"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article , ess (Olof
Lagerkvist) wrote:

Jim Brittin wrote:

To stray slightly from Shoreditch, I looked at your others one of
which is titled 'Old Railway Viaduct' which shows old lettering
on the walls.
I have occasionally wondered about this but seeing your photo
made me find out the history of this.

Must be this one then:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4755753 (taken 15 Aug)

For anyone interested, this is a discussion about this on
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/38487/page=1

Very interesting, thanks for the link! For anyone interested, the
place is easy to find. The lettering is on the wall on the eastern
side of Blackfriars Road under the railway from Charing Cross.
Practically just outside Southwark tube station.

I know it well. It's just East of Waterloo East. Was there a station on
the other side of Blackfriars Road at one time then? The viaduct is wider
than the tracks there too.


There was a two page spread on the restoration of the station facade in Rail
issue 573, if you can get hold of a copy anywhere; its a pity its the issue
before the current one, else WH Smiths library could have been useful...

Apparently the platforms ran for about 400 ft to the east of Blackfriars Rd,
and ended under the bridge carrying the line into the modern Blackfriars;
the station buildings and platform details are uncertain, although it is
known there were 3 tracks, up and down towards Charing Cross, and a
bidirectional line for the Charing Cross-Cannon St shuttle.

Paul