverpool St towards Aldgate, although looking
at the actual software system maps they used to show the location and
direction of the trains it looked to me as if it was headed for Aldgate
East.

The Edgware Rd train was heading from Baker Street towards Paddington.

An eyewitness I have seen interviewed on the Picadilly train said he got
on at Finsbury Park.

LU computer system diagrams also confirm all three bombs went off within
50 seconds of each other at 8.50am.


Interesting that the BBC still haven't corrected the times and directions on
their "definitive" map


Hardly surprising, considering they're still claiming that the Picc
line tunnel is "unsafe," long after Tim O'Toole confirmed that there
is nothing wrong with it. Mind you, they - like so many media outlets
- continued to claim that this is the first ever terrorist attack on
the London Underground, which it definitely isn't by a degree of some
70 years!

I wonder how the times of the Edgware and KX bombs were initally reported so
accurately - but wrongly.


Edgware Road was timed at 09:17 because that was when the police first
received a specific report of an explosion, although they had
previously been notified of other incidents (person under train,
derailment, etc.).
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