On 23 Feb 2006 05:48:00 -0800, "john b" wrote:

MIG wrote:
A Canadian posts the following picture he
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives...222_1471.shtml
with the caption:
"a metro station in london, england. unfortunately I don't remember
the name of the station."
And surprisingly none of the copmmenters so far have identified it.

Without a doubt, it is the District line terminus at Wimbledon. Compare
the wall features at the back of the photo with the following:
http://ktransit.com/transit/unitedki...district01.jpg

But where's that shelter and its pillars? Although otherwise it does
look the same though, and I'm sure there's a shelter at Richmond
anyway.

What's that at the top that looks like a bridge? And why is it just
blank white above it? Is it maybe a trick composite?

The bridge is a bridge. The 'blank white' is the top of the bridge (you
can see the rivets); the dark grey is the girder on the underside of
the bridge.

Wimbledon:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...7,0.002025&t=k

Richmond:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...6,0.002025&t=k

Both have terminating platforms that extend beyond the length of the
canopy (north at Richmond, left-hand-side at Wimbledon), but neither
appears to have benches or a vending machine. There doesn't seem to be
an obvious candidate for the bridge, either: the one at Richmond is at
the wrong angle, and there isn't one at Wimbledon.

Does it have to be a LUL station? A Canadian wouldn't necessarily
distinguish between a LUL or National Rail metro service... I've added
uk.railway, maybe they'll be able to help.

The "bridge" looks like the station canopy in profile and the bit of
pipework about a yard up the wall seems to go for a dive in the same
position in both the topleftpixel and ktransit photographs with the
vending machine looking like it is just out of view to the right in
the latter photograph or maybe not there at all if the time difference
between the photographs is enough.
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