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Trailing crossover at Peckham Rye 22/07/2019 at 20:14 #119566
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Does anybody happen to know when the trailing crossover at Peckham Rye (South London Line) was put in (and taken out??)

It is shown on this map:

http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/

But is absent from both eras of the London Bridge ASC sim and from the OpenTrainTimes map:

https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/vir1#LINK_2

Which makes me think it could have been installed after 2014 and lifted before 2019. A very short life, so I'm wondering what the real story is.

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Trailing crossover at Peckham Rye 22/07/2019 at 20:47 #119567
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It looks like it was taken out around 2012, according to Google Earth's imagery. Panel photos in the signalbox indicate it was clipped and padlocked at the time the photo was taken in 2008 - no signalled moves, and no ground frame. I don't know when it was installed.
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Last edited: 22/07/2019 at 22:09 by GeoffM
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Trailing crossover at Peckham Rye 23/07/2019 at 07:55 #119573
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It's already appearing in the plans for the original London Bridge PSB resignalling, and is shown as being clipped and padlocked even back then.
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Trailing crossover at Peckham Rye 23/07/2019 at 09:12 #119575
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The station platforms were reconstructed in 1961 when at the same time a depot at Peckham Rye Jn and coal sidings to the East of the station were taken up[1]. So my guess is that the crossover would have been taken out of use then or sometime surely after?

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[1]. London Railway Atlas, 4th Ed. (Highly recommended for London rail information)

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Trailing crossover at Peckham Rye 23/07/2019 at 09:51 #119576
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Jan in post 119573 said:
It's already appearing in the plans for the original London Bridge PSB resignalling, and is shown as being clipped and padlocked even back then.
It was not a motorised crossover and was clipped and padlocked unless required for engineering works or emergencies in which case the P-Way had to unclip them and manually bar them over. There are/were several around the kent area including kidbrooke and Charlton.

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Trailing crossover at Peckham Rye 23/07/2019 at 14:24 #119579
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Really glad I asked now, thanks!
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