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Post by greenboy on Oct 31, 2020 12:20:46 GMT
Subject to any corrections; South Wimbledon is the most southern tube station with fully underground platforms Southgate Station is the only 'deep level' tube station where you can see the end of the tunnel into natural daylight, observed on the Heathrow/Uxbridge-bound platform Mile End station is the only fully¹ underground station where a deep level tube (Central) and non-deep level tube (District) with their respective platforms at the same level next to each other. ¹ - not sure if there's any daylight shining into the station I think Southgate is the only deep level station where you can see daylight from the platform by looking down the tunnel.
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Post by ronnie on Oct 31, 2020 14:16:20 GMT
Whitechapel is the only station where the Overground stops above the Underground. You mean the overground below the underground
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Post by bus12451 on Oct 31, 2020 14:23:10 GMT
Putney Bridge station is named after Putney Bridge (obviously), but Fulham Railway Bridge is actually closer to the station than Putney Bridge.
Are there any other examples of this?
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Post by Busboy105 on Oct 31, 2020 14:39:56 GMT
Whitechapel is the only station where the Overground stops above the Underground. You mean the overground below the underground Yes that’s what I meant.
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Post by M1104 on Nov 6, 2020 16:34:13 GMT
The Piccadilly Line is the only deep level tube where trains come out the tunnel up to ground level then immediately descending back underground before the next station, this being between Hounslow West and Hatton cross.
Also, Hounslow West was originally an 'outside' station before the Heathrow extention, where the present underground station was built nearby. As a child I didn't understand why the entrance to the tube station looked old yet the tube station itself was brand new (at the time assuming Hounslow Central was the original terminus).
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Post by M1104 on Nov 6, 2020 16:36:01 GMT
Subject to any corrections; Southgate Station is the only 'deep level' tube station where you can see the end of the tunnel into natural daylight, observed on the Heathrow/Uxbridge-bound platform I only just realised it's the same with Houslow West
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Post by Dstock7080 on Nov 6, 2020 17:10:48 GMT
Subject to any corrections; Southgate Station is the only 'deep level' tube station where you can see the end of the tunnel into natural daylight, observed on the Heathrow/Uxbridge-bound platform I only just realised it's the same with Houslow West Not quite, as said Southgate is a bored Tube station, Hounslow West is cut and cover.
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Post by wirewiper on Nov 6, 2020 17:29:13 GMT
The Piccadilly Line is the only deep level tube where trains come out the tunnel up to ground level then immediately depending back underground before the next station, this being between Hounslow West and Hatton cross. Also, Hounslow West was originally an 'outside' station before the Heathrow extention, where the present underground station was built nearby. As a child I didn't understand why the entrance to the tube station looked old yet the tube station itself was brand new. Yes Hounslow West was a terminal station until July 1975, when the extension opened as far as Hatton Cross*. The current platforms were built at a lower level on a different alignment and were brought into use after a weekend closure to re-lay the tracks. The 1931 art-deco station entrance was retained with a walkway to the new platforms. * the line on to Heathrow Central (now Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3) opened in December 1977. Hounslow West to Hatton Cross was constructed mostly in shallow tunnel using the "cut and cover" method, the line from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Central was deep-level bored tunnel.
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Post by vjaska on Nov 6, 2020 17:55:40 GMT
The Piccadilly Line is the only deep level tube where trains come out the tunnel up to ground level then immediately depending back underground before the next station, this being between Hounslow West and Hatton cross. Also, Hounslow West was originally an 'outside' station before the Heathrow extention, where the present underground station was built nearby. As a child I didn't understand why the entrance to the tube station looked old yet the tube station itself was brand new. Yes Hounslow West was a terminal station until July 1975, when the extension opened as far as Hatton Cross*. The current platforms were built at a lower level on a different alignment and were brought into use after a weekend closure to re-lay the tracks. The 1931 art-deco station entrance was retained with a walkway to the new platforms. * the line on to Heathrow Central (now Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3) opened in December 1977. Hounslow West to Hatton Cross was constructed mostly in shallow tunnel using the "cut and cover" method, the line from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Central was deep-level bored tunnel. Is there anything underground that explains why the track dips out very briefly between Hatton Cross & Hounslow West before diving back under?
