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this might sound radical but it's a solution that's already been tried successfully at Angel and Euston.
Not really radical, not really a case of "tried" - just implemented. A more obvious, more recent and more similar (excuse bad English) example is at London Bridge - the adjacent station on the Northern Line.
Pedantic of Purley | 02.10.13 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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Reminds me of DG's recent observation, "Wait long enough, have faith, and London really does get better."
I hope the text on the signs isn't blue-on-white, though.
James Armitage | Homepage | 02.10.13 - 9:32 a.m. | #
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What? They're going to close the Northern Line through Bank for FOUR MONTHS in 2020? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. How will I get to work? I DON'T EVEN GET OFF AT BANK. They haven't even given me any notice at all of this?!
[foams at mouth gently]
Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 02.10.13 - 9:42 a.m. | #
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Presumably the 2020 closure will affect the whole Bank branch, closing Angel and Borough stations completely.
NLW | 02.10.13 - 11:56 a.m. | #
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Wait till people find out Embankment Station (Northern and Bakerloo) is closing (trains not stopping) for most of 2014.
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To the poster @ 1226hrs: source or information for the Embankment Station (Northern/Bakerloo) closure?
Jordan D | 02.10.13 - 1:47 p.m. | #
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Is that northern line closed through Bank effectively cutting through services, or that trains just won't stop at Bank?
mdb | 02.10.13 - 2:32 p.m. | #
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It depends on whether the work can be done like TCR - build a protective barrier around the trains on the platform area so they can continue to run through even though the platform work is being done very close by, or not.
I don't see why it can't be done like TCR.
Sykobee | 02.10.13 - 2:52 p.m. | #
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@Sykobee & mdb:
because connecting the new running tunnel to the old line (north and south of the station) isn't quite the same as refurbishing/updating the platforms whilst the trains run through the station.
In the old, old days when the new Picc Line tunnels were built at Finsbury Park, a step-plate junction managed to make the move happen in a much shorter timescale, but I'd expect they've given themselves a wide window to aim at now ...
Jordan D | 02.10.13 - 4:34 p.m. | #
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I'm happy they're doing this but why oh why so miserably slowdown? 2020, really? :-(
Oop | 02.10.13 - 9:35 p.m. | #
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Being slightly pedantic (and maybe wrong) but I don't think that the platforms at Angel (and maybe Euston but I'm not so sure) were 'knocked through' - rather they were originally island platforms and one of the running lines was filled in to widen the platform, as mentioned above, London Bridge is a more appropriate comparison
richard | 04.10.13 - 11:53 a.m. | #
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During the London Bridge works the southbound line terminated at Moorgate for a few months. Imagine it will be the same for this job in 2020.
tops | 04.10.13 - 12:15 p.m. | #
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Interesting to note on the plans that Arthur Street will be closed for five years for the works to take place - and that the old King William Street station of the Northern line's predecessor will be used as a works access.
Chris | 07.10.13 - 2:47 p.m. | #
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