wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in in
June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a local
power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I don't
think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it reopened in
1981.

Peter

On 29/06/2012 22:17, Peter Masson wrote:


wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in
in June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a
local power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I
don't think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it
reopened in 1981.

Peter
Those were extraordinary circumstances, and the same could be said for
Intervale Avenue, on the New York City Subway's White Plains Road Line,
when it was burned down in 1989. Indeed, the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority had even considered not rebuilding the station, according to
Wikipedia, though public outcry prevented that from happening.

There was nothing wrong with South Kentish Town as a station when they
decided to shutter it.

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:17:36 +0100, "Peter Masson"
wrote:



wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in in
June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a local
power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I don't
think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it reopened in
1981.

There are quite a few stations in and around London which were
"temporarily closed" for various reasons but which either never opened
their doors again or were resurrected after many years. The West
London Line (Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction) is a prime
example with local services ceasing during WW2 due to bomb damage and
local services not restored (longer distance and freight trains
continued to use the line) until around 20 years ago with two or three
stations reinstated (in situ or with nearby replacements) since then.

On 29/06/2012 23:16, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:17:36 +0100, "Peter Masson"
wrote:



wrote

I can do you one better; They decided to shutter South Kentish Town on
what is now the London Underground's Northern Line in one afternoon in in
June of 1924, and promptly acted on that decision. The station was
temporarily closed that afternoon because of industrial action at a local
power supplier, and they simply never re-opened it.

Nearby Kentish Town West closed suddenly in April 1971 (because it burnt
down), and in 1976 the closure was announced as permanent (though I don't
think closure formalities were ever completed). However, it reopened in
1981.

There are quite a few stations in and around London which were
"temporarily closed" for various reasons but which either never opened
their doors again or were resurrected after many years. The West
London Line (Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction) is a prime
example with local services ceasing during WW2 due to bomb damage and
local services not restored (longer distance and freight trains
continued to use the line) until around 20 years ago with two or three
stations reinstated (in situ or with nearby replacements) since then.


Not the same. There was nothing physically wrong with South Kentish
Town, besides a temporary power disruption, which could easily be
rectified. They just decided not to reopen the station in one afternoon.