swt_passenger
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Potentially getting very off topic for the current Kings Cross layout changes thread now.AlbertBeale said:
What route was thought up for getting from KX out to Southend? There's no obvious connection I can think of, and surely they wouldn't have been thinking of tunnelling under half of London from the KX area back in those days??
AIUI the route was to be from a new dedicated Kings Cross airport station on the goods yards north of the canal roughly where the recent major developments are, with the route passing over the 4 track approach to Kings Cross and then using the eastern bore of Copenhagen tunnel only, up towards Finsbury Park (actually Harringay), then heading east somehow (with a new curve joining the T&H (Goblin)). So not using the eastern bore of Gasworks tunnel as was being discussed in the main thread.
Previous discussions on the subject suggest it was all crayons, and a practical route out to the east was never really confirmed.
Also, given the dates mentioned below, the 3rd airport had been cancelled by 1970, so so by 1977 presumably the requirement to leave the eastern bore empty must have been overtaken by events. So i think it asks the question, how long had the 1970s throat changes been in development by the time they were done?
Modern Railways did a comprehensive article in October 1977, I’ve pulled out the relevant section from a scan of the whole article. Hope it is of some interest:
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