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Recliner[_3_] May 19th 15 08:43 AM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 
Down Street's ghostly tube station poised for new lease of life

Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground

Basil Jet[_4_] May 19th 15 11:03 AM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 
On 2015\05\19 09:43, Recliner wrote:
Down Street's ghostly tube station poised for new lease of life

Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground


Could we make it the new home of wartime leader Tony Blair, and brick up
the door?


[email protected] May 19th 15 11:17 AM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 
On 19.05.15 9:43, Recliner wrote:
Down Street's ghostly tube station poised for new lease of life

Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground

Is reactivation for revenue service an option?

Recliner[_3_] May 19th 15 11:21 AM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 
On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:17:07 +0100, "
wrote:

On 19.05.15 9:43, Recliner wrote:
Down Street's ghostly tube station poised for new lease of life

Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground

Is reactivation for revenue service an option?


No chance -- it's much too close to Green Park and Hyde Park Corner.

[email protected] May 19th 15 11:40 AM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 
On 19.05.15 12:21, Recliner wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:17:07 +0100, "
wrote:

On 19.05.15 9:43, Recliner wrote:
Down Street's ghostly tube station poised for new lease of life

Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground

Is reactivation for revenue service an option?


No chance -- it's much too close to Green Park and Hyde Park Corner.

Got it. Which of the shuttered stations is the most likely candidate for
reactivation, York Road?

DRH[_2_] May 19th 15 11:44 AM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 
On Tuesday, 19 May 2015 12:17:06 UTC+1, wrote:
On 19.05.15 9:43, Recliner wrote:
Down Street's ghostly tube station poised for new lease of life

Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground

Is reactivation for revenue service an option?


I thought Tony Blair was still in revenue service ....

Recliner[_3_] May 19th 15 12:06 PM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 
On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:40:02 +0100, "
wrote:

On 19.05.15 12:21, Recliner wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:17:07 +0100, "
wrote:

On 19.05.15 9:43, Recliner wrote:
Down Street's ghostly tube station poised for new lease of life

Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground

Is reactivation for revenue service an option?


No chance -- it's much too close to Green Park and Hyde Park Corner.

Got it. Which of the shuttered stations is the most likely candidate for
reactivation, York Road?


With the Granary Square developments, that would be a more useful one
to reopen, but it would have to be refurbished to current standards,
not reopened as it was when it closed in 1932 (which was in original
1906 style).

There have been campaigns to reopen it, but the cost would be in the
tens of millions (probably well over £25m), so I don't see much chance
of it any time soon. Adding an extra stop would also add unwelcome
delays to Piccadilly line trains.

See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Road_tube_station
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news...will-stay-shut

Mizter T May 19th 15 07:51 PM

Down Street station poised for new lease of life
 

On 19/05/2015 12:40, wrote:

On 19.05.15 12:21, Recliner wrote:

On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:17:07 +0100, "
wrote:

[...]
Public invited to invent new uses for abandoned underground hub used by
wartime leader Winston Churchill

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...on-underground

Is reactivation for revenue service an option?


No chance -- it's much too close to Green Park and Hyde Park Corner.

Got it. Which of the shuttered stations is the most likely candidate for
reactivation, York Road?


Deja vue, anyone?! ;-0


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