De-electrified lines

[steamybrian]

Southern Region closed dc electrified lines are -

Nunhead- Crystal Palace High Level closed 1954 (not 1955)
Haywards Heath- Horsted Keynes as mentioned earlier as closed 1963
Elmers End- Addiscombe closed 1997
Woodside-Selsdon closed 1983
Coulsdon North station and carriage sidings closed 1983
Dover Western Docks (triangle) closed 1994
West Croydon-Wimbledon via Mitcham closed 1997 for conversion to Tramlink
Frimley- Sturt Lane Jn curve closed 1966
Staines and Virginia Water avoiding curves closed in the 1960s
Kew Bridge- South Acton closed for passengers 1940 (still open for freight)
Holborn Viaduct- Blackfriars closed 1990
Reading Southern-Reading Spur Jn closed 1966
and finally
Folkestone Harbour-Folkestone East which closed recently

 

[paulb1973]

Link to a picture of the long closed Windsor Street Wharf Goods line in Aston, Birmingham. Clearly part electrified here, can't be too many pictures of this area showing the wired line/s:

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1631819

Better pics:
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1631965 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1631972

 

[W-on-Sea]

Southern Region closed dc electrified lines are -


Kew Bridge- South Acton closed for passengers 1940 (still open for freight)

which of course had a DMU passenger service more recently (1999-2002?), the Anglia "Crosslink" route between Chelmsford (and beyond) and Basingstoke.

 

[paulb1973]

Found this on fotopic - I do believe this is the once electrified Wolverhampton steel terminal line. The line remains but the OHLE has been removed:

http://western-champions-pics-online.fotopic.net/p55628832.html


And staying in the W Mids - here is a picture of Proof House Junction in Birmingham (pre-remodel). Those parcel sidings on the far left-hand-side at a lower level no longer exist - all remaining OHLE at that area was dismantled by about 1990:

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1603919

 

[londonmidland]

What is that little bit at Derby where it's electrified for about 50 meters, it's among all the other sidings and it doesn't look like it gets used. Anyone know what it's for and when the last time it got used?

 

[paulb1973]

I travelled to Euston on Wednesday [from Coventry] looks like the Blisworth area - specifically the location of the former Blisworth station has seen a reduction in electrified track. The wider span OHLE masts (across 2 tracks) and at least one 'm' shaped lattice structure suggests some OHLE has been removed. A book at home showing a pic of Blisworth station in 1966, just after electrification, suggests this is the case.

I'm fairly certain one electrified siding has been removed around the Leighton Buzzard area - although I may have got this wrong - it may be nearer Tring instead.