"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote
Exploring the furthest reaches Barbican station I noticed a third
tunnel mouth at the western end of the platforms, between the TL and
KU tunnels, and what looked like a ground frame, still connected to
point rods disaooearing into the ballast, between the TL tracks. Were
these related to the former Smithfield goods station? ( I thought
Smithfield goods was south of the TL tracks, as showm at
http://www.londonrailways.net/snowhill.htm.)
There were two trailing crossovers on the TL lines, one either side of the
connection to the sidings. The one on the west side had a connection
coming off it into the Smithfield Goods station (that is, there was a
trailing connection from the Goods on to the eastbound TL, with a single
slip where it crossed the westbound allowing movements between the two
running lines).

There's also sidings south of Farringdon, which were renewed in the late
1980s for stock from the Holborn Viaduct terminators that were to be turned
at Blackfriars - so far as I know, never used. They were intended for the
same trains that are now continuing north with this weird FCC-SE link up.
Maybe someone lost the map?
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Andrew

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On Mar 21, 10:29 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

at Blackfriars - so far as I know, never used.

Funny there was a Southeastern train parked in Smithfield

The have regularly been used for berthing SX usually one train between
peaks.

What they've not ever been used for is regualr turning back of
trains ... when City was opened it had been intended to do that but
someone decided Cl.400 type Mk.1 EMU could not go down there so there
were never any services that needed to use the facility - the only non
TL trains to City one/two AM/PM peak Severnoaks with 465s.


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Nick