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The article needs to point out that no lines were actually widened to create the so-called widened lines. Tracks may have been added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 ( talk) 13:48, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Date | Comment |
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October 1863 | GNR connection at King's Cross |
23 December 1865 | MR reaches Moorgate |
1 January 1866 | Junction with LC&DR opens |
20 February 1866 | Through passenger working between LC&DR and GNR |
1 March 1866 | widened lines between Farrindon to Aldersgate open |
1 July 1866 | widened lines open to Moorgate |
17 February 1868 | Joined to mainline at King's Cross and St Pancras |
13 July 1868 | Midland Railway runs to Moorgate |
1871 | LC&DR runs into Moorgate via a new link |
The article says "By the end of the 19th century a continental service was operating from Liverpool to Paris, via the Widened Lines. Trains departed at 08:00 and arrived in Paris by 22:50 having travelled by paddle steamer across the Channel at Folkestone".
Is this true? I don't recall ever hearing of such a thing.
In any case, the text implies that the train was shunted on to the ship at Folkestone, but I can't find any evidence of such things existing before the first world war. -- Alarics ( talk) 11:12, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
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The article needs to point out that no lines were actually widened to create the so-called widened lines. Tracks may have been added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 ( talk) 13:48, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Date | Comment |
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October 1863 | GNR connection at King's Cross |
23 December 1865 | MR reaches Moorgate |
1 January 1866 | Junction with LC&DR opens |
20 February 1866 | Through passenger working between LC&DR and GNR |
1 March 1866 | widened lines between Farrindon to Aldersgate open |
1 July 1866 | widened lines open to Moorgate |
17 February 1868 | Joined to mainline at King's Cross and St Pancras |
13 July 1868 | Midland Railway runs to Moorgate |
1871 | LC&DR runs into Moorgate via a new link |
The article says "By the end of the 19th century a continental service was operating from Liverpool to Paris, via the Widened Lines. Trains departed at 08:00 and arrived in Paris by 22:50 having travelled by paddle steamer across the Channel at Folkestone".
Is this true? I don't recall ever hearing of such a thing.
In any case, the text implies that the train was shunted on to the ship at Folkestone, but I can't find any evidence of such things existing before the first world war. -- Alarics ( talk) 11:12, 18 August 2021 (UTC)