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Old June 7th 09, 05:53 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Chiltern's plans for Oxford-Princes Risborough via Cowley

Tom Anderson wrote on 07 June 2009 18:23:07 ...
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, John Rowland wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

Or, of course, you could dive, and build some platforms in tunnel.
And sever the Regents Canal?

Underground locks.


I had a bit of a look to see if there was such a thing as an underground
lock, and i couldn't quite find any, although i did find an underground
inclined plane:

http://www.d.lane.btinternet.co.uk/canal2.htm

Does anyone know of an actual underground lock?


There's one in Manchester, near Piccadilly station.
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