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Post by melikepie on Jan 25, 2012 18:36:03 GMT
Reading the Standard article in the Blackfriars thread about old steam railway platforms being demolished makes me wonder what is hidden historically from the public underground that is not known about in the public www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24018128-commuter-misery-as-blackfriars-reopening-delayed.doI already know that there are various stations that doubled as air raid shelters and abandoned stations, but what else is there e.g. other platforms, a hidden steam engine, old ticket machines etc? Is there any way these will ever be open to the public? |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jan 25, 2012 19:23:03 GMT
Reading the Standard article in the Blackfriars thread about old steam railway platforms being demolished makes me wonder what is hidden historically from the public underground that is not known about in the public That reads as if there are platforms at Blackfriars that have lain there disused for 100 years. Is that true, or is it just that the two platforms in use (until the present rebuilding) were built in the steam age? |
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Post by ianvisits on Jan 26, 2012 15:32:57 GMT
Reading the Standard article in the Blackfriars thread about old steam railway platforms being demolished makes me wonder what is hidden historically from the public underground that is not known about in the public What they are almost certainly referring to there is just the old platforms that were in use as part of the circle/district line. Remember, there used to be steam trains running along that track. There aren't any "hidden platforms" there. |
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Post by causton on Jan 26, 2012 16:03:14 GMT
I already know that there are various stations that doubled as air raid shelters and abandoned stations, but what else is there e.g. other platforms, a hidden steam engine, old ticket machines etc? Sounds like you may be interested in this website! www.abandonedstations.org.uk/  Is there any way these will ever be open to the public? ...doubt it, sorry  |
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Post by miff on Jan 27, 2012 0:15:16 GMT
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Post by revupminster on Apr 10, 2012 18:07:58 GMT
Surely the platforms being demolished at Blackfriars are the old terminal platforms and the old through platforms of Network rail.
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