Met - ELL tunnel
 

Just curious to know what is the state of the tunnel that used to link
the Met to the ELL. Has the track been lifted and the tunnel sealed off
or is it all still in place "just in case"?

B2003

Met - ELL tunnel
 

On 04/04/2012 10:10, d wrote:
Just curious to know what is the state of the tunnel that used to link
the Met to the ELL. Has the track been lifted and the tunnel sealed off
or is it all still in place "just in case"?

B2003


http://www.districtdavesforum.co.uk/...y&thread=17701

Seems to imply that the tunnel is blocked off and various bits of the
track have been lifted.

Met - ELL tunnel
 

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:18:23 +0100
Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 04/04/2012 10:10, d wrote:
Just curious to know what is the state of the tunnel that used to link
the Met to the ELL. Has the track been lifted and the tunnel sealed off
or is it all still in place "just in case"?

B2003


http://www.districtdavesforum.co.uk/...splay&thread=1
701

Seems to imply that the tunnel is blocked off and various bits of the
track have been lifted.

Interesting. I had half wondered if it would have been kept and possible
used for stock deliveries to the tube.

What is the obsession with bricking up disused tunnels though, why waste
the money? All it'll achieve is ****ing off the rats and keep the tunnel damp
because there'll be no airflow so hastening the rotting of its lining.
Its not as if a train will suddenly jump the tracks and run up the trackbed
to the met line!

B2003

Met - ELL tunnel
 

On 04/04/2012 10:18, Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 04/04/2012 10:10, d wrote:
Just curious to know what is the state of the tunnel that used to link
the Met to the ELL. Has the track been lifted and the tunnel sealed off
or is it all still in place "just in case"?

B2003


http://www.districtdavesforum.co.uk/...y&thread=17701


Seems to imply that the tunnel is blocked off and various bits of the
track have been lifted.

I thought that it was lifted almost as soon as they shut Shoreditch station.

Met - ELL tunnel
 

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:27:00 +0100
" wrote:
On 04/04/2012 10:18, Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 04/04/2012 10:10, d wrote:
Just curious to know what is the state of the tunnel that used to link
the Met to the ELL. Has the track been lifted and the tunnel sealed off
or is it all still in place "just in case"?

B2003



http://www.districtdavesforum.co.uk/...splay&thread=1
701


Seems to imply that the tunnel is blocked off and various bits of the
track have been lifted.

I thought that it was lifted almost as soon as they shut Shoreditch station.

I imagine that would have made getting the met trains off the line a bit
problematic when the whole line was closed because AFAIR shoreditch closed
quite a time before the rest of the line.

B2003

Met - ELL tunnel
 

On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:26:34AM +0000, d wrote:

What is the obsession with bricking up disused tunnels though

Helps keep vandals out?

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Met - ELL tunnel
 

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:16:11 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:26:34AM +0000, d wrote:

What is the obsession with bricking up disused tunnels though

Helps keep vandals out?

Why vandalise or graffiti a disused tunnel when there's a nice refurbished
station nearby to do it to instead?

B2003

Met - ELL tunnel
 

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:59:29AM +0000, d wrote:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:16:11 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:26:34AM +0000, d wrote:
What is the obsession with bricking up disused tunnels though
Helps keep vandals out?
Why vandalise or graffiti a disused tunnel when there's a nice refurbished
station nearby to do it to instead?

Helps keep them out of the rest of the network, silly.

--
David Cantrell | Official London Perl Mongers Bad Influence

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life
-- Samuel Johnson

Met - ELL tunnel
 

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:55:47 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:59:29AM +0000, d wrote:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:16:11 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:26:34AM +0000, d wrote:
What is the obsession with bricking up disused tunnels though
Helps keep vandals out?
Why vandalise or graffiti a disused tunnel when there's a nice refurbished
station nearby to do it to instead?

Helps keep them out of the rest of the network, silly.

Hasn't worked so far.

B2003