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Level crossing on the Central Line....shock! (pun intended)

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Old 16th September 2009, 19:29
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FP great explanation


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Old 16th September 2009, 19:51
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Interesting chat as usual and you never know what is coming up next!!
I have spent years walking up and down the Epping Ongar Railway since it became a Heritage Railway and I know of no-where that a level crossing could have been located. I have seen all the track plans, inspected umpteen times but there are only underbridges or overbridges and foot crossings. There is nothing north of North Weald because the line runs strongly east-west. Thats got me stumped for sure!!
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I have Ordnance Survey map 167 in front of me (date unknown but line shown as open) and there is no sign of a rail level crossing on that.

As said the line runs east-west at North Weald so ?


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The Southern/LUL Quail map book has one marked just to the east of North Weald Station at 5.6km from Ongar..
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found this snippett.

"By May 2001, the pedestrian level crossing at North Weald station was open and adorned with signposts warning people to beware of trains: stiles had been constructed to take people into and out of the grounds of the former station. The level crossing provided the perfect opportunity to take photos of the line, platform and trackless second platform "

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http://archive.echo-news.co.uk/2000/7/13/199671.html

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Here is how that stretch looks today looking east towards Ongar and the now closed off foot-bridge.

http://eorailway.co.uk/news/uploaded...030-761203.jpg
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Indeed it is possible to gap an 8 car at Victoria on the South Eastern side of the station, despit Network Rail,s assurances to the contrary!
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Old 11th October 2009, 13:08
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Hello from Paris to everybody. The western area of Paris suburban trains (st. Lazare and Invalides stations) has been working with a 750v third rail system for nearly six decades (ca 1920-1980), and these lines had numerous level crossings. Both netwoks are now electrified with overhead wires (1 500 V DC for invalides and 25 kV AC for St. Lazare).

There is one level crossing in the Paris metro network, on a non-passenger line connecting the terminal siding of line n° 2 at "Nation" with the local wokshop. Of course the live rail is interrupted and trains pick current from one of the motors cars only during the crossing.
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Old 14th April 2010, 12:26
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(...) One such place is on the Metropolitan Spur in London. Drivers of (4 Car) trains which are stopped on a red signal in the Down direction at the bottom of the slope are advised not to move off if it clears to only a single yellow. They should should only move if they receive two yellows or a green. This is because stopping at the next signal places them in the middle of Metropolitan jn which is full of gaps, and if they do become stuck they will block all trains out of Charing Cross !

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Where exactly is located this "Metropolitan Spur", where stuck Met trains would block Charing X traffic ?
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Hello SDX, Metropolitan Junction is on the line between London Bridge and Waterloo (East) stations, one of three junctions which form a triangle outside Charing Cross station.

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