On Feb 4, 7:17 pm, "Mizter T" wrote:
On 4 Feb, 18:03, "brixtonite" wrote:

Angel station used to have lift access and a small island platform -
like Clapham Common. The station was very overcrowded as
development in the Islington area generated much more traffic.

Similarly at Euston, where there used to be an island platform on the
Bank branch. The arrangement was altered when the Victoria Line was
built, and the southbound platform (Northern Line, Bank branch) is wider
than normal as a result. Diagram of the changes athttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Euston_tube_stati...

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Richard J.
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So Angel and Euston used to have island platforms, and Clapham Common
and Clapham North still do: were there any other?

Are there similar worries about safety at Clapham Common or Clapham
North? I use them both with a fair frequency but haven't ever done so
during the height of the rush hour. I still find that walking down the
narrow island platform at either station a somewhat strange and
unfamiliar experience (I'd say they're both about the same width as
the Angel platform looks like in the photo). Presumably the station
staff at the Claphams are well on the ball about monitoring potential
overcrowding on the platforms.

A friend of mine worked for the firm that designed the air
conditioning for the new Angel station. He had a big hand in it and
wnet down there many times while the work was in progress. I kept
telling him to take a camera, but he never did.

Neill