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asdf · August 20th 05, 11:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:01:35 -0000, (Mark Brader) wrote:

The Circle line through Barbican almost fits this description - it was
in open cutting before being rebuilt in tunnel when the Barbican
Centre was built.

Did they lower the level of the tracks when they built the Barbican
Centre? Or did they just use the valuable air space over the tracks in
the cutting?

Neither - the line was completely re-routed, the new route being in
tunnel.

Contrariwise: they just used the air space over the tracks. See, for
example, this history from David Leboff's "London Underground Stations
abc":

I've just checked, and it looks like I was wrong in saying "the line
through Barbican" - it appears the station itself was not affected.

CULG[1] says the following:

"Between 1963 and 1965 a new shorter route was built for the line
between Barbican and Moorgate, south of and lower than the previous
alignment. While the old route was in the open, the deviation line was
placed in tunnels ready for the Barbican Centre to be built over it."

[1]
http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/hammersmith.html