Widened Lines

[D_Sims97]

any idea if the Widened Lines between Farringdon and Moorgate will be used for anything?

 

[swt_passenger]

any idea if the Widened Lines between Farringdon and Moorgate will be used for anything?

Welcome.

Long stabling sidings for LU trains is the plan, I’ll try and find the existing discussion…

 

[pdeaves]

any idea if the Widened Lines between Farringdon and Moorgate will be used for anything?

There have been past suggestions that at least part of the route will become Underground sidings.

Oh, as swt_passenger says!

 

[swt_passenger]

Here you go, @D_Sims97 - there’s a plan in the first post:

Conversion of Former NR Line to Moorgate into a Siding

A picture from the Disused Stations group on Facebook (credit to Keith Ward) shows a timeline form the conversion of the ex-National Rail branch from Farringdon to Moorgate into sidings for London Underground. There would be space for 12 S-stock (both S7 and S8) units. That includes 8 on the...

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There’s also some details in a slightly older thread here:

Pointwork at Farringdon Sub-Surface query.

With the advent of Thameslink 2000 and the platform extensions at Farringdon blocking access to the Moorgate branch this route was subsequently closed. Obviously no mainline services have served the stations at Barbican and Moorgate since then and although the track remains in situ the OHLE and...

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[D_Sims97]

Here you go, @D_Sims97 - there’s a plan in the first post:

Conversion of Former NR Line to Moorgate into a Siding

A picture from the Disused Stations group on Facebook (credit to Keith Ward) shows a timeline form the conversion of the ex-National Rail branch from Farringdon to Moorgate into sidings for London Underground. There would be space for 12 S-stock (both S7 and S8) units. That includes 8 on the...

www.railforums.co.uk

There’s also some details in a slightly older thread here:

Pointwork at Farringdon Sub-Surface query.

With the advent of Thameslink 2000 and the platform extensions at Farringdon blocking access to the Moorgate branch this route was subsequently closed. Obviously no mainline services have served the stations at Barbican and Moorgate since then and although the track remains in situ the OHLE and...

www.railforums.co.uk

thank you so much!

 

[D_Sims97]

There have been past suggestions that at least part of the route will become Underground sidings.

Oh, as swt_passenger says!

thanks anyway

Welcome.

Long stabling sidings for LU trains is the plan, I’ll try and find the existing discussion…

thank you much appreciated!

 

[SargeNpton]

At Moorgate the widened line platforms are used on a fairly regular basis to turn round eastbound Hammersmith & City Line trains during disruptions.

 

[SynthD]

At Moorgate the widened line platforms are used on a fairly regular basis to turn round eastbound Hammersmith & City Line trains during disruptions.

There are four Underground platforms, plus the two former Thameslink platforms.

 

[swt_passenger]

At Moorgate the widened line platforms are used on a fairly regular basis to turn round eastbound Hammersmith & City Line trains during disruptions.

I believe P3/4 at Moorgate have not been connected to the widened lines since the 1965 track remodelling when the Barbican was built. It’s possible they weren’t connected before that but I have no earlier information…