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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2007 16:14:56 GMT
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Post by railtechnician on Dec 14, 2007 18:04:48 GMT
What's under the booking hall is quite interesting too, a veritable warren of rooms and passageways as I recall from the last time I worked there circa 1995. I did some CLP enabling works there so that some of the disused area could be used to build new equipment rooms. What I recall most of all is the very solid but very damp deep reddish brown brickwork and the very clammy environment. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2007 18:27:26 GMT
Yes... some nice passageways from the original lifts... Someone who I know who worked there, said the hidden areas had a distinctive odour about them. [not his actual words! ]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2007 19:11:16 GMT
You can see parts of the disused passageways at the bottom of the very little used staircase. Years ago, I was having a nosey there, through a grille at an apparently abandoned passageway and got the fright of my life when a member of staff walked past on the other side of the grille!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2007 19:15:03 GMT
d'ya mean the whole building is gonna be turned into some sick isore?
better take some snaps
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2007 19:18:44 GMT
The link said it will be pulled down! It's replacement is likely to be the eyesore...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2008 18:46:54 GMT
ok just watched the news it appears LU don't really care about the fact that local shops will be under serious pressure from this and are likley to close and will encourage more commuters to take the car and knocking down a brilliant peice of architecture and turning it in to this: www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/images/wide/shep-bush-large.jpg |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2008 18:47:21 GMT
ok just watched the news it appears LU don't really care about the fact that local shops will be under serious pressure from this and are likley to close and will encourage more commuters to take the car and knocking down a brilliant peice of architecture and turning it in to this: www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/images/wide/shep-bush-large.jpg |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2008 18:56:56 GMT
 I have to say the TfL building actually looks reasonably good - it has some Holden features as well - high roof, large glass area. |
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Post by edwin on Jan 7, 2008 20:33:19 GMT
It's a shame, but the current building looks too small to cope with the expected passenger increases, am I right?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2008 0:14:42 GMT
I'm glad I got a chance to explore it before its demise - now the only one left is Holland Park!
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Post by edwin on Jan 8, 2008 0:39:59 GMT
...and Oxford Circus, Queensway remain and I think Chancery Lane, though it is not used as a tube station.
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Post by edb on Jan 8, 2008 9:08:37 GMT
Is Oxford Circus not a Yerkes era building, Oxblood red etc...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2008 16:44:10 GMT
...and Oxford Circus, Queensway remain and I think Chancery Lane, though it is not used as a tube station. and holland park  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2008 16:44:56 GMT
there is a CLR building in notting hill gate but that is now a kebab shop
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Post by edwin on Jan 8, 2008 19:31:36 GMT
Is Oxford Circus not a Yerkes era building, Oxblood red etc... There are two exits, one is a Yerkes station and the other a CLR one, both on the opposite corners of Argyll Road. I'm certain. There is a CLR station at Tottenham Court Road too, although somewhat spoiled by an ugly shelter. |
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Post by edwin on Jan 8, 2008 19:38:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2008 16:31:44 GMT
it's in 1970/80's condition there is a tiny bit of graffiti on it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2008 0:13:25 GMT
I should have said that Holland Park is the only freestanding CLR station building left now - once Shepherd's Bush is gone the rest will all be integrated with other structures.
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Post by edb on Jan 10, 2008 0:21:41 GMT
Why is it necessary to always block off half of the entrance/exit with some grotty newspaper shop. TCR Looks awful, and oxford circus is just too busy!! Please let some one do a Covent Garden on them all. I actually find it interesting that there seems to be more of an emphasis on Yerkes and Oxblood stations and their preservation than the older clr stations. I could be completely wrong but that is the perception i had
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Post by edwin on Jan 10, 2008 16:42:21 GMT
Please stop whining, the stations were never ment to be free standing, they were designed so buildings could be placed on top from day one, they were also designed so that any extra space could be used for commercial purposes. Space that isn't needed should be used up!
Also, the newsagents at Oxford Circus may be ditched when (if?) the station gets step-free access, it seems the best place to put a lift down to the ticket hall.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2008 18:14:52 GMT
Historically it's a sad day when stations are modernized, but to say all modernizations are eyesores is wrong. Some modernizations are very good and I would like to see some more.
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