An odd day to open a new station

harlesden Guest	An odd day to open a new station Sept 14, 2010 9:13:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by harlesden on Sept 14, 2010 9:13:04 GMT While lookng for something else, I discovered that the "upstairs" station at South Kensington opened on Christmas Eve 1868. The station name was not at all prominent on the exterior (picture shows the station around 1890)
	Last Edit: Sept 14, 2010 9:14:03 GMT by harlesden

mrfs42 71E25683904T 172E6538094T Big Hair Day Posts: 5,922	An odd day to open a new station Sept 14, 2010 10:37:10 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mrfs42 on Sept 14, 2010 10:37:10 GMT Why odd? In 1868 the country hadn't been taken over by the 'Festival of the Merchants' malarkey, as promulgated in a rather mawkish fashion by Dickens!
	If we can have A 244/R 246^A, ODX 246^A/R 246^B, A 246^B/ROD 1, OD 1/ROD 2 then I'm going to have A (7)88/R (7)90^A, NHX (7)90^A/R (7)90^B, A (7)90^B/RNH 1, NH 1/RNH 2 and hang the consequences!

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	An odd day to open a new station Sept 17, 2010 0:05:55 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2010 0:05:55 GMT Would imagine paid holidays and anything other than Church and a slightly nicer meal on Christmas Day were beyond the reach of almost all the population at that time as well so the 24th was just another day.

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	An odd day to open a new station Sept 20, 2010 11:45:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2010 11:45:28 GMT Christmas Eve 1868 was the day the first section of the District line opened.