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Colin Rosenstiel · July 22nd 05, 09:33 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article 1h032if.vzt4wpkh00g0N%stanislas.kertanguyde@lapos te.net,
(Stanislas de Kertanguy) wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:

I agree with some earlier posters that the Northern Line incident at
Camden Town (where a train hit the tunnel wall at a junction) seems
to
provide the most realistic equivalent. And don't forget that the
Central Line train that derailed (at Chancery Lane?) damaged the
tunnel and platform in the process. How long did that take to repair
(rather than understanding what was wrong with the trains)?

As a matter for comparison, I remember that it took more than two weeks
after July 16, 1995 (when a bombing killed 8 and injuried 50 at
Saint-Michel station on RER B line of Paris transit system) to get
normal service.

Note that Saint-Michel station is built on the *very* model of a deep
LU
station: two tubes and central escalators. Even the walls opposite the
platform look like a London Underground station. One could excpect to
hear Stand Back, Train Approaching... As a difference, it has mainline
gauge and overhead supply.

In fact the Piccadilly bomb was in the worst possible location, in a
running tunnel barely larger than the train so the blast was as
confined as possible. Even in a tube platform the blast would have been
a lot less concentrated.

Stanislas, who is very upset by this series of bombings - but those
won't deter me from coming to London next week!

Bienvenu!

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Colin Rosenstiel