What sections are above street level?

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:57:55 -0000, "
wrote:

What sections are above street level?

Most of it.

From memory:

Bakerloo north of Queen's Park
Central west of White City and east of Stratford
Circle - none
District west of Earl's Court and east of Bow Road
East London south of Surrey Quays and around Whitechapel
Hammersmith & City west of Paddington and east of Bow Road
Jubilee north of Finchley Road and east of Canning Town
Metropolitan north-west of Finchley Road
Northern north of Golders Green, north of East Finchley and around
Morden
Piccadilly west of Baron's Court and north-east of (???)
Victoria - none
Waterloo & City - none.


Corrections from the group very welcome, of course. Thanks to David
for teaching me what "El" means... :-)

On Jun 8, 6:23 am, James Farrar wrote:
Piccadilly west of Baron's Court and north-east of (???)

Piccadilly north-east of Arnos Grove (except for a tunnel at
Southgate).


Corrections from the group very welcome, of course. Thanks to David
for teaching me what "El" means... :-)

Well, what DOES it mean?

PhilD

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On Jun 8, 8:18 am, PhilD wrote:
Well, what DOES it mean?

An el is a line built high above ground level as a way to get past
existing roads and structures without tunnelling or too much
demolition. My own personal definition would exclude anything that
requires dedicated land (so most brick viaducts are out). I don't know
of any bits of LU that fit this definition, but most of the DLR does.

U

Mr Thant wrote:
On Jun 8, 8:18 am, PhilD wrote:
Well, what DOES it mean?

An el is a line built high above ground level as a way to get past
existing roads and structures without tunnelling or too much
demolition.

In other words, an elevated section - so why not use the word 'elevated'
instead of a term that nobody's heard of?

"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
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Mr Thant wrote:
On Jun 8, 8:18 am, PhilD wrote:
Well, what DOES it mean?

An el is a line built high above ground level as a way to get past
existing roads and structures without tunnelling or too much
demolition.

In other words, an elevated section - so why not use the word 'elevated'
instead of a term that nobody's heard of?

Is the OP from the USA? - their 'El's (for it is a normal american
abbreviated usage) are typically those lines that go down the middle of the
street on a girderwork viaduct at about 2nd floor level, with roads
underneath - I cant think of anything at all like that in the LU system.

Paul

Jack Taylor wrote:
Mr Thant wrote:
On Jun 8, 8:18 am, PhilD wrote:
Well, what DOES it mean?
An el is a line built high above ground level as a way to get past
existing roads and structures without tunnelling or too much
demolition.

In other words, an elevated section - so why not use the word 'elevated'
instead of a term that nobody's heard of?

It's not true that nobody's heard of it. The OP certainly has. So have
I, and other people in this thread.
--
Michael Hoffman

On Jun 8, 1:03 pm, "Jack Taylor" wrote:
Mr Thant wrote:
On Jun 8, 8:18 am, PhilD wrote:
Well, what DOES it mean?

An el is a line built high above ground level as a way to get past
existing roads and structures without tunnelling or too much
demolition.

In other words, an elevated section - so why not use the word 'elevated'
instead of a term that nobody's heard of?

You don't do cryptic crosswords! El is commonly used in British
crosswords - if you see the word 'railway' in the clue one of the
things it could be is 'EL'.

On Jun 8, 3:18 am, PhilD wrote:
On Jun 8, 6:23 am, James Farrar wrote:

Piccadilly west of Baron's Court and north-east of (???)

Piccadilly north-east of Arnos Grove (except for a tunnel at
Southgate).

Corrections from the group very welcome, of course. Thanks to David
for teaching me what "El" means... :-)

Well, what DOES it mean?

PhilD

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El means elevated above street level

wrote:
On Jun 8, 3:18 am, PhilD wrote:
On Jun 8, 6:23 am, James Farrar wrote:

Piccadilly west of Baron's Court and north-east of (???)

Piccadilly north-east of Arnos Grove (except for a tunnel at
Southgate).

Corrections from the group very welcome, of course. Thanks to
David for teaching me what "El" means... :-)

Well, what DOES it mean?

PhilD

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El means elevated above street level

Including embankments and brick viaducts?

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Richard J.
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