On Tue, 4 May 2004 13:01:14 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

I'm trying to compile a list of interesting things to go see on the
"tube" on a day trip. Engineering mainly, like the crossover at the end
of the Oxford St Bakerloo, the scale of Canary Wharf and the tunnel out
of Bank-DLR. What others can the team suggest?

You seem to have included DLR as well as the Tube

well let's see

Aldgate Station - junctions both ends and curved platforms.

Waterloo W&C - you can just see the depot. Crane at street level near
Lower Marsh for access into the depot!

Southwark JLE - blue tiling as you exit the escalators as well as the
link up to Waterloo East - a ticket hall with no street entrance!

Northfields / Acton Town / Arnos Grove / Oakwood / Cockfosters - Holden
type stations. Southgate for the circular ticket hall and escalator
uplighters.

Hounslow East - new ticket hall.

Oval / Clapham North / Tooting Broadway / Colliers Wood - more
distinctive architecture.

Morden - junction at north end of station.

Canary Wharf / North Greenwich / Stratford on the JLE

Barkingside on the Central Line - another world and most unlike a Tube
Station. Some of the Met Line stations qualify in this regard too.

Wembley Park - before they knock it down. The Contractors are moving on
to site as we speak.

Piccadilly Circus - partly for the circular ticket hall, partly for the
Bakerloo crossover.

White City - again some to be changed beyond all recognition.
East Acton - wrong direction running to White City and flyunder.

Baker St - because it's a bit like a Tube version of a main line
terminus and because of the eclectic range of styles in different parts
of the station.

Bank - curved central line platforms, DLR interface, multiple ticket
halls and W&C Travelators.

Waterloo - for similar reasons to Bank. Find the 5 ticket halls.

Maida Vale / Kilburn Park - Leslie Green style ticket hall buildings.

Mornington Crescent / Russell Square / Gloucester Road - Leslie Green
ticket halls.

Earls Court - very busy junction. Ancient style destination indicators.

DLR - West India Quay / Canary Wharf / tunnel under Thames / Beckton
extension in the median strip of a road / Canning Town up and over the
JLE / hang on tight curve from All Saints to Poplar / Greenwich station
link with South East Trains station / alignment to Lewisham from
Greenwich.

Whitechapel - District / H&C track layout will change soon so if you
want to see it in action look now. Also Whitechapel is a bit odd with
mixed levels plus the ELL platforms.

Wapping - Brunel tunnel.

Shoreditch - just to say you've been there in case it does get closed.

Stamford Brook - only one island platform and one side platform. Most
odd in the middle of the joint Dis / Picc Alignment.

Victoria Line - tiled station symbols on all plaforms except Oxford
Circus Northbound. Also the humped platforms at Finsbury Park - also
stand at the southernmost end of the n/b Vic Line platform and watch the
Picc Trains come past the crossover.

South Ruislip - West Ruislip - view of Ruislip depot.
Neasden - Wembley park - view of Neasden depot
West Ham - Stratford - view of Stratford depot
Acton Town - Ealing Common - view of Ealing Common depot
Northfields - Boston Manor - view of Northfields depot
Cockfosters - Oakwood - view of Cockfosters depot.
Golders Green - limited view of Golders Green depot.

I'll stop now because there is just loads to see. Half the fun is simply
to take a ride on a line and watch what flies past the window. If you
don't own a copy try hunting down a copy of David Leboff's London
Underground Stations book.

Happy hunting.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!