 Escaped Circle Line train at Aldgate East
Walter Briscoe wrote:
> At about 07.40 on Sunday morning 20/07/08, I saw a westbound train at
> Aldgate East. The destination on the front was "CIRCLE LINE". There was no
> mention of it on the platform train describer. The PA sounded something
> akin to: "This is a Circle Line service via Liverpool Street".
>
> Where might it have been parked?
> What wanderings do Circle Line services do?
Probably entering service from Upney (Barking) sidings, where a number of
C-stock trains are berthed nightly.
I recall this service from my time living in Barking. It always caused a
degree of confusion to the bleary-eyed, early on a Sunday. Not least
because, with no H&C service east of Whitechapel on a Sunday, nobody at
Barking expected to see a C-stock train in service.
Plus, of course, the obvious question as to whether this 'Circle Line' train
would become a clockwise or anti-clockwise service!
Chris |