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Colin Rosenstiel · September 10th 06, 06:41 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Peter Frimberley) wrote:

The original was little more than an extra lane on the gyratory for
buses to pull into, with 5 or 6 "corrugated iron" simple shelters on
the island between the road the buses drove down, and the gyratory
road that all the traffic uses today. It was entered right on the
north east corner of the gyratory and exited back on to the gyratory
where the layby into the Disney building is now. It was like that
from at least the mid 70s, maybe earlier. I'm not sure but I think you
could walk straight into the tube station from there - you
definitely could while they were building the current tube station and
bus station, and had a series of portacabins as the station entrance.

If you mean Butterwick bus station I think that was built in the late
1950s. I know it was served by trolleybuses until 1960. I used to catch
them on my home from school until they were replaced by Routemasters.

I have a feeling the access to Hammersmith District/Piccadilly station
from Butterwick was only open part-time.

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Colin Rosenstiel