Lambeth North closure

Cally Road ultimately escaped because it's a step-free station. Despite having lifts, Lambeth North isn't. The IWM is well served by local bus routes and is accessible from the Elephant and Waterloo, amongst others. Not the end of the world.

Besides, the amount of additional cost that the Cally Road fiasco cost the taxpayer...

Sadly this seems to be a recurring theme with many of the new lifts on the network. Covent Garden has been going exit-only a few times recently due to lift breakdowns.

Anyway... *slaps self on wrist for taking things off-topic*

Diamond Geezer reports that Lambeth North is indeed the least busy station in zone 1 (Regent's Park and Edgware Road Bakerloo are the 2nd and 3rd).

The exit!

There's some original tiling in the spiral staircase shaft which is in not-too-bad condition. Also if you look and listen carefully you can see how a disused lift shaft and parts of the lower lift landings now form a fan shaft for the Northern Line. It's just about possible to reach the southbound Northern Line by foot from the lower lift landing, albeit via a rickety ladder and a very dusty bolthole.

im surprised euston square isnt on the list of stations to be refurbished. This seems to be one of the oldest looking stations on the network since Holland Park was closed!

And yet Euston itself has just had lots and lots of work done on it. Makes you wonder about HS2.

Euston Square will get a direct link to Euston from the eastern end of the platforms when the HS2 works happen.

An escalator solution for Lambeth North would be useful with all the developments towards Lambeth Palace.

So glad I visited Lambeth North before refurbishment. It has been allowed to deteriorate internally, which is a shame, as it still has its distinguishing tile pattern. Will that be lost, or have we grown out of that by now?
The exterior, by contrast, is both delightful and beautifully kept. It's on an 'end' now, with the adjacent building lost, and Bayliss Rd. widened. I would personally have liked to see the new 'end' wall treated to match the front, but I suppose cost and location must be considered.
It would have been built to take an upper storey. Has it never had one? That would make it 'one of the few', wouldn't it?
I never found the 'two elderly lifts'. The one in service was of the now-usual steel-sheet passenger-operated variety, and the out-of-use one looked exactly the same. Those of us who love old machinery are finding less and less to visit, at least outside of museums and 'heritage sites'.
On my travels, I spotted another similar red frontage, this one not in transport use. It was at Hyde Park Corner, and had become an Italian restaurant. I was amazed that I had never noticed it before. Presumably it had been 'left behind' in a lift-escalator swap?
Altogether an enjoyable visit. Next time I'll be looking for cable tram relics on Highgate Hill.

You are right about the upper storey, too. They had immense difficulty in even hiring out the shops at ground level & those weren't fully occupied until after WW1, so they never got near to adding an upper storey for further shopping or office space.

I wonder if there is something happening in the area on the Monday or Tuesday? Either that or some key person or equipment isn't available until then would be my guesses.

Broken Link, it would seem