Shepherd's Bush WLL station
Paul Terry wrote:
In message , Dave Arquati
writes
Interestingly, the work seems to have uncovered what looks like the
remains of an old platform on the northbound side, which I thought
might be left over from the old Uxbridge Road station, but it's far too
high for the trains. Was the WLL lowered significantly here in
preparation for the West Cross Route and Holland Park Roundabout which
it now passes underneath?
Its possible the WLL was lowered - old pictures of the station show a
very shallow cutting. But the WLL crosses the Central Line at this
point, which is already rising towards the surface, so I shouldn't have
thought there was much room to go down.
Is the old platform immediately adjacent to Uxbridge Road? If so, it
would probably be Uxbridge Road station. But 100 yards further north is
the site of the original (1844) Shepherd's Bush station - it closed
within a year, so it would be quite a find if any of that came to light!
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Paul Terry
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