Do you mean the was a parallel line from Farringdon to Moorgate, south of the Circle Line, which carried various services over the years and most recently a few peak hour Thameslink trains? It was closed when enlargement of Farringdon for longer trains blocked the route at that end, and last time I was there the portal at the west end of Barbican station was blocked off because of Crossrail works. It will eventually become stabling sidings for the Underground, and the junction is already laid to connect them in at the Farringdon end.I noticed a tunnel at Barbican station that is now sealed of. What was it used for?
I’m not seeing any images in those articles Jonathan, just the text and placeholder names where the pics should be. Is that happening to anyone else?This might help too (I assume I don't need to paste it all out).
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I'm getting that too - may have been lost in the recent move of London Reconnections to a new format? Which is a shame as when I looked before they were absolutely fascinating.I’m not seeing any images in those articles Jonathan, just the text and placeholder names where the pics should be. Is that happening to anyone else?
same hereI’m not seeing any images in those articles Jonathan, just the text and placeholder names where the pics should be. Is that happening to anyone else?
The photos seem not uploaded when I tried to look into the source code. Clicking on the source files, I got a 404 error, also with pop-ups and cookies enabled.I think the photos are trying to be viewed as 'pop-ups' - possible most people have for good reasons set their browsers to block 'pop-ups' hence the lack of view?
Nice one, thanks for posting those links.Use archive.org to access old versions of sites that don't make successful transitions to new platforms or formats. These snapshots are from how LRC looked in 2012.
https://web.archive.org/web/2012083...2012/in-pictures-a-walk-on-the-widened-lines/
https://web.archive.org/web/2012090.../london-terminals-fullsome-farringdon-part-1/
And here.same here
showing the signal box, now demolishedHere is a picture from the platforms looking towards the tunnels.
not specifically mentioned. There will be a diamond crossing in the platform area at Barbican.Is it known if the stabling sidings plan involves a fence along the platform at Barbican?
Looking at an aerial view the open air section between the junction at Farringdon and the portal will need to be very tightly curved, and looking at the orientation of Barbican this curve must continue into the tunnel and reverse within it, so it would be virtually impossible to lay any switches and crossings unless some highly bespoke designs were used. With the scissors at Barbican it's only the two trains between there and Farringdon that are constrained in the directions they need to enter and leave.Surprising that there isn't one additional scissors crossover in the vicinity of the 'New link' label, to allow the westernmost stabling berths to enter & leave with minimal activity on the running lines.
Though, if these units are destined to begin services from Aldgate, there will be reversals at Farringdon regardless.
It is the tunnel in post 23.Do you mean the was a parallel line from Farringdon to Moorgate, south of the Circle Line, which carried various services over the years and most recently a few peak hour Thameslink trains? It was closed when enlargement of Farringdon for longer trains blocked the route at that end, and last time I was there the portal at the west end of Barbican station was blocked off because of Crossrail works. It will eventually become stabling sidings for the Underground, and the junction is already laid to connect them in at the Farringdon end.
If you mean some other tunnel, you will have to be more specific!
That side of the station now looks very run down. It is hard to imagine that it looked so appealing.May 2017 at Barbican, looking westbound towards Farringdon. Haven't been there since 23rd March so no idea what it looks like now.
We’ve possibly been over-analysing this topic then!It is the tunnel in post 23.
That's the one I referred to in my earlier response.It is the tunnel in post 23.
Thanks. It makes sense to me now.That's the one I referred to in my earlier response.
It must be a strange feeling as you said, I havent been down there at all but it must be weird as the tunnels are floating the whole thing is on rubber supports! Yet no-one in the tube trains running through realise this at all.I've walked the section of tunnel between moorgate and barbican and it's pretty intresting what's down there. It's also what's known as a "floating track" where theres a void underneath the track bed and it's not actually on the ground, i even went under it, it was a strange feeling. I'll try and find some pictures
Before anyone says anything, I wasn't tresspassing, I got bored on a night shift!