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Brian Watson February 21st 07 01:20 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just claimed
there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham Palace and
various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?

--
Brian



MatSav February 21st 07 01:23 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 
Brian Watson wrote:
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just claimed
there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham Palace and
various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


If it was "fact", they wouldn't be "secret", would they? ;-)

--
MatSav

Pete Fenelon February 21st 07 01:24 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 
In uk.railway Brian Watson wrote:
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just claimed
there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham Palace and
various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


********. Try Emmerson's "London's Secret tubes" for a clear-headed
survey of what *is* under London.

pete
--
"it made about as much sense as a polythene sandwich"

Brian Watson February 21st 07 01:27 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 

"MatSav" "matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com"
wrote in message ...
Brian Watson wrote:
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just
claimed there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham
Palace and various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


If it was "fact", they wouldn't be "secret", would they? ;-)


Blokey who phoned in said he had to sign the OSA to work on the site.

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."



Recliner February 21st 07 01:27 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 
"Brian Watson" wrote in message

A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just
claimed there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham
Palace and various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


There are plenty of semi-secret tunnels connecting government buildings
in central London, and some may indeed have connections to the
Underground, but I doubt that there are trains running in them. At most,
they may have airport-style electric buggies for people and 'cargo' (eg,
boxes of files).



allan tracy February 21st 07 01:29 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 
On Feb 21, 2:20 pm, "Brian Watson" wrote:
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just claimed
there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham Palace and
various other London sites.


Would this be an opportune momment to raise the issue of the
'Strategic Reserve'?


Martin Underwood February 21st 07 01:31 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 

"MatSav" "matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com"
wrote in message ...
Brian Watson wrote:
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just
claimed there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham
Palace and various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


If it was "fact", they wouldn't be "secret", would they? ;-)


Eh? Plenty of things can be facts (ie what is rumoured is actually true)
while being closely-guarded secrets. I think you are using "fact" to mean
"widely-known in the public domain".



sb February 21st 07 01:41 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 
On Feb 21, 2:20 pm, "Brian Watson" wrote:
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just claimed
there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham Palace and
various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?

--
Brian


I am assuming that you mean the Winbuck line that has only one
intermediate station at Northolt.
IIRC it was built in the 50's using Icelandic miners who were shipped
back home after the project was completed.
Test trains are run on the first Thursday of every month, in case of
power fail there is a back up facility at Windsor Castle that consists
of 5000 hamster wheels using 20,000 hamsters. There is a secret
hamster farm behind Eton Station.

SB


Brian Watson February 21st 07 01:47 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 

"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
...

"MatSav" "matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com"
wrote in message ...
Brian Watson wrote:
A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just
claimed there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham
Palace and various other London sites.

Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


If it was "fact", they wouldn't be "secret", would they? ;-)


Eh? Plenty of things can be facts (ie what is rumoured is actually true)
while being closely-guarded secrets. I think you are using "fact" to mean
"widely-known in the public domain".


OK, perhaps I should have written "fiction, and just a nifty conspiracy
theory, or fact?"

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."



Boltar February 21st 07 01:47 PM

Secret Tube Trains under London?
 
On Feb 21, 2:24 pm, Pete Fenelon wrote:
In uk.railway Brian Watson wrote:

A contributor to The Robert Elms Show on BBC Radio London has just claimed
there are secret underground train lines between Buckingham Palace and
various other London sites.


Nifty conspiracy theory, or fact?


********. Try Emmerson's "London's Secret tubes" for a clear-headed
survey of what *is* under London.


There could well be a small passageway between buck house and perhaps
the nearest
tube station however. This sort of thing certainly isn't unheard of.

B2003




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