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Old September 9th 07, 06:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Colin Rosenstiel Colin Rosenstiel is offline
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Default Easy interchanges in London (Waterloo vs St. Pancras International)

In article m,
(Mizter T) wrote:

On Sep 9, 4:22 pm, Mizter T wrote:


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


Have the Glasgow island platforms gone now?

No figures for platform width, I can only offer links to some
photos...

Clapham Common
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aderowbotham/87781920/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hedgiecc/265147613/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/388308347/


Clapham North
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ollycourtney/232075853/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wetwebwork/150244846/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wetwebwork/150245689/


Hmm. The yellow lines seem much closer to the platform edge than usual.
Is that because the platforms are so narrow?

And the other benefit of Clapham North is that it makes you wiser...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68521817@N00/865518114/


chuckle

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Colin Rosenstiel