White City station on Hammermith & City
 

In message , Stephen
Furley writes

Paul Terry wrote in message
...
In message , Dave Arquati
writes

Ah, of course. I'd forgotten that the old H&C Wood Lane got renamed
White City for a while. My mistake.

Is the new station on the same site as the old one?

No - the old station was on the west side of Wood Lane, whereas the
White City development is on the east side.

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Paul Terry

White City station on Hammermith & City
 

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:15:03 +0000, thoss wrote:

From Edwin Course's "London Railways" (1962):

'The West London and Central Line are crossed over and immediately
beyond Wood Lane [i.e. to the west] is the site of the White City
Station. This was opened in 1908 as Wood Lane (Exhibition) to serve the
White City Exhibition [Wasn't this the Franco-British Exposition, only
acquiring the nickname White City later because of all the glittering
white exhibition buildings?]. It was retained as a normal station until
1914 when, on the opening of a new Shepherd's Bush Station only 300
yards to the south, its use was restricted to special occasions (35) [Is
he suggesting that there were a total of only 35 such occasions?].

No, the 35 refers to figure 35 (a photo taken from Shepherds Bush
showing White City stn in use).
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Peter Lawrence

White City station on Hammermith & City
 

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:35:33 +0000, Paul Terry wrote:
No - the old station was on the west side of Wood Lane, whereas the
White City development is on the east side.

West side? Where the TVC Carpark is? There's not much room between the
north of the present day Shepherds Bush H&C (of course in those days
Shepherds Bush H&C was South of its current position and North of Goldhawk
road)

Put all the stations from past, present and future, and you'd have a
practically continuous platform running from Goldhawk Road to Ladbrooke
Grove!

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Everything I write here is my personal opinion, and should not be taken as fact.

White City station on Hammermith & City
 

In article , Paul Weaver
writes
On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:35:33 +0000, Paul Terry wrote:
No - the old station was on the west side of Wood Lane, whereas the
White City development is on the east side.

West side? Where the TVC Carpark is?

Yes. Between the car park and the main TV Centre.
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Thoss