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« Reply #45 on: February 28, 2022, 17:22:51 »

Liverpool Exchange. Long gone now.
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« Reply #46 on: February 28, 2022, 17:23:49 »

Liverpool Exchange. Long gone now.

Long gone, but NOT pictured in this quiz!
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« Reply #47 on: February 28, 2022, 17:37:29 »

I guess the stations with big usage that no-one guesses are the main suburban interchanges (though that does depend on how you count heads). So the likes of East Croydon, Wimbledon, Richmond. But I don't think there is one of those on the line through Petts Wood, so that's not a lot of help. Lewisham and Hither Green are more junctions that concentrate lines, and are both eccentric shapes.

As to what we see: four electric lines is common enough, but the non-electric ones that are linked by the crossovers and also have a platform (of sorts) so are not just for freight? That suggests longer-distance services, doesn't it? Nothing springs to mind there either. Of course if a lot of it was knocked down and the track removed 60 years ago it makes the springing to mind harder.
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« Reply #48 on: February 28, 2022, 17:38:52 »

Not sure if anyone has suggested this yet, but in the 60s with Reading Southern/General?
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« Reply #49 on: February 28, 2022, 17:49:54 »

I am ... amazed ... no-one has it yet.  Hard, perhaps, but it shouldn't be this hard.
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« Reply #50 on: February 28, 2022, 17:57:16 »

Victoria has been mentioned, but with the assumption that this is the London one.

Manchester Victoria (east end) is a possibility with the Bury electrics out of the low-numbered platforms; but if this is the case, the photograph has been flipped.
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« Reply #51 on: February 28, 2022, 18:07:44 »

Victoria has been mentioned, but with the assumption that this is the London one.

Manchester Victoria (east end) is a possibility with the Bury electrics out of the low-numbered platforms; but if this is the case, the photograph has been flipped.
I tried “east of Manchester Victoria” last night, post #20.
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« Reply #52 on: February 28, 2022, 18:08:23 »

How about New Cross / New Cross Gate (I can never remember which was/is which)?
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« Reply #53 on: February 28, 2022, 18:13:22 »

I tried “east of Manchester Victoria” last night, post #20.

Sorry Paul, missed that.
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« Reply #54 on: February 28, 2022, 19:30:38 »

I tried “east of Manchester Victoria” last night, post #20.

Sorry Paul, missed that.
I’ve been struggling a bit since as well, really…
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« Reply #55 on: February 28, 2022, 20:00:12 »

I’ve been struggling a bit since as well, really…

And the place came up on the forum last month too ...

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« Reply #56 on: February 28, 2022, 20:21:35 »

[search]Total forum discussions|month= January|place=stations|concept=trackwork[/search]

Wrong search string I guess ...
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« Reply #57 on: February 28, 2022, 20:27:58 »

No, you have to think where would random places get a mention starting last month - and that leads to it being London Cannon Street.
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« Reply #58 on: February 28, 2022, 20:54:29 »

No, you have to think where would random places get a mention starting last month - and that leads to it being London Cannon Street.

Well done, got there eventually.  I just never thought Cannon St would have been so much more complex than today.
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« Reply #59 on: February 28, 2022, 21:34:41 »

Well done, got there eventually.  I just never thought Cannon St would have been so much more complex than today.

In those days the four tracks from London Bridge were two inbound on the west and two outbound on the east so lots of crossing needed. A further two tracks took on the very west took trains on to Charing Cross after a reversal, with some empties going into Blackfriars.  The suburban electric platforms took 8 carriage trains.

Things have changed - not sure I am totally up to date but:
* All lines electrified
* Lines are now in-out-in-out as far as Borough Market Junction
* Just a single track round to Charing Cross and only needed now from high numbered platforms
* 10 car scheme has extended the suburban platforms, space provided by reducing complexity of paintwork and flexibility
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