http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/6538.aspx
says...

---quote---
Telephones

There are no public telephones at the station.

The nearest ones are over the road in the entrance to King's Cross St
Pancras Underground.
---/quote---


I appreciate that public payphones are rather 20th century, but I'm
still a tad surprised by this.

On a related note, are there any subterranean payphones (i.e. deep
platform level) on the London Underground network still in existence? If
not, when did the last one go?

(And apologies for the slightly laboured subject line!)

On 09/02/2013 13:27, Mizter T wrote:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/6538.aspx
says...

---quote---
Telephones

There are no public telephones at the station.

The nearest ones are over the road in the entrance to King's Cross St
Pancras Underground.
---/quote---


I appreciate that public payphones are rather 20th century, but I'm
still a tad surprised by this.

On a related note, are there any subterranean payphones (i.e. deep
platform level) on the London Underground network still in existence? If
not, when did the last one go?

(And apologies for the slightly laboured subject line!)

When did the Cadbury vending machines also go?

On 09/02/2013 14:02, wrote:

On 09/02/2013 13:27, Mizter T wrote:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/6538.aspx
says...

---quote---
Telephones

There are no public telephones at the station.

The nearest ones are over the road in the entrance to King's Cross St
Pancras Underground.
---/quote---


I appreciate that public payphones are rather 20th century, but I'm
still a tad surprised by this.

On a related note, are there any subterranean payphones (i.e. deep
platform level) on the London Underground network still in existence? If
not, when did the last one go?

(And apologies for the slightly laboured subject line!)

When did the Cadbury vending machines also go?

When there was some concern about them potentially catching fire, IIRC.
Not something LU takes any chances about these days (quite rightly).

On 09/02/2013 14:11, Mizter T wrote:

On 09/02/2013 14:02, wrote:

On 09/02/2013 13:27, Mizter T wrote:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/6538.aspx
says...

---quote---
Telephones

There are no public telephones at the station.

The nearest ones are over the road in the entrance to King's Cross St
Pancras Underground.
---/quote---


I appreciate that public payphones are rather 20th century, but I'm
still a tad surprised by this.

On a related note, are there any subterranean payphones (i.e. deep
platform level) on the London Underground network still in existence? If
not, when did the last one go?

(And apologies for the slightly laboured subject line!)

When did the Cadbury vending machines also go?

When there was some concern about them potentially catching fire, IIRC.
Not something LU takes any chances about these days (quite rightly).

Please explain.

wrote:

On 09/02/2013 14:11, Mizter T wrote:

When there was some concern about them potentially catching fire, IIRC.
Not something LU takes any chances about these days (quite rightly).

Please explain.

Vending machines are strictly controlled on LU (TfL?), by having to meet
strict rules on flammability and control of any fires.
I used to supply (well, not me, but the Co. I worked for) various
equipment for LU, all of these had extra fire proof material compared to
our normal stuff, as well as extra sfatey features inside - e.g. faster
breaking CBs and a fire extinguisher if a fire did occur.

Maybe the chocolate machine suppliers couldnt meet these rules?
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On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:39:09 +0000, (A.Lee) wrote:

wrote:

On 09/02/2013 14:11, Mizter T wrote:

When there was some concern about them potentially catching fire, IIRC.
Not something LU takes any chances about these days (quite rightly).

Please explain.

Vending machines are strictly controlled on LU (TfL?), by having to meet
strict rules on flammability and control of any fires.
I used to supply (well, not me, but the Co. I worked for) various
equipment for LU, all of these had extra fire proof material compared to
our normal stuff, as well as extra sfatey features inside - e.g. faster
breaking CBs and a fire extinguisher if a fire did occur.

Maybe the chocolate machine suppliers couldnt meet these rules?

There are also the elements which have killed off unattended vending
machines in general - vandalism and theft.

Mizter T wrote in :


On 09/02/2013 14:02, wrote:

On 09/02/2013 13:27, Mizter T wrote:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/6538.aspx
says...

---quote---
Telephones

There are no public telephones at the station.

The nearest ones are over the road in the entrance to King's Cross
St Pancras Underground.
---/quote---


I appreciate that public payphones are rather 20th century, but I'm
still a tad surprised by this.

On a related note, are there any subterranean payphones (i.e. deep
platform level) on the London Underground network still in
existence? If not, when did the last one go?

(And apologies for the slightly laboured subject line!)

When did the Cadbury vending machines also go?

When there was some concern about them potentially catching fire,
IIRC. Not something LU takes any chances about these days (quite
rightly).

I believe one of them actually did catch fire, or at least started to
emit smoke, whereupon they were all summarily and rapidly removed.

Peter

--
|| Peter CS ~ Epsom ~ UK | pjcs02 [at] gmail.com |

On 12/02/2013 12:09, Peter CS wrote:
Mizter T wrote in :


On 09/02/2013 14:02, wrote:

On 09/02/2013 13:27, Mizter T wrote:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/6538.aspx
says...

---quote---
Telephones

There are no public telephones at the station.

The nearest ones are over the road in the entrance to King's Cross
St Pancras Underground.
---/quote---


I appreciate that public payphones are rather 20th century, but I'm
still a tad surprised by this.

On a related note, are there any subterranean payphones (i.e. deep
platform level) on the London Underground network still in
existence? If not, when did the last one go?

(And apologies for the slightly laboured subject line!)

When did the Cadbury vending machines also go?

When there was some concern about them potentially catching fire,
IIRC. Not something LU takes any chances about these days (quite
rightly).

I believe one of them actually did catch fire, or at least started to
emit smoke, whereupon they were all summarily and rapidly removed.


Obviously not the Cadbury vending machines I remember which were purely
mechanical.


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

On 12/02/2013 12:37, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 12/02/2013 12:09, Peter CS wrote:
Mizter T wrote in :


On 09/02/2013 14:02, wrote:

On 09/02/2013 13:27, Mizter T wrote:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/6538.aspx
says...

---quote---
Telephones

There are no public telephones at the station.

The nearest ones are over the road in the entrance to King's Cross
St Pancras Underground.
---/quote---


I appreciate that public payphones are rather 20th century, but I'm
still a tad surprised by this.

On a related note, are there any subterranean payphones (i.e. deep
platform level) on the London Underground network still in
existence? If not, when did the last one go?

(And apologies for the slightly laboured subject line!)

When did the Cadbury vending machines also go?

When there was some concern about them potentially catching fire,
IIRC. Not something LU takes any chances about these days (quite
rightly).

I believe one of them actually did catch fire, or at least started to
emit smoke, whereupon they were all summarily and rapidly removed.


Obviously not the Cadbury vending machines I remember which were purely
mechanical.


Wires get crossed and can short circuit, however.

Like the also-gone photo machines I think they were more trouble than they were worth. At the end the machines were in fact very reliable, but any complainers still went to staff - ranting in their diabetic stupors.