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I know than a lot of the lines had to follow weird quirky routes as they are built under the roads, not the houses. This was something to do with the cost of ge
by memsom 9y ago
I know than a lot of the lines had to follow weird quirky routes as they are built under the roads, not the houses. This was something to do with the cost of getting permission to build under other people's properties IIRC
- pmarreck 9y agoNo eminent domain law in the UK?
- goodcanadian 9y agoEminent domain comes from English common law. The crown ultimately owns everything (i.e. holds eminent domain). Your "fee simple" property allows you to hold rights in the property in perpetuity in exchange for a simple fee (as opposed to a lease). The crown still holds eminent domain, however, and can take it away. The "constitutional" part of "constitutional monarchy" does create a process and establish compensation and such so that your rights can't be taken away arbitrarily.
- mattkevan 9y agoAlso a lot of the older lines - like the circle line - are much more shallow and were built by digging up the roads, putting in the tunnel and covering it back up (cut and cover) rather than by boring the tunnels.
- Angostura 9y agoIn addition, quite a few of the curves on the Central Line are there to avoid digging through plague pits - apparently