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Old September 9th 07, 03:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Easy interchanges in London (Waterloo vs St. Pancras International)

On 9 Sep, 15:54, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 9 Sep 2007, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:


Colin Rosenstiel wrote:


There were other considerations at Euston. The original City & South
London platform at Euston was an island in a wide tunnel. They were
dangerous and have all now gone except at one of the Clapham stations.


Errrr.... two of the Clapham stations, surely?


Probably. I never go there and was writing from memory only.


I do, and can tell you North and Common are both still narrow island
platforms. South isn't. Don't know about anything south of there.

tom


Clapham North and Clapham Common are the only two surviving
subterranean true island platforms on the whole Underground network.

I'm not someone who gets disconcerted by such things normally, but I
must admit I still find it a bit odd to be on those narrow platforms
when both a northbound and southbound train hurtle in to the station
at the same time. Probably something to do with the likely possibility
of me having just imbibed a Piņa Colada.

I'm tempted to say they're worth a visit, though I'd think that some
of you might want to do something else having gone as far as Clapham.
You could always indulge in "a moment of madness" if that is your
wont ;-)