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On 24/11/2018 09:11, Jonathan Amery wrote:
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wrote:
Are any LUL stations mothballed?

Aldwych station isn't closed it's merely sleeping.

(Although the renovations of Holborn are going to kill off any
possibility of it ever reopening)

In what way?

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Aldwych (was IBM Halt to close :( )
 

In article ,
Basil Jet wrote:
On 24/11/2018 09:11, Jonathan Amery wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
Are any LUL stations mothballed?

Aldwych station isn't closed it's merely sleeping.

(Although the renovations of Holborn are going to kill off any
possibility of it ever reopening)

In what way?

The proposal involves using the through platform as a parallel
corridor to the Northbound platform; including closing up the tunnels
there.


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On 24/11/2018 10:12, Jonathan Amery wrote:
In article ,
Basil Jet wrote:
On 24/11/2018 09:11, Jonathan Amery wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
Are any LUL stations mothballed?

Aldwych station isn't closed it's merely sleeping.

(Although the renovations of Holborn are going to kill off any
possibility of it ever reopening)

In what way?

The proposal involves using the through platform as a parallel
corridor to the Northbound platform; including closing up the tunnels
there.


JOOI is there a physical (rather than economic) reason Aldwych could
never be joined to Green Park using the old Jubilee tunnels?


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On 24/11/2018 11:02, Robin wrote:
On 24/11/2018 10:12, Jonathan Amery wrote:
In article ,
Basil JetÂ* wrote:
On 24/11/2018 09:11, Jonathan Amery wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
Are any LUL stations mothballed?

Â*Â* Aldwych station isn't closed it's merely sleeping.

Â*Â* (Although the renovations of Holborn are going to kill off any
possibility of it ever reopening)

In what way?

Â* The proposal involves using the through platform as a parallel
corridor to the Northbound platform; including closing up the tunnels
there.


JOOI is there a physical (rather than economic) reason Aldwych could
never be joined to Green Park using the old Jubilee tunnels?


IIRC it is at right angles to the River line tunnels.

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Aldwych (was IBM Halt to close :( )
 

In article ,
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 24/11/2018 11:02, Robin wrote:
JOOI is there a physical (rather than economic) reason Aldwych could
never be joined to Green Park using the old Jubilee tunnels?

IIRC it is at right angles to the River line tunnels.

The original Fleet Line plans called for the line to continue beyond
Charing Cross to Aldwych, but they would have involved new deeper
platforms at Aldwych. The line at Charing Cross does continue most of
the way to Aldwych.

If you wanted to join up from the other end your best bet would be
either a second W&C-style shuttle service or a branch off either
Northern or Bakerloo at Waterloo.

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#######'/ And grace will lead me home. - John Newton

Aldwych (was IBM Halt to close :( )
 

On 24/11/2018 10:12, Jonathan Amery wrote:
In article ,
Basil Jet wrote:
On 24/11/2018 09:11, Jonathan Amery wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
Are any LUL stations mothballed?

Aldwych station isn't closed it's merely sleeping.

(Although the renovations of Holborn are going to kill off any
possibility of it ever reopening)

In what way?

The proposal involves using the through platform as a parallel
corridor to the Northbound platform; including closing up the tunnels
there.


That is to say, there is a proposal to convert part of the Alderney
Branch's ROW at Holborn into passenger walkway?

Aldwych (was IBM Halt to close :( )
 

On 25/11/2018 13:23, wrote:

IIRC, there was also at one point talk of extending the DLR westwards
into Highbury & Islington.

Westwards? From Stratford International?

Extending from Bank to Farringdon and Euston was a fairly sensible
proposal connected with HS2... I think that proposal is dead now. I
don't think they ever suggested taking over the DC line to Queens Park
and dedicating Queens Park - Watford Junction to the Bakerloo Line,
although that would surely have made more sense than having trains from
the northwest and southeast terminating at Euston.

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Youth. Sonique. Sonny Rollins. Sophie Ellis Bextor. Soul-Junk. Space.
Space (French). Spacehog. Spacemen 3. Spear Of Destiny. Spectres (UK).
Spiller feat Sophie Ellis Bextor. Spiritual Vibes. Spiritualized.
Splat!. Split Enz. Spoon. Spring King. Squeeze. Sroeng Santi.

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In uk.transport.london wrote:
That is to say, there is a proposal to convert part of the Alderney
Branch's ROW at Holborn into passenger walkway?

While it does have 1959 Tube Stock, such a walkway might be a bit wet.