Re: Blackfriars - SET services after December 2008
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mizter.t@gmail.com (Mizter T) wrote:
> On 4 Jun, 20:44, wrote:
>
> > "Mr Thant" wrote:
> >
> > > It wouldn't be very useful. The interim arrangement is more about
> > > having somewhere to send the peak services from the north with the
> > > Moorgate branch gone. There's not really anywhere to terminate
them,
> > > so running them through as services to Kent (replacing the SET
> > > Blackfriars services) is the only real option.
>
> It's being shut. The platforms at Farringdon can't be extended to
> 12-car length without fouling the junction towards Moorgate, so the
> branch will be closed.
>
> There are various suggestions here and elsewhere about the alignment
> being used for stabling LU trains given that it's adjacent to the
> Met/Circle/H&C, though nothing official.
Is that using Smithfield sidings or the Widened lines running lines?
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Colin Rosenstiel
date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:17 +0100 (BST)
author: (Colin Rosenstiel)
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