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London - Met widened lines query.
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:24:36 +0000, Robert
wrote: On 2009-03-23 05:54:03 +0000, Charles Ellson said: On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:01:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On 22 Mar, 04:37, "John Rowland" wrote: Peter Lawrence 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.) The line between Barbican and Moorgate was moved before the Barbican Centre was built. (I don't know if this is relevant, but I thought I'd mention it.) Regarding the moving of the lines (both LU and widened?), do you know where to find further information on this? I had a look round the Internet previously and found precious little. It was in the early 1960s IIRC, possibly the same time that Aldersgate became Barbican so books and magazines published around that time ought to have some mention. I can remember this work being done while I was at University in London during the early 60s. IIRC there was a large open space between Aldersgate and Moorgate, round the edge of which the railway lines ran. The space was, I think, being used as a car park (possibly one of the sites where NCP started) and was almost certainly a bomb site which was being/had been cleared. The opportunity was taken to remove a curve in the line which was no longer necessary. There may have been other reasons as well. It was IMU more a localised route diversion than just the removal of a curve, the Luftwaffe having possibly done the demolition work that the railway hadn't originally been allowed to do. http://www.closedlines.free-online.co.uk/gb_ew_x.htm (look for "Aldersgate") seems to put the date on the second half of 1965 for the old route being abandoned. I haven't got an older map to compare with but ISTR the capital also took the opportunity to annexe a few acres of extra land from Islington at the same time; if so, then this would put some of the boundary in different positions on any "before" and "after" maps that might turn up. |
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