"john b" wrote in message
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MIG wrote:
A Canadian posts the following picture he
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives...222_1471.shtml

Without a doubt, it is the District line terminus at Wimbledon.
Compare
the wall features at the back of the photo with the following:

http://ktransit.com/transit/unitedki...district01.jpg

But where's that shelter and its pillars? Although otherwise it does
look the same though, and I'm sure there's a shelter at Richmond
anyway.

What's that at the top that looks like a bridge? And why is it just
blank white above it? Is it maybe a trick composite?

The bridge is a bridge. The 'blank white' is the top of the bridge (you
can see the rivets); the dark grey is the girder on the underside of
the bridge.
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Both have terminating platforms that extend beyond the length of the
canopy (north at Richmond, left-hand-side at Wimbledon), but neither
appears to have benches or a vending machine. There doesn't seem to be
an obvious candidate for the bridge, either: the one at Richmond is at
the wrong angle, and there isn't one at Wimbledon.

Does it have to be a LUL station? A Canadian wouldn't necessarily
distinguish between a LUL or National Rail metro service... I've added
uk.railway, maybe they'll be able to help.

Sorry, but every instinct is telling me that the first photo is a composite.
The lighting is variable, the bridge at the top looks just awful and what no
one seems to have commented on is the grey boxes off the platforms. These
are LUL double red light "end of line" markers (seen in front of the train
in the second photo). All three of these end-of-line markers are facing to
the right, making all of the platform to the left of them redundant. This
means it is definitely not Wimbledon or Richmond because the end-of-line
markers are under the canopies at both these locations - plus, without going
to find Quail, I'm pretty sure that neither of those stations has three
terminating LUL lines. Also note that despite the end-of-line markers, the
yellow lines on the platform continue beyond them. Note in the second photo
that this does not happen.

I'd bet money on the first photo being a composite. I've made enough
composites myself in the past to recognise the slightly unreal quality they
have.


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