On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, victormeldrewsyoungerbrother wrote:

lantern wrote:

I was looking on Google maps at the uxbridge branch of the met line, and I
noticed a spur between Hillingdon and Ickenham.

I followed this spur and it seemed to link to a depot and then towards the
central / chiltern line.

I had no idea this connection existed. Is this connection in use?

Looking at Joe Brown's London Railway Atlas there is no spur between
Ickenham and Hillingdon, but there is between Ickenham and Ruislip.

I can see that one:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...27122&t=k&om=1
http://tinyurl.com/ha38r

And nothing between Hillingdon and Ickenham; i assume that's a typo
(mappo?).

In the aerial photo, it looks like there's some sort of goods train
sitting on the spur - ballast wagons? Ah, no - not on the spur, on a
siding parallel to it, that looks like it may once have continued on
alongside the track.

tom

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