Ghost stations [Guardian website]

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Ghost stations [Guardian website] Sept 25, 2014 14:10:12 GMT antharro and theblackferret like this

Post by Chris W on Sept 25, 2014 14:10:12 GMT

Its another Guardian website link or two, however I'd thought I'd share.

The proposed sale of so-called Ghost stations this week has prompted one article to compare disused stations from around the world and another a pictorial of disused LU stations:
The weird afterlife of the world's subterranean 'ghost stations'
Underground London: abandoned tube stations and tunnels – in pictures

Enjoy

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Ghost stations [Guardian website] Sept 25, 2014 15:33:43 GMT keppoch69 likes this

Post by theblackferret on Sept 25, 2014 15:33:43 GMT

Thanks.

That NY station City Hall's tiling is certainly in a wonderful state of preservation now, after nearly 70 years of disuse. Does rather put our efforts in the shade by comparison, even if City Hall hasn't (presumably?) been the subject of a conscious preservation effort.

Fascinating stuff!

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Indefatigable Banned Posts: 305	Ghost stations [Guardian website] Sept 25, 2014 18:33:53 GMT keppoch69 likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Indefatigable on Sept 25, 2014 18:33:53 GMT Actually, I understand that City Hall is still used to reverse services and stable trains overnight
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Ghost stations [Guardian website] Sept 25, 2014 18:58:00 GMT Indefatigable likes this

Post by theblackferret on Sept 25, 2014 18:58:00 GMT

Sept 25, 2014 18:33:53 GMT Indefatigable said:

Actually, I understand that City Hall is still used to reverse service and stable trains overnight

Well, that's the next best thing to actually being used for passengers, I suppose!

Let's also hope the proposed sales over here end in a Tube-related 'experience' of some sort, rather than simply being a sad reminder of something or other that either never was or never materialised.

It is also fascinating to know from the article that at least we never built an entire system that was destined to not carry a single passenger at all ie Cincinnati. Great article indeed.

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Chris W Advisor Posts: 5,610	Ghost stations [Guardian website] Sept 26, 2014 14:47:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chris W on Sept 26, 2014 14:47:48 GMT The Guardian has published another article today, all about the abandoned metro line in Paris: The Petite Ceinture: the battle over Paris's abandoned railway
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