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Exploring the furthest reaches Barbican station I noticed a third
tunnel mouth at the western end of the platforms, between the TL and
KU tunnels, and what looked like a ground frame, still connected to
point rods disaooearing into the ballast, between the TL tracks. Were
these related to the former Smithfield goods station? ( I thought
Smithfield goods was south of the TL tracks, as showm at
http://www.londonrailways.net/snowhill.htm.)

I think there was a ground frame (released from West Hampstead PSB) at the
west end of Barbican Station up until the late 80s. IIRC this controlled a
trailing crossover between the two TL lines and was recovered (at least as
far as the interlocking was concerned) as part of a capacity upgrade project
c.1989.

There used to be two sidings between the two lines, connected to both
eastbound lines. Presumably that tunnel accommodated them. The
connection to the Widened Lines also had a short engine stub coming off
it.

There were two trailing crossovers on the TL lines, one either side of
the connection to the sidings. The one on the west side had a connection
coming off it into the Smithfield Goods station (that is, there was a
trailing connection from the Goods on to the eastbound TL, with a single
slip where it crossed the westbound allowing movements between the two
running lines).

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