Post by theangel on Feb 8, 2020 15:25:32 GMT
I'm reading The Underground Story by Hugh Douglas, published 1963.
It includes this quote from a booklet called London Transport Carried On:
The disused Tube station at Southwark was invaded by crowds
It refers to people using the station as a shelter during World War II. It doesn't directly state the year but the implication is that the booklet was published in 1940.
I'm trying to work out which station they mean. Obviously it's not the current Southwark which probably hadn't even been thought of in 1940.
There was a main line station called Southwark Park on the line from London Bridge which closed in 1915. I'm not sure if this was ever served by the Underground and it wasn't underground.
Southwark is a larger borough than I thought but there aren't any disused tube stations in the area. London Bridge originally had its own Northern Line entrance but I don't think the platforms actually moved (though the passages leading to the station could possibly have been used as a shelter?) and it seems far too famous a station to be described as a 'disused station in Southwark'.
The original Stockwell is probably the nearest disused tube station to Southwark (excluding the District's original New Cross Gate which wasn't underground) but the new Stockwell's surface building was built on the site of the old one so it's difficult to see how the platforms could have been accessed. In addition, the small island platform doesn't sound safe for shelterers.
There are also disused main line stations in or near Southwark at Blackfriars, Blackfriars Bridge, Borough Road, Walworth Road, Camberwell, the Spa Roads, the original South Bermondsey and Commercial Dock but I think they were all above ground and were never served by the Underground.
There is a thread on this site referring to a deep level shelter in City & South London tunnels (presumably between Borough and King William Street?). Although this refers to disused tunnels rather than a disused station could this be what the writer meant?
It includes this quote from a booklet called London Transport Carried On:
The disused Tube station at Southwark was invaded by crowds
It refers to people using the station as a shelter during World War II. It doesn't directly state the year but the implication is that the booklet was published in 1940.
I'm trying to work out which station they mean. Obviously it's not the current Southwark which probably hadn't even been thought of in 1940.
There was a main line station called Southwark Park on the line from London Bridge which closed in 1915. I'm not sure if this was ever served by the Underground and it wasn't underground.
Southwark is a larger borough than I thought but there aren't any disused tube stations in the area. London Bridge originally had its own Northern Line entrance but I don't think the platforms actually moved (though the passages leading to the station could possibly have been used as a shelter?) and it seems far too famous a station to be described as a 'disused station in Southwark'.
The original Stockwell is probably the nearest disused tube station to Southwark (excluding the District's original New Cross Gate which wasn't underground) but the new Stockwell's surface building was built on the site of the old one so it's difficult to see how the platforms could have been accessed. In addition, the small island platform doesn't sound safe for shelterers.
There are also disused main line stations in or near Southwark at Blackfriars, Blackfriars Bridge, Borough Road, Walworth Road, Camberwell, the Spa Roads, the original South Bermondsey and Commercial Dock but I think they were all above ground and were never served by the Underground.
There is a thread on this site referring to a deep level shelter in City & South London tunnels (presumably between Borough and King William Street?). Although this refers to disused tunnels rather than a disused station could this be what the writer meant?
