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Old January 10th 21, 10:52 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On 10/01/2021 10:36, Recliner wrote:
There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th
anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with
then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station:
https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21

At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there
are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The
skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent.


Nice comparison of pictures.

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