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Anderson writes That is one conclusion. The other is that the shops and the exhibition centre are in the wrong place. That isn't an entirely facetious comment - the location of the station probably had a lot to do with the structure of development in the area. When the line was built through Earls Court in 1869, no station was thought necessary as the area was still mostly market gardens. Housing rapidly followed the railway and, after petitioning by residents a small wooden station was built to the EAST of Earl's Court Road in 1871 (where lonelytraveller suggests it should be now). This burned down in 1875 and was replaced by the present station, a larger site being deemed necessary as the area was rapidly becoming built-up. What is now the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre was just waste ground (but used for various shows) on the triangle created by the railway lines to the west of the new station - the exhibition hall was not completed until 1937. So the area actually developed around the railway, rather than vice-versa. -- Paul Terry |
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