Abandoned northern line loop
This is the first I've heard of this. Anyone else know anything more about it?
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2013...bandoned-tube- tunnel -- Spud |
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Abandoned northern line loop
On Tuesday, 17 March 2015 15:35:06 UTC, Basil Jet wrote:
It's hardly a secret. But where is the entrance that the link mentions? I must know! |
Abandoned northern line loop
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wrote: On 2015\03\17 15:21, d wrote: This is the first I've heard of this. Anyone else know anything more about it? http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2013...n-abandoned-tu be-tunnel It's hardly a secret. It's shown at http://www.itoworld.com/map/26?lon=-...7&open_sidebar =clickthrough_wrapper , and you can click on it for more info That first article forgets that there was a platform on the loop, part of Embankment station, from the opening of the loop. It's still in use. A second Northern Line platform was added in 1926 when the Kennington extension opened. The other map annotation doesn't distinguish between the flooded and other sections. The concrete plug in the tunnel was probably installed at the time of Munich, when all the under-Thames tunnels were plugged. Later, flood gates were installed in the tunnels still in railway use to allow services to resume. Anyone know where the gate is in the southbound running tunnel? I would expect it to be visible from the platform. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
Abandoned northern line loop
In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote: On 2015\03\18 00:41, wrote: In article , (Basil Jet) wrote: On 2015\03\17 15:21, d wrote: This is the first I've heard of this. Anyone else know anything more about it? http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2013...n-abandoned-tu be-tunnel It's hardly a secret. It's shown at http://www.itoworld.com/map/26?lon=-...7&open_sidebar =clickthrough_wrapper , and you can click on it for more info That first article forgets that there was a platform on the loop, part of Embankment station, from the opening of the loop. It's still in use. A second Northern Line platform was added in 1926 when the Kennington extension opened. The other map annotation doesn't distinguish between the flooded and other sections. The concrete plug in the tunnel was probably installed at the time of Munich, when all the under-Thames tunnels were plugged. Later, flood gates were installed in the tunnels still in railway use to allow services to resume. Anyone know where the gate is in the southbound running tunnel? I would expect it to be visible from the platform. Are you suggesting that every railway under the Thames was shut simultaneously for a while? That's my understanding, yes. Detailed in chapter XIII, The Second World War, pages 127-8, of "The story of London's Underground", by London Transport, first published 1963, revised and enlarged to 1972 in my copy. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
Abandoned northern line loop
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:37:48 -0500
wrote: In article , (Basil Jet) wrote: Are you suggesting that every railway under the Thames was shut simultaneously for a while? That's my understanding, yes. Detailed in chapter XIII, The Second World War, pages 127-8, of "The story of London's Underground", by London Transport, first published 1963, revised and enlarged to 1972 in my copy. What about the ELL tunnel at Wapping? Does that have flood doors? -- Spud |
Abandoned northern line loop
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() wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:37:48 -0500 wrote: In article , (Basil Jet) wrote: Are you suggesting that every railway under the Thames was shut simultaneously for a while? That's my understanding, yes. Detailed in chapter XIII, The Second World War, pages 127-8, of "The story of London's Underground", by London Transport, first published 1963, revised and enlarged to 1972 in my copy. What about the ELL tunnel at Wapping? Does that have flood doors? I'm not sure it does but then the potential effect of a breach of the under-river tunnel might have been regarded as less. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On 18/03/2015 10:04, d wrote:
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:37:48 -0500 wrote: In article , (Basil Jet) wrote: Are you suggesting that every railway under the Thames was shut simultaneously for a while? That's my understanding, yes. Detailed in chapter XIII, The Second World War, pages 127-8, of "The story of London's Underground", by London Transport, first published 1963, revised and enlarged to 1972 in my copy. What about the ELL tunnel at Wapping? Does that have flood doors? From my memory of a couple of tours under the Thames I don't remember seeing such doors. |
Abandoned northern line loop
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:27:48 +0000
Someone Somewhere wrote: On 18/03/2015 10:04, d wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:37:48 -0500 wrote: In article , (Basil Jet) wrote: Are you suggesting that every railway under the Thames was shut simultaneously for a while? That's my understanding, yes. Detailed in chapter XIII, The Second World War, pages 127-8, of "The story of London's Underground", by London Transport, first published 1963, revised and enlarged to 1972 in my copy. What about the ELL tunnel at Wapping? Does that have flood doors? From my memory of a couple of tours under the Thames I don't remember seeing such doors. Was the ELL in use in WW2? A flood in those tunnels would wipe out a few stations either side at least. -- Spud |
Abandoned northern line loop
It was a dark and stormy night when d wrote
in article ... On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:27:48 +0000 Someone Somewhere wrote: On 18/03/2015 10:04, d wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:37:48 -0500 wrote: In article , (Basil Jet) wrote: Are you suggesting that every railway under the Thames was shut simultaneously for a while? That's my understanding, yes. Detailed in chapter XIII, The Second World War, pages 127-8, of "The story of London's Underground", by London Transport, first published 1963, revised and enlarged to 1972 in my copy. What about the ELL tunnel at Wapping? Does that have flood doors? From my memory of a couple of tours under the Thames I don't remember seeing such doors. Was the ELL in use in WW2? A flood in those tunnels would wipe out a few stations either side at least. "In 1939 there was concern that bomb damage could flood the under-river tunnel, after which the water would rise through the shaft at Rotherhithe station and flood the surrounding low-level ground. Therefore a double floodgate was installed at the north end of the station." http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/eastlondon.html G. -- Grebbsy McLaren --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
Abandoned northern line loop
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:06:00 +0000
Grebbsy McLaren wrote: http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/eastlondon.html Interesting page. "The line closed as an Underground line in late 2007 and was integrated into the London Overground network as "route 4". It remains owned by London Underground, though the signalling is maintained and operated by NR. " Is that still the case? I thought the whole ELL that doesn't run on southern lines is owned and run by TfL including the signalling. -- Spud |
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