Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks

wrote:
Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Greenford?

Marty wrote:
wrote:

Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Greenford?

Oops sorry not a terminus - ignore previous post - was thinking of the
shuttle from GW main line.

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Marty wrote:
wrote:

Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Greenford?

Oops sorry not a terminus - ignore previous post - was thinking of the
shuttle from GW main line.

Greenford was the terminus for the Central Line when it was first extended
from North Acton. That was "many, many years ago".

Just to add the actual station was covered but the outside could be
seen at the end of the platform when standing at the top of the stairs
(with the stairs being outside)

It was probably about 10 years ago

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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

Robin Mayes wrote:
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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

Could it be a DLR station?

Robin Mayes wrote:
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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering
if anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it
was an island platform and at the end of the platform was some
stairs heading down but you could also see outside from the top of
the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an island
platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading down",
which suggests that the stairs go down from the platform. Could dmacw
please clarify that this was what he meant?
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:42:35 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

Robin Mayes wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering
if anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it
was an island platform and at the end of the platform was some
stairs heading down but you could also see outside from the top of
the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an island
platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading down",
which suggests that the stairs go down from the platform. Could dmacw
please clarify that this was what he meant?

I agree that the stairs issue needs resolving.

Having worked my way round the tube map I can't think of any candidates
that are traditional termini - i.e. at the end of a line and not some
intermediate turning point - where there are stairs down from the
platform. Everywhere is either level or has stais / escalators going up.

Leytonstone works after a fashion if you were on the westbound island
platform because the stairs do go down and you can see outside - just!
Not a terminal but trains did terminate there at times.

Loughton? - on a similar basis to that for Leytonstone?

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

gw2486 wrote:
Robin Mayes wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

Could it be a DLR station?

Sounds like it's almost certainly Tower Gateway.

Picture at platform level at

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/stations/tower_gateway.shtml

and at street level at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway