...23:07:29 -0000, Graham Harrison <edward.obvious.harrison1@btinternet.obvious.com> wrote in <6MKdnVAEepDfwbfaRVnyjgA@bt.com>: Yesterday (Wednesday 31st) there was a silver R class District Line car in West Drayton yard. No bogies, just sitting there on stilts (as far as I could see). How long has it been there? What's it doing there? A metaphor for the lamented West London ...

Yesterday (Wednesday 31st) there was a silver R class District Line car in West Drayton yard. No bogies, just sitting there on stilts (as far as I could see). How long has it been there? What's it doing there?

... Mwmbwls <robertg.robin...@virgin.net> wrote: You can clearly hear the Victoria Line trains from the Drayton Park platforms. Does anybody have any idea of the depth of the Victoria Line at this point. Would a Drayton Park Victoria Line station capable of serving the Emirates Stadium be a better prospect than the

On 27 Oct, 17:27, Mwmbwls <robertg.robin...@virgin.net> wrote: You can clearly hear the Victoria Line trains from the Drayton Park platforms. Does anybody have any idea of the depth of the Victoria Line at this point. Would a Drayton Park Victoria Line station capable of serving the Emirates Stadium be a better prospect than the

...Where were the entrances to the old tunnels at Drayton park that used to go to Finsbury? Are ... line partially uses these does it pass under drayton park and come back up or does it ... clearly hear the Victoria Line trains from the Drayton Park platforms. Does anybody have any idea of ... the Victoria Line at this point. Would a Drayton Park Victoria Line station capable of serving the ...

... when the GN electrification link was put in. However, the severed end of one of the tunnels, with iron lining segments, used to be clearly visible from trains between Finsbury Park and Drayton Park. There's an interesting bit about a visit to the disused tunnels at: http://tinyurl.com/ysa7hl A very interesting page , just wish he'd taken a few more photos! B2003

Boltar wrote: Where were the entrances to the old tunnels at Drayton park that used to go to Finsbury? Are they completely buried or is there anything still visible? Since the victoria line partially uses these does it pass under drayton park and come back up or does it go around? You can clearly hear the Victoria Line trains from the Drayton Park platforms.

... Where were the entrances to the old tunnels at Drayton park that used to go to Finsbury? Are ... line partially uses these does it pass under drayton park and come back up or does it go around? The tunnel portals at Drayton are no more - they used to be between the... tunnel. The southbound Victoria Line passes directly beneath Drayton Park's island platform, whilst the northbound road is...

Where were the entrances to the old tunnels at Drayton park that used to go to Finsbury? Are they completely buried or is there anything still visible? Since the victoria line partially uses these does it pass under drayton park and come back up or does it go around? B2003

... themselves at all popular, given the 10 minute service frequency that operates to and from Moorgate in the Great Northern tunnels! In the cab there is a buzzer that sounds if the driver tries to take power with both AC and DC power available. At the Finsbury Park end of Drayton Park there is a button to switch off the buzzer. There is not one at the Moorgate end. -- somersetchris