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Is the line electrified ? (if so i assume as 3rd rail circa 750 volts DC) -- 84.68.63.54 19:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
This article gives the impression that this "Line" exists in isolation from the other services using exactly the same railway lines. In fact the name "North Downs Line" is simply a means of designating the services which use the tracks. The first part, to Wokingham, is a section of railway also used by the London Waterloo-Reading services; Southern serve Reigate; and so on.
Apart from which, the North Downs is at least another 70 miles to its end at the White Cliffs at Dover!!!
Peter Shearan 16:31, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Map is wrong. Line crosses Mole Valley line after Dorking Deepdene, not before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.226.224 ( talk) 11:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
(I presume that is the correct name...)
Anyway, looking at an SCC document I noticed a section of official map that showed the railways around that point, and clearly showed that this was a triangular junction. The chord from east to south has been lifted, leaving just the present alignment (from east to north).
I have updated Portsmouth Direct Line to show this feature, but I cannot adequately correct this map owing to the lack of a suitable icon. I need something similar to an ABZ_rd, but rotated 90deg anti-clockwise. I have placed an icon request on the appropriate routemap talkpage.
EdJogg 16:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Does anyone know the origin of the name "North Downs Line". The earliest reference I can find is the name being used for the Network SouthEast subsector. Does it go back any further? Mertbiol 10:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Copied from talk:WikiProject_UK_Railways Mertbiol ( talk) 19:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Can a few knowledgeable editors please review the recent edits by Jrstroud88 ( talk · contribs)? I was alerted to the changes from the North Downs Line article, where, apparently, before 1994, trains went to Tunbridge Wells, rather than Tonbridge. Now I travelled on this line quite a lot in the 1980s and I always thought the timetable, train indicators, station announcements, etc said Tonbridge.
EdJogg ( talk) 02:27, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
A tiny point, but my local knowledge tells me that there are two level crossings (unclassified roads) between Chilworth and Gomshall stations. The missing one is west of Gomshall and east of the former Shere Heath station.
As for the name, 'North Downs Line', I admit that it's a modernish marketng name, but the line as a whole remains much as it was originally built from Redhill to Reading and it was a significant chunk of SER's route mileage in the early days. It deserves a name ! Stuartsh ( talk) 17:20, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
An edit yesterday (see here) changed the emphasis of the 'Possibilities for electrification' paragraph for the route between Wokingham and Ash. The original suggested that the platforms had been extended, with future electrification in mind. The revised text suggests that platform lengthening would be required ('of course').
So, were these platforms extended, as originally stated, or not? This edit changes the meaning utterly.
EdJogg ( talk) 10:28, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
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Is the line electrified ? (if so i assume as 3rd rail circa 750 volts DC) -- 84.68.63.54 19:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
This article gives the impression that this "Line" exists in isolation from the other services using exactly the same railway lines. In fact the name "North Downs Line" is simply a means of designating the services which use the tracks. The first part, to Wokingham, is a section of railway also used by the London Waterloo-Reading services; Southern serve Reigate; and so on.
Apart from which, the North Downs is at least another 70 miles to its end at the White Cliffs at Dover!!!
Peter Shearan 16:31, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Map is wrong. Line crosses Mole Valley line after Dorking Deepdene, not before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.226.224 ( talk) 11:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
(I presume that is the correct name...)
Anyway, looking at an SCC document I noticed a section of official map that showed the railways around that point, and clearly showed that this was a triangular junction. The chord from east to south has been lifted, leaving just the present alignment (from east to north).
I have updated Portsmouth Direct Line to show this feature, but I cannot adequately correct this map owing to the lack of a suitable icon. I need something similar to an ABZ_rd, but rotated 90deg anti-clockwise. I have placed an icon request on the appropriate routemap talkpage.
EdJogg 16:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Does anyone know the origin of the name "North Downs Line". The earliest reference I can find is the name being used for the Network SouthEast subsector. Does it go back any further? Mertbiol 10:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Copied from talk:WikiProject_UK_Railways Mertbiol ( talk) 19:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Can a few knowledgeable editors please review the recent edits by Jrstroud88 ( talk · contribs)? I was alerted to the changes from the North Downs Line article, where, apparently, before 1994, trains went to Tunbridge Wells, rather than Tonbridge. Now I travelled on this line quite a lot in the 1980s and I always thought the timetable, train indicators, station announcements, etc said Tonbridge.
EdJogg ( talk) 02:27, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
A tiny point, but my local knowledge tells me that there are two level crossings (unclassified roads) between Chilworth and Gomshall stations. The missing one is west of Gomshall and east of the former Shere Heath station.
As for the name, 'North Downs Line', I admit that it's a modernish marketng name, but the line as a whole remains much as it was originally built from Redhill to Reading and it was a significant chunk of SER's route mileage in the early days. It deserves a name ! Stuartsh ( talk) 17:20, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
An edit yesterday (see here) changed the emphasis of the 'Possibilities for electrification' paragraph for the route between Wokingham and Ash. The original suggested that the platforms had been extended, with future electrification in mind. The revised text suggests that platform lengthening would be required ('of course').
So, were these platforms extended, as originally stated, or not? This edit changes the meaning utterly.
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