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Former station layouts
Hi Clive,
Any chance you still have those ASCII diagrams - can't seem to find them on Google groups. Thanks in advance! Regards, Nes. -- Please remove the spam-deflecting X's to reply directly to me - or simply reply to the group! -- "Clive D. W. Feather" wrote in message ... In article , Nestor Badudoy writes I was just wondering what was the layout of South Kensington and Gloucester Road stations before track reorganisation? Any diagrams available on the web anywhere? Google Groups should have some ASCII diagrams I did a few years ago. Basically the section was run as two separate lines, Circle on the northern side and District on the southern, converging east of South Ken. However, a cluster of eastbound Districts (including non-stops) over the junction would prevent a westbound Circle getting through and foul up the entire service. The first change (27-28 July 1957) was to swap the central pair of tracks. Stopping eastbound Districts used the eastbound Circle through the two stations; non-stops used the track that had been the westbound Circle. Now the point of conflict was where it is now, and westbound Circles could sit at either station and let Districts past them. The eastbound fast was taken out of use in October 1964 and disconnected on 8th Jan 1967; the slow was slewed into its place at South Ken on the same day. The westbound split was moved to the west end of South Ken on 30th March 1969. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Home: Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Please reply to the Reply-To address, which is: |
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