"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
.li...

Okay. I knew about the use as a diversionary route, but i sort of read it
as implying that there were NR passenger services that way. Here's what
His Cliveness says:

"The Richmond and Wimbledon branches are shared with NR trains, and so are
restricted to C and D stock only"

Which is slightly nonsensical on the face of it. If Silverlink withdrew
NLL service from Richmond, would A stock suddenly be usable there?
Presumably, what he means is that the branches use tracks built and/or
maintained to NR structure gauge, and therefore A stock won't fit. Except
that the reason the Putney branch isn't cleared for A stock is presumably
nothing to do with sharing with NR, and everything to do with the complete
lack of any current, historical or planned service there from the
Metropolitan!


Who owns the Putney metals, LU or NR?

LU since the early seventies I believe, although regular main line services
had ceased in the 1940s IIRC. I remember the SR style platform signage in my
teens...

Paul