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Old March 21st 09, 10:18 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default London - Met widened lines query.

On Mar 21, 10:29 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

at Blackfriars - so far as I know, never used.


Funny there was a Southeastern train parked in Smithfield


The have regularly been used for berthing SX usually one train between
peaks.

What they've not ever been used for is regualr turning back of
trains ... when City was opened it had been intended to do that but
someone decided Cl.400 type Mk.1 EMU could not go down there so there
were never any services that needed to use the facility - the only non
TL trains to City one/two AM/PM peak Severnoaks with 465s.


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