Meanings
- UKOn level ground.
- On the same level, at grade.
Another connection to be removed in September was that from the North London Line to the Tilbury route at Bromley, which crossed the District Line on the flat.
1959 November, “L.T. and E.R. developments in East London”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5291 more example
Aside from services running along the East Coast Main Line, the documents include East Midlands Railway's services from Matlock and Derby to Lincoln and Cleethorpes, because they cross the ECML on the flat at Newark. In the busiest weekday hour, 21 trains cross at Newark.
2025 October 1, Philip Haigh, “Winners and losers in the new ECML timetable”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 22
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on the flat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20flat
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