Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:
In message , at 14:14:20 on
Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Peter Masson remarked:
There has been much redevelopment in the area, including the
railway line going "underground" much earlier (as it emerges from
Blackfriars) and the construction of City Thameslink, whose
northern exit is pretty much where Holborn Viaduct used to be.
I haven't been there for some time, but when St Pauls/City Thameslink
opened, the northern exit went through the concourse of the former
Holborn Viaduct station.
Today, it emerges under an office block and a short alleyway to the
main road.
So did the concourse of Holborn Viaduct station after the office block
was built in the 1960s! Is it the same one?
The entry for Holborn Viaduct at the Disused Stations website [1]
appears to agree with you. I quote directly from the
"The platforms have been demolished and the site redeveloped as Fleet
Place. The office block incorporating the entrance has been refaced and
now includes the entrance to City Thameslink Station sited below the
offices in Fleet Place."
The Disused Stations website [2], whilst not yet comprehensive (could
it ever be?), is a fantastic trove of information and old photograph's
concerning closed stations. It's an offshoot from the Subterranea
Britannica website.
[1] Holborn Viaduct page
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...ct/index.shtml
[2] Disused Stations In The UK
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/