On Sep 26, 11:20*pm, Roy Badami wrote:

On 26/09/10 21:46, Barry Salter wrote:

*or a link to the
(in)famous "SMILE" subway to Pentonville Road?

What's the SMILE subway? *The only hit Google brings up is a reference
to Thameslink -- is that the passageway from the old Thameslink station
to the Victoria and Piccadilly lines?

Yes - the old KX Thameslink station's entrance on Pentonville Road is
still open these days albeit weekdays only between (IIRC) 7am and 8pm
(responsibility for it passed from FCC Thameslink to LU).

The Smile passageway is so called because...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67655316@N00/225943955/

Mizter T wrote on 27 September 2010 01:36:36 ...

On Sep 26, 11:20 pm, Roy wrote:

On 26/09/10 21:46, Barry Salter wrote:

or a link to the
(in)famous "SMILE" subway to Pentonville Road?

What's the SMILE subway? The only hit Google brings up is a reference
to Thameslink -- is that the passageway from the old Thameslink station
to the Victoria and Piccadilly lines?

Yes - the old KX Thameslink station's entrance on Pentonville Road is
still open these days albeit weekdays only between (IIRC) 7am and 8pm
(responsibility for it passed from FCC Thameslink to LU).

The Smile passageway is so called because...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67655316@N00/225943955/

Because ....?
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

The Smile passageway is so called because...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67655316@N00/225943955/

Because ....?

Because, I assume (although it is not incredibly easy to read in that
photograph), the design on the inside of the tunnel is actually letering
that says "SMILE"

-roy

Roy Badami wrote on 28 September 2010 23:13:13 ...

The Smile passageway is so called because...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67655316@N00/225943955/

Because ....?

Because, I assume (although it is not incredibly easy to read in that
photograph), the design on the inside of the tunnel is actually letering
that says "SMILE"

Oh, I see! I thought the splodges of colour were national flags or
something; didn't realise they were letters.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

On 29/09/10 00:04, Richard J. wrote:

Oh, I see! I thought the splodges of colour were national flags or
something; didn't realise they were letters.

Of course, that does invite the question: "why does the lettering say
'SMILE'?"

Perhaps it says 'SMILE' because this is the SMILE subway -- if so, we're
no closer to knowing why it's so called than before...

-roy

On 29 Sep, 00:10, Roy Badami wrote:
On 29/09/10 00:04, Richard J. wrote:

Oh, I see! I thought the splodges of colour were national flags or
something; didn't realise they were letters.

Of course, that does invite the question: "why does the lettering say
'SMILE'?"

Perhaps it says 'SMILE' because this is the SMILE subway -- if so, we're
no closer to knowing why it's so called than before...


South Midland Inner London Electrics

On Sep 29, 12:04*am, "Richard J." wrote:

Roy Badami wrote on 28 September 2010 23:13:13 ...

The Smile passageway is so called because...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67655316@N00/225943955/

Because ....?

Because, I assume (although it is not incredibly easy to read in that
photograph), the design on the inside of the tunnel is actually letering
that says "SMILE"

Oh, I see! *I thought the splodges of colour were national flags or
something; didn't realise they were letters.

And I thought you were asking me *why* it said "smile"!

There's a rather dark side to the passageway though, which doesn't
really match up with it's smiley façade.

On 29/09/10 14:36, Mizter T wrote:

There's a rather dark side to the passageway though, which doesn't
really match up with it's smiley façade.

What kind of dark side? Rather more dreary decor? Dangerous to walk
down at night? Literally dark, as in lacking illumination?

I only ever used the Kings Cross Thameslink station once or twice, and I
never used the SMILE passageway.

-roy

On 29 Sep, 16:28, Roy Badami wrote:
On 29/09/10 14:36, Mizter T wrote:

There's a rather dark side to the passageway though, which doesn't
really match up with it's smiley façade.

What kind of dark side? *Rather more dreary decor? *Dangerous to walk
down at night? *Literally dark, as in lacking illumination?

I only ever used the Kings Cross Thameslink station once or twice, and I
never used the SMILE passageway.

* * *-roy

It reminds me of Moorgate and Old Street on being taken over by BR.
LU stations always seemed to be warm and bright, but give the same
basic kind of space to BR and they seemed to be able to suck all light
and warmth out of it. I've never really been able to work out how
they do it, but I guess it goes back to its BR legacy.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Roy Badami wrote:

On 29/09/10 14:36, Mizter T wrote:

There's a rather dark side to the passageway though, which doesn't
really match up with it's smiley fa?ade.

What kind of dark side?

The outside.

tom

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