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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10964766

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A runaway train went through six stops on a 13-minute journey on London's Tube with other trains having to be cleared out of its path.

The engineering train became uncoupled as it was towed on the Northern Line near Archway station on Friday morning.

Passenger trains were diverted to another branch of the Northern Line while trains were cleared from the Charing Cross branch.

The train ran for nearly four miles before it stopped at Warren Street.

It came to a rest only because there is a slight incline at the station.

Sounds like the plot of a low budget British movie.

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Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:52 pm
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Mornington Crescent 123? :D

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Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:32 am
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Ah, in this case the Stanislavsky variant comes into play, so triples are only valid when played counter clockwise.


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What about the Samantha variant?

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Caused all sorts of problems this morning, though at the station there was no mention of any problems. The driver said something about a faulty engineering train. However they really [LIFTED] it up in the evening. They decided that all trains coming from the Charing Cross branch go to Edgware and the Bank branch goes to High Barnet.

I spent 15 long minutes at a crowded Camden platform waiting for an Edgware train. That was not necessary at all. [LIFTED].

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I'm impressed they were able to move everything out of they way that quickly.

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