downunder wrote:
Investigations have shown no structural damage to either Circle/H&S
roof/sidewalls. There is supeficial damage to cabling and the immediate
areas but this will not take too long to fix. The Picc is a different
story. However its possible the Vic line will be resume stopping at
Kings Cross later today. This will allow interchange with Met and
mainline/Thameslink. Northern still being assesed.

What has prevented the Vic line opening so far? Obviously there is still
investigation and recovery work going on in the picc line section, but
what is it that passengers from the vic line need to be shielded from?

"Stuart" wrote in message
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downunder wrote:
Investigations have shown no structural damage to either Circle/H&S
roof/sidewalls. There is supeficial damage to cabling and the immediate
areas but this will not take too long to fix. The Picc is a different
story. However its possible the Vic line will be resume stopping at
Kings Cross later today. This will allow interchange with Met and
mainline/Thameslink. Northern still being assesed.

What has prevented the Vic line opening so far? Obviously there is still
investigation and recovery work going on in the picc line section, but
what is it that passengers from the vic line need to be shielded from?

The whole area was cosidered a scene of crime and the police went through it
with a very fine tooth comb! They were swabbing the platform for anything -
no idea what- at one stage. There is the possibility the men may have gone
down to the Vic platform perhaps???

It opened at about 15:45. Its gunna be busy on Monday - and we have had a
bad week.......

Mal

In article ,
(Malcolm Pinnell) wrote:

[King's Cross Victoria Line]
It opened at about 15:45. Its gunna be busy on Monday - and we have had
a bad week.......

Ah, that explains my confusion. I caught the 15:45 to Cambridge, arriving
at King's Cross by bicycle about 5 or 6 minutes before it left, so a few
minutes before the Victoria Line re-opened, by the sound of it.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:33:11 +0100, John wrote:

I hear that the H&C could be 2 months before it is back in order (worst
case because they don't know the tunnel status until the police vacate
site and Piccadily is anything up to 8 months if the tunnel needs a
rebuild - comments?

None of what you have said aligns with anything already published by TfL
/ LUL. I have heard no mention whatsoever of the timescales you are
talking about and I would have expected to have done so if we had an 8
month closure to deal with.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

The Piccadilly line tunnels have not suffered serious damage contray to
some reports that claimed they were structually unsound. However the
scene on this line is one of carnage and has been described as pretty
horendous.

You are looking at the Piccadilly line being closed for while but for
it to be closed eight months would be highly unlikely, though it is
unlikely to be re-open in the near future.

In terms of Kings Cross, the Northern line platforms may remain closed
for Safety reason especially as the main access is via the Piccadilly
line escalators. After the fire at Kings Cross in 1987 the Northern
line platforms remained closed for a further eighteen months for safety
reasons as it was felt too dangerous to direct everyone down the
Victoria line platforms.


Martin

Martin
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:33:11 +0100, John wrote:

I hear that the H&C could be 2 months before it is back in order (worst
case because they don't know the tunnel status until the police vacate
site and Piccadily is anything up to 8 months if the tunnel needs a
rebuild - comments?

None of what you have said aligns with anything already published by TfL
/ LUL. I have heard no mention whatsoever of the timescales you are
talking about and I would have expected to have done so if we had an 8
month closure to deal with.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

"MartyJ" wrote in message
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The Piccadilly line tunnels have not suffered serious damage contray to
some reports that claimed they were structually unsound. However the
scene on this line is one of carnage and has been described as pretty
horendous.

You are looking at the Piccadilly line being closed for while but for
it to be closed eight months would be highly unlikely, though it is
unlikely to be re-open in the near future.

In terms of Kings Cross, the Northern line platforms may remain closed
for Safety reason especially as the main access is via the Piccadilly
line escalators. After the fire at Kings Cross in 1987 the Northern
line platforms remained closed for a further eighteen months for safety
reasons as it was felt too dangerous to direct everyone down the
Victoria line platforms.


Martin

Martin
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:33:11 +0100, John wrote:

I hear that the H&C could be 2 months before it is back in order (worst
case because they don't know the tunnel status until the police vacate
site and Piccadily is anything up to 8 months if the tunnel needs a
rebuild - comments?

None of what you have said aligns with anything already published by TfL
/ LUL. I have heard no mention whatsoever of the timescales you are
talking about and I would have expected to have done so if we had an 8
month closure to deal with.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!


From what I heard on the news tonight, the cabling that runs through the
tunnels is a bit of a problem, as there are very few diagrams /
documentation on it. I should imagine a good team of electrical engineers
working things out in time.

BTW I do know that LU, Tube Lines etc. have a lot of the original
Underground diagrams, maps etc. on Altris (document management and imaging
system) - the originals of some of this paperwork are at the LT Museum. I
haven't seen any of it, but I used to work in IT at Tube Lines