On the subject of inclined platforms...
 

I just came across the picture of the Lyons metro :-)

http://images.nycsubway.org//i22000/img_22933.jpg

Charlie

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On the subject of inclined platforms...
 

In article ,
Charlie Pearce wrote:
I just came across the picture of the Lyons metro :-)

http://images.nycsubway.org//i22000/img_22933.jpg

What's doubly strange is that the Metro is sloping downhill whereas the
ground behind it is apparently going uphill !

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On the subject of inclined platforms...
 

In message , at 00:23:05 on Tue, 2 Nov
2004, Nick Leverton remarked:
What's doubly strange is that the Metro is sloping downhill whereas the
ground behind it is apparently going uphill !

Perhaps it's descending into a tunnel, the line of houses at the top
right suggests this is the case.
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On the subject of inclined platforms...
 

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 00:23:05 on Tue,
2 Nov 2004, Nick Leverton remarked:
What's doubly strange is that the Metro is sloping downhill
whereas the ground behind it is apparently going uphill !

Perhaps it's descending into a tunnel, the line of houses at the top
right suggests this is the case.

It is indeed, but there's another tunnel at the top end of the platform!

The photo is of Croix-Paquet station on Line C. Gradient is 17% (1 in
6). More info and photos at http://world.nycsubway.org/eu/fr/lyon-metro

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On the subject of inclined platforms...
 

Charlie Pearce wrote in message . ..
I just came across the picture of the Lyons metro :-)

http://images.nycsubway.org//i22000/img_22933.jpg

Charlie

I think I just heard about twenty blood vessels burst simultaneously.

"This station is Crystal Palace. Please mind the incline."

!!!!