Cricketer8for9
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Having spent some of lockdown looking at cab ride videos from Germany, and following them on a map, there see to be plenty of cities there with freight avoiding lines. So my question is how many exist(ed) in the UK.
My candidates are, Doncaster (south west to north east), York, Crewe, Carlisle (ex). I’m sure there are more.
My rules are that the line must primarily be, or have been, for freight services and must be a way of avoiding a station, but start and finish from a point on the passenger lines themselves. Extra non-platform lines running through a station don’t count, we need a separate formation. Curves to avoid termini do NOT count. Presence of a yard on the avoiding line a distinct bonus as is an explanation of when the line was built.
My candidates are, Doncaster (south west to north east), York, Crewe, Carlisle (ex). I’m sure there are more.
My rules are that the line must primarily be, or have been, for freight services and must be a way of avoiding a station, but start and finish from a point on the passenger lines themselves. Extra non-platform lines running through a station don’t count, we need a separate formation. Curves to avoid termini do NOT count. Presence of a yard on the avoiding line a distinct bonus as is an explanation of when the line was built.