In message , at 18:56:27
on Sat, 1 Mar 2014, remarked:
The above ground bit ceased to be anything to do with a tube station
80 years ago. Better to take one that has been less knocked about like
York Road or Aldwych if you want a museum.

Has someone paid £53m for *just* the below-ground-level bits of the
station?

What makes you think that?

Because of what you said about it ceasing to be "anything to do with
a tube station". You can't sell a tube station that isn't one any
more.

Or do they mean "we've sold a site that used to be a tube station,
but hasn't been for a long time, apart from some bits below the
surface".

Do you understand how the London Electric Railways built their tube stations
about 110 years ago?

What's so different about them?

Can we get back to the point though.

What have they sold:

a) the whole site
b) just the ground floor (in whatever way it's currently fitted out) and
below.
c) just the "below ground".

ps I'm sort of assuming they haven't sold the platform area and other
parts immediately adjacent to the line, on that level.
--
Roland Perry

On 02/03/2014 08:32, Roland Perry wrote:
[...]
Can we get back to the point though.

What have they sold:

a) the whole site
b) just the ground floor (in whatever way it's currently fitted out)
and below.
c) just the "below ground".

ps I'm sort of assuming they haven't sold the platform area and other
parts immediately adjacent to the line, on that level.

It's easy enough to look these things up, you know.

Inside MOD's tube station:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inside-mods-tube-station

Disused tube station sells for £53 million:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/disused-tube-station-sells-for-53-million

The information you seek is all there.

In article , Mizter T wrote:

It's easy enough to look these things up, you know.

Inside MOD's tube station:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inside-mods-tube-station

Disused tube station sells for £53 million:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/disused-tube-station-sells-for-53-million

The information you seek is all there.

Interesting links, thankyou

Nick
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In message , at 21:48:17 on Tue, 4 Mar 2014,
Mizter T remarked:
What have they sold:

a) the whole site
b) just the ground floor (in whatever way it's currently fitted out)
and below.
c) just the "below ground".

ps I'm sort of assuming they haven't sold the platform area and other
parts immediately adjacent to the line, on that level.

It's easy enough to look these things up, you know.

Inside MOD's tube station:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inside-mods-tube-station

Disused tube station sells for £53 million:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/disused-tube-station-sells-for-53-million

The information you seek is all there.

Taking those in reverse order, the £53m story confirms that some of the
ground floor has been sold (as well as some subsurface parts) but is no
clearer about whether it's just the ground floor. Interesting that there
are garages included though (that's why I asked a few days ago if there
was any other access to the site, because a large residential property
on a central site might well be developed to have underground parking).

The "inside" story talks about lift-shafts and "lower western passages".
Perhaps some of the site is actually outside the ground-level footprint.
What's the opposite of a "flying freehold"? It also partly answers the
question about first floor and above, as it has some inside shots taken
on the second floor.

Of course, the various cadets using the building at the moment have to
be found alternative accommodation, so it's not entirely disused at the
moment. I wonder if there's some costly maintenance being avoided here?
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:48:17 on Tue, 4 Mar 2014,
Mizter T remarked:
What have they sold:

a) the whole site
b) just the ground floor (in whatever way it's currently fitted out)
and below.
c) just the "below ground".

ps I'm sort of assuming they haven't sold the platform area and other
parts immediately adjacent to the line, on that level.

It's easy enough to look these things up, you know.

Inside MOD's tube station:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inside-mods-tube-station

Disused tube station sells for £53 million:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/disused-tube-station-sells-for-53-million

The information you seek is all there.

Taking those in reverse order, the £53m story confirms that some of the
ground floor has been sold (as well as some subsurface parts) but is no
clearer about whether it's just the ground floor. Interesting that there
are garages included though (that's why I asked a few days ago if there
was any other access to the site, because a large residential property on
a central site might well be developed to have underground parking).

The "inside" story talks about lift-shafts and "lower western passages".
Perhaps some of the site is actually outside the ground-level footprint.
What's the opposite of a "flying freehold"? It also partly answers the
question about first floor and above, as it has some inside shots taken
on the second floor.

Of course, the various cadets using the building at the moment have to be
found alternative accommodation, so it's not entirely disused at the
moment. I wonder if there's some costly maintenance being avoided here?

Was it still in use at all?

In message

, at 02:04:07 on Wed, 5 Mar 2014, Recliner
remarked:
Of course, the various cadets using the building at the moment have to be
found alternative accommodation, so it's not entirely disused at the
moment. I wonder if there's some costly maintenance being avoided here?

Was it still in use at all?

The web pages referenced say that it was still in use by the cadets, and
alternative accommodation would be needed. I hope it doesn't cost them
£54m to find some!
--
Roland Perry