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Originally Posted by lonelytraveller
Has anyone got an old picture of the City branch Euston platforms
facing EAST, from before about the 1920s?
Its just that there should be some unique weird bridge thing in the
middle of the platform back then, and I haven't found any pictures of
it.
Basically what it boils down to is that the two "vents" in this
picture http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/...6_Euston41.jpg
are really corridoors to the original platform exit. Here's the inside
of one of them, complete with old posters -
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...n/euston11.jpg
The platforms there were originally islands, so the only way to get to
the platform from those corridoors would be by (highly visible)
bridge, crossing the (now filled in) northbound tracks.
That would be fairly unique - the vents are in the middle of the
platform, and there are two of them, so unlike all other bridges over
the tracks on island platforms on deep tubes, the bridge structure
must actually have been visible from the platforms.
So there must somewhere be a picture of that? |
Although I think such a picture is as rare as hen's teeth, I did find a plan of the City and South London station at Euston in the National Archives that shows the layout of the station above and below.
Station Plan 1 shows the station at Booking Hall Level.
Station Plan 5 shows the unusual layout at the top of the stairs where the passageways meet with a ticket office, station masters office and porters office between them.
Station Plan 6 shows a larger plan which incorporates passageways and lifts & spiral stairs.
This is the closest I've come to realiseing what it used to look like, good luck if you do find a photo!