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Holborn Viaduct
In article , Paul Terry
writes Its hard to believe that there were three stations in what seems quite a short trip from Blackfriars to Farringdon, There were actually only two stations, Ludgate Hill and Snow Hill (renamed Holborn Viaduct Low Level in 1912 and closed in 1916) on the route you mention. The main Holborn Viaduct station was a terminus on a short branch off that route. From south to north, the layout in 1888 was: * 8 tracks crossing Blackfriars Bridge. * The eastern pair, plus a siding off the third, go into St.Pauls LCDR where they terminate just south of Queen Victoria St. * The other 6 rearrange into 4 on the bridge over QVSt, then go into Ludgate Hill LCDR, which had two island platforms. * The 4 tracks cross Ludgate Hill on a bridge, at which point there is a large scissors crossover with slips. * The eastern pair split into three pairs in Holborn Viaduct LCDR with four "finger" platforms; they terminate south of Holborn Viaduct. * The western pair descend to Snow Hill station, which is under the viaduct and Snow Hill itself. * Under the place at the southwest corner of Smithfield (I don't know the name, but it's the westward extension of Long Lane) the tunnel splits at a simple double junction. * The western pair runs into Farringdon, the eastern pair into Aldersgate, in both cases meeting the "Widened Lines" pair. -- 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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