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Has anyone got an old picture of the City branch Euston platforms
facing EAST, from before about the 1920s? Its just that there should be some unique weird bridge thing in the middle of the platform back then, and I haven't found any pictures of it. Basically what it boils down to is that the two "vents" in this picture http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/...6_Euston41.jpg are really corridoors to the original platform exit. Here's the inside of one of them, complete with old posters - http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...n/euston11.jpg The platforms there were originally islands, so the only way to get to the platform from those corridoors would be by (highly visible) bridge, crossing the (now filled in) northbound tracks. That would be fairly unique - the vents are in the middle of the platform, and there are two of them, so unlike all other bridges over the tracks on island platforms on deep tubes, the bridge structure must actually have been visible from the platforms. So there must somewhere be a picture of that? |
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On Feb 3, 5:56*pm, lonelytraveller
wrote: That would be fairly unique - the vents are in the middle of the platform, and there are two of them, so unlike all other bridges over the tracks on island platforms on deep tubes, the bridge structure must actually have been visible from the platforms. I think there are others that are visible, but I forget where. Neil |
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On 3 Feb, 17:04, Neil Williams wrote:
On Feb 3, 5:56*pm, lonelytraveller wrote: That would be fairly unique - the vents are in the middle of the platform, and there are two of them, so unlike all other bridges over the tracks on island platforms on deep tubes, the bridge structure must actually have been visible from the platforms. I think there are others that are visible, but I forget where. Neil The only tube island platforms I know of are Angel, Euston, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common. Angel, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common, all only had access, when it was an island, to the end of the platform, admittedly with the stairs visibly coming down, but you didn't see the bridge itself. But at Euston, in addition to the comparatively well-known exit at the west end, there must have been two bridge things half way along - to match up with those vent/corridors. I'd love to see a picture of that - it must have looked quite peculiar, (for a tube platform). |
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On 03.02.10 19:08, lonelytraveller wrote:
On 3 Feb, 17:04, Neil wrote: On Feb 3, 5:56 pm, lonelytraveller wrote: That would be fairly unique - the vents are in the middle of the platform, and there are two of them, so unlike all other bridges over the tracks on island platforms on deep tubes, the bridge structure must actually have been visible from the platforms. I think there are others that are visible, but I forget where. Neil The only tube island platforms I know of are Angel, Euston, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common. Angel, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common, all only had access, when it was an island, to the end of the platform, admittedly with the stairs visibly coming down, but you didn't see the bridge itself. But at Euston, in addition to the comparatively well-known exit at the west end, there must have been two bridge things half way along - to match up with those vent/corridors. I'd love to see a picture of that - it must have looked quite peculiar, (for a tube platform). When was Angel station rebuilt? |
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On 3 Feb, 19:31, "
wrote: On 03.02.10 19:08, lonelytraveller wrote: On 3 Feb, 17:04, Neil *wrote: On Feb 3, 5:56 pm, lonelytraveller *wrote: That would be fairly unique - the vents are in the middle of the platform, and there are two of them, so unlike all other bridges over the tracks on island platforms on deep tubes, the bridge structure must actually have been visible from the platforms. I think there are others that are visible, but I forget where. Neil The only tube island platforms I know of are Angel, Euston, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common. Angel, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common, all only had access, when it was an island, to the end of the platform, admittedly with the stairs visibly coming down, but you didn't see the bridge itself. But at Euston, in addition to the comparatively well-known exit at the west end, there must have been two bridge things half way along - to match up with those vent/corridors. I'd love to see a picture of that - it must have looked quite peculiar, (for a tube platform). When was Angel station rebuilt? In the late 90s. When the economy was fine. Hence the marble-style platforms. |
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![]() In the late 90s. When the economy was fine. Hence the marble-style platforms. Late 80s. |
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On 3 Feb, 19:08, lonelytraveller
wrote: The only tube island platforms I know of are Angel, Euston, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common. Was London Bridge one? |
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, Offramp writes On 3 Feb, 19:08, lonelytraveller wrote: The only tube island platforms I know of are Angel, Euston, Stockwell, Clapham North, and Clapham Common. Was London Bridge one? No - separate tunnels, although close together, connected by cross passages. -- Paul Terry |
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