From: srfurley@googlemail.com   
      
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   Tunnels on the London Underground system have been penetrated a couple of   
   times in the last decade or so, most recently in Islington where a new   
   building was being constructed above a tunnel which was originally intended   
   to be part of a main-line railway, became part of the London Underground for   
   many years until 1975 and is now part of the National Rail network.  It   
   seems that the tunnel was not shown on the map being used by the   
   contractors, possibly due to confusion caused by the change of ownership.   
   This sort of thing certainly gives serious cause for concern.   
      
   Is it know what caused the penetration of the tunnel in Queens?  Was the   
   hole being bored in the wrong place?  Was the tunnel shown as being in the   
   wrong place?  Had the site been incorrectly surveyed?  What on Earth have   
   'Union workers' got to do with it.   
      
   The Islington incident was on a short section of underground railway where a   
   terrible accident happened just before the line closed as part of the   
   Underground system when a train ran at speed into a dead-end tunnel at   
   Moorgate, three stations further South, resulting in many deaths.   
   Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the drilling accident.   
      
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