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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 15:19:37 GMT
Hello all,
I was just interested, do any of you know about any interesting art-deco tube stations? I know there are a few on the Piccadilly and Central lines, which were probably built in the 1930's.
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Post by stapler on Jul 30, 2015 16:23:09 GMT
Loughton, built 1940, with glass bricks and gull-wing canopies. Not a tube station of course; on an embankment.
They built the Sainsbury next door in the same deco style.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jul 30, 2015 17:05:34 GMT
Several on the extremities of the Piccadilly, e.g Southgate, Alperton, Osterley, Uxbridge. Other examples at East Finchley and the southern end of the Northern Line, for example. Generally look for where the Tube was reaching out to in the 30s. It was all the rage - look also at Surbiton (SWT) for a very good example.
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Post by spsmiler on Jul 31, 2015 0:12:46 GMT
Chiswick Park, Acton Town, Northfields, Boston Manor, Osterley, Park Royal, Sudbury Town, Sudbury Hill, Rayners Lane, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove, Oakwood, Cockfosters, St Johns Wood, and many more... A few photos of some of these can be found at these links. citytransport.info/Stn.htmcitytransport.info/Piccadilly.htmThis photo shows the escalators at St Johns Wood.  Simon |
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Post by spsmiler on Jul 31, 2015 0:16:39 GMT
Below is inside the ticket hall at Oakwood, at night.  Sudbury Town...  East Finchley, with LNER 'fish-eye' symbol (albeit now with plain glass) and the famous Archer. Other stations planned to be rebuilt (or newly built) as part of the 1930's Northern Heights electrification and extension scheme were also planned to have similar totem statues, but the war intervened and afterwards these decorative features were cancelled - along with much of the works, leaving many people in north London with no trains at all.  Simon |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 15:37:16 GMT
Below is inside the ticket hall at Oakwood, at night. Sudbury Town... East Finchley, with LNER 'fish-eye' symbol (albeit now with plain glass) and the famous Archer. Other stations planned to be rebuilt (or newly built) as part of the 1930's Northern Heights electrification and extension scheme were also planned to have similar totem statues, but the war intervened and afterwards these decorative features were cancelled - along with much of the works, leaving many people in north London with no trains at all. Simon Thanks for the pictures, Simon. They're really good! |
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Post by peterc on Jul 31, 2015 19:20:13 GMT
Fantastic pictures, the stations are, quite rightfully, grade 2 listed.
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