Original 70's Jubilee stations

Dated? Shove off!

The JLE stations still do look rather modern!

I see nothing dated at all at JLE stations.

London Bridge and Waterloo could do with some of the water ingress marks removed... looks disgusting.

Thats a test of good art and archetecture though I suppose; if given the minimum maintenence and no cleaning it still looks good in 60 years then its fairly timeless.

I prefer the JLE stations, in particular Canary Wharf and North Greenwich. Bermondsey's platforms don't really do it for me, nor Southwark.

The station signs at the original stations are starting to look dated, but otherwise I'm in agreement.

If we're talking JLE architecture then Canary Wharf west entrance gets my award for surface buildings and North Greenwich gets it for platform and concourse levels. For escalators, I can't decide between Westminster and Southwark.

Bermondsey has nice clean lines and symmetry. Not a fan of the look of it [Entrance] from across Jamaica Road though.

I have heard from a colleague that Bermondsey is the only LU station, where you can see trees from the bottom of the escalators.....any truth in that?

Greenford? Highgate?

The amount of things on the tube that has an only this stock can... Only this station has... to it, we'd be here all day!

There is an escalator from the main entrance in Priory Gardens, where there ar certainly trees visible, up to Archway Road

Its a good suggestion. We must remember we see Holdens designs as part of the modern street scene these days, which is cluttered, overly complex, painted all over the place, and extremely well lit.

When, however, Holdens designs were created, they must have been astonishing. Vast geometric shapes with as you say much colour, and warm yellow lighting designed to be enticing. No doubt Oracle would be able to paint a better picture of the road scene in the thirties?

Whereas Clarke, Green, and Holdens work was desiogned and built to be as much a warm inviting place for the would be punter as a celebration of art, craft and archetecture, modern stations (as in most from the late 40s onwards) are increasingly more so about only archetecture and functionality. Canary Wharf can handle x million passengers an hour, and looks beautiful in design books, but wheres the soul?

To drag it back on topic, I wonder if the Fleet had gone to Thamesmead/Croyden what its station structures would have looked like? The period was not a good one for LT, presumably they would have looked like bigger versions of Ickenham. Yuck.

If Westminster is indeed as amazing as James implies then perhaps Westminster is to London Underground stations what LAX (Los Angeles) is to airports. An unexpectedly stunning spectacle amidst a sea of mediocrity.

The metal flooring at Westminster does certainly feel a bit bouncy!

I have noticed a certain .... 'springy-ness' .... when walking across the metal floor-plates when interchanging between the Jubilee line and the westbound District/Circle line platform.