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posted: 19 Feb 2011 21:07 from: Martin Wynne
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Large-scale detailed maps of the tracks running into Birmingham New Street from the east are available online as part of the HS2 consultation. Some of these files are large. It's best to save them on your system and then open them in Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. Zoom in to 200% or more to see the detail. http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00009.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00010.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00011.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00012.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00013.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00014.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00015.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00016.pdf http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-00017.pdf More available -- just keep increasing the number at the end of the URL.  Interactive map of the full HS2 route: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12514475 Martin. |
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posted: 19 Feb 2011 22:41 from: John Lewis
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Good to see they still have "chainage"! | ||
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posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:54 from: Judi R
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It's one of those quirks of history. The railway companies are required by Act of Parliament to show distances along the railway line in miles with quarter-mile posts. There must be tens of thousands of drawings and plans that show miles and chains (or, if you're in former GWR territory, miles and yards) and it is simply too much trouble and expense to change all of this for the dogmatic whim of metrication. So, even when new railways are designed in metric, mile and quarter-mile posts are still provided. There is an odd little exception to this, the Heathrow Express railway is only delineated in metric once it enters the tunnels. The Sectional Appendix gives miles and yards to the tunnel portal just off Airport Junction and then changes to kilometres the rest of the way (with a zero at Paddington). Judi |
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