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Old June 14th 07, 12:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Northern line near collision

On Jun 14, 1:34 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
What might have happened here then - have the BBC described the incident
correctly, or were the brakes applied by the operation of the tripcock?
Surely the Camden town junctions don't allow trains in opposite directions
to meet, thats the whole point of all the branch tunnels...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6751809.stm

Paul



The Service (Line) Controller made a Code Red to the trains in the
area.

It was a re-numbering of trains that didn't quite go to plan.