Holland Park platforms

Thank god there still a few stations left with earlier features!

All it needs is a little bit of a deep clean, but not refurbishing! It's one of the few around with the older stylings.

Holland Park along with Baker Street deep level are some of the few stations I can think of on LU that still are the same as they were in the 1990's, the old bright tungsten lighting still in place, old DMI's haven't been replaced, no stupid announcement every minute telling you when the next train is, none of those ugly help points cluttering up the platform in other words a nice station! I miss that

As long as they keep the lifts around, I'll be happy.

1) Is that the only "West Ruislip for Ickenham" reference left on the Central?
2) I know that Ealing Broadway and West Ruislip, being the ends of the line, are worthy of having larger-than-normal fonts; but what about White City and Greenford? Could it be because both these two stations were where short-working services reversed (White City still does; and I know that Greenford was an original reversing point for short working trains, instead of Northolt, during the formitive years of the West Ruislip branch)?

If that's the case, then South Ruislip and not White City should have been emphasized.

I was just going to edit my post now. I meant interchange (Hammersmith and City?) - but doesn't explain why there is none at South Ruislip.

Likely because it's on the same Chiltern line as West Ruislip, and West Ruislip is the last possible interchange as well as being the terminus. Greenford has a terminus platform in the middle, strangely enough with the Spanish Solution, as well as being semaphore signalled!

Spanish solution= doors open on both sides; one for boarding, one for alighting.

Greenford is only for those limited services back towards Paddington. West Ruislip goes not just back to Marylebone, but out to High Wycombe where you can connect onwards to the West Midlands.

And yeah, Holland Park is a bit manky. Making over to the Central line clinic look is in order.

Correct.

Andy

I agree, although poor Hatton Cross got the platform frieze signs changed from the old blue with White lettering to White with blue lettering (modern style). What the point was I don't know because to me at least it looks weirder now... T123 next...

Picking up on Charlie's points, I think that the track plan sign at Lancaster Gate pre-dates the current Wood Lane (H&C) station by some years and isn't old enough to be able to refer to the old Wood Lane station. I think that White City is shown in capital letters because it was, and still is, a terminating point for some Central line trains.

Regarding West Ruislip and South Ruislip, it's my recollection that West Ruislip used to be the main (at times, only) interchange station with BR services. I think that South Ruislip was served only by a few peak-hour trains. However, during recent years, more trains have been serving South Ruislip at the expense of West Ruislip.

Yes - I think that White City can be regarded as being an 'important' station.