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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 2, 2021 12:15:37 GMT
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Post by snowman on Mar 2, 2021 12:29:10 GMT
No it is the tunnels approaching Kings Cross There are 3 double track tunnels, but the Eastern one has been out of use since 1970s when line was rationalised to 4 tracks and the suburban flyover built |
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 5, 2021 13:35:26 GMT
The old Northern City Line tunnels at Finsbury Park were partly reused for the Victoria Line - the southbound platform (IIRC) was formerly one of the NCL platforms whilst the southbound Piccadilly Line was diverted into the other. The whole railway history around that area of London is complex and fascinating. Also in the area is the Canonbury Curve, which is now used only for freight and empty stock workings but carried suburban trains from the Great Northern into Broad Street until these were replaced by the new Moorgate suburban electric services in 1976. |
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Post by wirewiper on Apr 29, 2021 8:04:00 GMT
The third King's Cross tunnel (the Gasworks Tunnels to give them their official name) reopened to passenger trains on Monday 26th April. A Great Northern and LNER train symbolically entered King's Cross side by side via the reopened tunnel just before 05.00. King's Cross Signalling Centre was switched out at midnight the previous evening, the area is now controlled from York. Work continues on resignalling and remodelling other parts of King's Cross station and its approaches, with the entire project due to be completed by the end of this year. ianVisits and Focus Transport have articles about the reopening, with photos and a diagram of King's Cross and its approaches before and after the remodelling. www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/04/26/disused-rail-tunnel-reopens-at-kings-cross-station/www.focustransport.org/2021/04/third-kings-cross-tunnel-reopened.html |
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