Anyone fancy a bit of detective work on a railway line? Question: Is there an operating railway line to the east of Sleaford in Linclonshire and how many tracks does it have?
Even the information from Network Rail in contradictory and is certainly wrong in parts. The 'Strategic Business Plan 11' from Network Rail shows a twin track line to the east of Sleaford' (it is not twin track - see below)[3] However... the 'Geographic Network Map' from Network Rail does not even show a route to the east of Sleaford at all.[4] Google/TelAtlas shows no railway line but the aerial photography clearly shows a *single track* line in good condition (not twin track as per Network Rail)[2] StreetMap.co.uk displays OS mapping and there is a line to the east of the town (but does that indicate that it is operaional?)[5] OSM showed a working line at some point in the past, but it is now has a discontinued line in the data that isn't rendered for some reason[1] Wikipedia shows the route going through Sleaford.[6] There are no news reports that I can see saying anything has changed recently. So... anyone fancy sorting this one out? [1 http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.998594045639&lon=-0.390808582305908&zoom=14 ] [2] http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sleaford&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.074846,35.15625&ie=UTF8&ll=53.001046,-0.410957&spn=0.051963,0.137329&z=13 [3] http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%2011%20-%20South%20Cross-Pennine,%20South%20Yorkshire%20and%20Lincolnshire.pdf [4] http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/system/galleries/download/print_maps/uk.pdf [5] http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=506500&y=345500&z=120&sv=sleaford&st=3&tl=Map+of+Sleaford,+Lincolnshire+ [City/Town/Village]&searchp=ids.srf [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough-Lincoln_Line Regards, Peter Miller _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