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Post by wirewiper on Nov 6, 2020 18:03:50 GMT
Yes Hounslow West was a terminal station until July 1975, when the extension opened as far as Hatton Cross*. The current platforms were built at a lower level on a different alignment and were brought into use after a weekend closure to re-lay the tracks. The 1931 art-deco station entrance was retained with a walkway to the new platforms. * the line on to Heathrow Central (now Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3) opened in December 1977. Hounslow West to Hatton Cross was constructed mostly in shallow tunnel using the "cut and cover" method, the line from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Central was deep-level bored tunnel. Is there anything underground that explains why the track dips out very briefly between Hatton Cross & Hounslow West before diving back under? It crosses the River Crane - it was easier and cheaper to cross it on a bridge than tunnel under it.
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Post by M1104 on Nov 6, 2020 18:05:46 GMT
I only just realised it's the same with Houslow West Not quite, as said Southgate is a bored Tube station, Hounslow West is cut and cover. Ok
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Post by Busboy105 on Nov 6, 2020 18:18:39 GMT
The Piccadilly Line is the only deep level tube where trains come out the tunnel up to ground level then immediately descending back underground before the next station, this being between Hounslow West and Hatton cross. Also, Hounslow West was originally an 'outside' station before the Heathrow extention, where the present underground station was built nearby. As a child I didn't understand why the entrance to the tube station looked old yet the tube station itself was brand new (at the time assuming Hounslow Central was the original terminus). The Central line does something similar ... after Leyton it goes into a tunnel then comes back out at Stratford and back down again to Mile End and beyond.
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Post by wirewiper on Nov 6, 2020 18:44:58 GMT
The Piccadilly Line is the only deep level tube where trains come out the tunnel up to ground level then immediately descending back underground before the next station, this being between Hounslow West and Hatton cross. Also, Hounslow West was originally an 'outside' station before the Heathrow extention, where the present underground station was built nearby. As a child I didn't understand why the entrance to the tube station looked old yet the tube station itself was brand new (at the time assuming Hounslow Central was the original terminus). The Central line does something similar ... after Leyton it goes into a tunnel then comes back out at Stratford and back down again to Mile End and beyond. That was deliberate, to offer cross-platform connections at Stratford. Until the 1970s the connection with the Lea Valley line was maintained at Leyton, which allowed British Rail trains to operate on the Epping/Ongar branch - as well as residual goods traffic some early morning/late night passenger trains were operated to and from Liverpool Street.
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Post by M1104 on Nov 6, 2020 19:25:42 GMT
The Piccadilly Line is the only deep level tube where trains come out the tunnel up to ground level then immediately depending back underground before the next station, this being between Hounslow West and Hatton cross. Also, Hounslow West was originally an 'outside' station before the Heathrow extention, where the present underground station was built nearby. As a child I didn't understand why the entrance to the tube station looked old yet the tube station itself was brand new. Yes Hounslow West was a terminal station until July 1975, when the extension opened as far as Hatton Cross*. The current platforms were built at a lower level on a different alignment and were brought into use after a weekend closure to re-lay the tracks. The 1931 art-deco station entrance was retained with a walkway to the new platforms. * the line on to Heathrow Central (now Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3) opened in December 1977. Hounslow West to Hatton Cross was constructed mostly in shallow tunnel using the "cut and cover" method, the line from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Central was deep-level bored tunnel. That explains why that section of tunnel was one piece instead of two separate tunnels, yet after Hatton Cross it's back to two seperate tunnels. I remember the first time riding that section and was frightenly¹ surprised one could see the train passing in the opposite direction. Also makes sense it crossing over the river ¹ - made me jump
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Post by vjaska on Nov 6, 2020 22:07:04 GMT
Is there anything underground that explains why the track dips out very briefly between Hatton Cross & Hounslow West before diving back under? It crosses the River Crane - it was easier and cheaper to cross it on a bridge than tunnel under it. Thanks
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