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Default Thameslink Gradients

Does anybody in the group know the length and steepness of the
gradients on - the underpass on the Widened lines between Farringdon
and Kings Cross Thameslink and the ski jump between City Thameslink and
Blackfriars?


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Default Thameslink Gradients

google gives:
The railway descends at a steep gradient (of about 1 in 27) to the ... in
the
heart of central London, such as Farringdon and City Thameslink, and
provides ...
http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/...nt.php?id=2082 - Similar pages

I believe it was more (1:24?) before the bridge was lowered one side by a
foot (or trois cent millim'etres for the french among us)


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