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.

I should make clear that it's not a *huge* drop - about three metres I
guess. It's also at the top of the current embankment - so I wondered if
the railway had been shifted slightly eastwards too to allow it to drop
downwards. Of course, it could just be something entirely uninteresting!
It just looks a little platform-like.

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!

The part I could see is not immediately adjacent to it. I was looking
from the walkway alongside the roundabout, so it's a bit further north
than where Uxbridge Road used to be. Here is where I was looking from:
http://tinyurl.com/jzqdc


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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London