JMUpton2000 wrote [his top-posting corrected here]:
"TheOneKEA" wrote in message
oups.com...
I noticed that the restoration of St. John's Wood appears to be
proceeding nicely. However, I noticed that the Bakerloo brown
tiling that once lined the platform wall panels is being replaced
with... Bakerloo brown tiling. NOT Jubilee grey tiling.

Is this intentional?

I believe that because SJW station is a listed building/structure,
LUL are required to replace/restore like with like.

Tube Lines[1] say that "thousands of wall tiles will be removed and
replaced with new hand-made tiles to replicate their original 1900s
character", so it sounds as if they are indeed trying to replicate the
original design (which actually dates from 1939).

[1] Press release http://www.tubelines.com/docs/05_july_04.pdf

If it where a non-protected station, then I would have expected the
tiling to have been changed to Jubilee silver though.

Except that light grey tiles wouldn't provide enough contrast with white
to be an effective design.

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Richard J.
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