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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks

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Marty wrote:
wrote:

Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Greenford?

Oops sorry not a terminus - ignore previous post - was thinking of the
shuttle from GW main line.

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Marty wrote:
wrote:

Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Greenford?

Oops sorry not a terminus - ignore previous post - was thinking of the
shuttle from GW main line.

Greenford was the terminus for the Central Line when it was first extended
from North Acton. That was "many, many years ago".

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Just to add the actual station was covered but the outside could be
seen at the end of the platform when standing at the top of the stairs
(with the stairs being outside)

It was probably about 10 years ago

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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

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Robin Mayes wrote:
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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

Could it be a DLR station?

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Robin Mayes wrote:
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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering
if anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it
was an island platform and at the end of the platform was some
stairs heading down but you could also see outside from the top of
the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an island
platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading down",
which suggests that the stairs go down from the platform. Could dmacw
please clarify that this was what he meant?
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:42:35 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

Robin Mayes wrote:
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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering
if anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it
was an island platform and at the end of the platform was some
stairs heading down but you could also see outside from the top of
the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an island
platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading down",
which suggests that the stairs go down from the platform. Could dmacw
please clarify that this was what he meant?

I agree that the stairs issue needs resolving.

Having worked my way round the tube map I can't think of any candidates
that are traditional termini - i.e. at the end of a line and not some
intermediate turning point - where there are stairs down from the
platform. Everywhere is either level or has stais / escalators going up.

Leytonstone works after a fashion if you were on the westbound island
platform because the stairs do go down and you can see outside - just!
Not a terminal but trains did terminate there at times.

Loughton? - on a similar basis to that for Leytonstone?

--
Paul C


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gw2486 wrote:
Robin Mayes wrote:
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Many many years ago as a child I remember travelling on the london
underground and we reached this terminus station and was wondering if
anyone knew which station it was. From what I can remember it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading
down but you could also see outside from the top of the stairs.

Any ideas where this may be?

Thanks


Aldgate?

Could it be a DLR station?

Sounds like it's almost certainly Tower Gateway.

Picture at platform level at

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/stations/tower_gateway.shtml

and at street level at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway

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Alistair Bell writes

Sounds like it's almost certainly Tower Gateway.

If it was the DLR (despite the OP's use of "underground") then the
original DLR terminus at Island Gardens could be another contender,
since ten years ago it was an elevated terminus, with stairs to street
level and had an island platform.

--
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But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an island
platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading down",
which suggests that the stairs go down from the platform.

That would be correct Richard J, the stairs went down from the
platform? I thought it was an underground station but maybe it was a
dlr station.

Thanks for all the replies everyone

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On 18 Jul 2005 16:33:33 -0700, wrote:

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an island
platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading down",
which suggests that the stairs go down from the platform.

That would be correct Richard J, the stairs went down from the
platform? I thought it was an underground station but maybe it was a
dlr station.

If DLR is included then the obvious candidates are Tower Gateway and the
old terminus at Island Gardens where there are / were steps down from
the platforms at termini and you could see the street below.
--
Paul C


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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:16:28 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On 18 Jul 2005 16:33:33 -0700, wrote:

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an island
platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs heading down",
which suggests that the stairs go down from the platform.

That would be correct Richard J, the stairs went down from the
platform? I thought it was an underground station but maybe it was a
dlr station.

If DLR is included then the obvious candidates are Tower Gateway and the
old terminus at Island Gardens where there are / were steps down from
the platforms at termini and you could see the street below.

"Many many years ago" appears to exclude the DLR as an option.

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

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James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:16:28 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On 18 Jul 2005 16:33:33 -0700, wrote:

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs
heading down", which suggests that the stairs go down from the
platform.

That would be correct Richard J, the stairs went down from the
platform? I thought it was an underground station but maybe it was a
dlr station.

If DLR is included then the obvious candidates are Tower Gateway and
the old terminus at Island Gardens where there are / were steps down
from
the platforms at termini and you could see the street below.

"Many many years ago" appears to exclude the DLR as an option.

I also took "many many years ago" to mean several decades. However the OP
has since said it was about one.

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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:07:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote:

James Farrar wrote:
"Many many years ago" appears to exclude the DLR as an option.

I also took "many many years ago" to mean several decades. However the OP
has since said it was about one.

Which is why I made the response I did. Without that reigning in of the
timescale then I was completely stumped about "the stairs down from the
platform" issue at a LU terminus.
--
Paul C


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Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:07:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote:

James Farrar wrote:
"Many many years ago" appears to exclude the DLR as an option.

I also took "many many years ago" to mean several decades. However
the OP has since said it was about one.

Which is why I made the response I did. Without that reigning in of
the timescale then I was completely stumped about "the stairs down
from the platform" issue at a LU terminus.

As was I. Greenford (when a terminus) and Tower Gateway were the only ones I
could think of. I'd forgotten about Island Gardens.

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"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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Without that reigning in of the timescale then I was
completely stumped about "the stairs down from the
platform" issue at a LU terminus.

Mill Hill East and Amersham?

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It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 04:24:02 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
.. .

Without that reigning in of the timescale then I was
completely stumped about "the stairs down from the
platform" issue at a LU terminus.

Mill Hill East and Amersham?

"from the *end* of an island platform where you can see the street"
which I think was the original statement. Might just apply at Mill Hill
East as there is only one platform and I've obviously forgotten what
Amersham is like as I thought this was on the level. I thought Amersham
was side platforms?

I obviously need to revisit one or two places.
--
Paul C


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Brent Cross

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West Ruislip?

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Stairs are UP from Wset Ruislip platforms
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West Ruislip?

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Alternatively, It could be Canary Wharf, trains frequently terminate there.

Or Stratford, where the DLR has a single platform, and it forms an island
platform with Network Rail, on ther opposite side.

Given the visual differences, I cannot imagine, anyone mistaking a DLR train
for an LUL one.

So how about Buckhurst Hill, or Loughton, both have trains terminating at
island platforms.

"Brimstone" wrote in message
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James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:16:28 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On 18 Jul 2005 16:33:33 -0700, wrote:

But the stairs go up from the platform. The OP said "it was an
island platform and at the end of the platform was some stairs
heading down", which suggests that the stairs go down from the
platform.

That would be correct Richard J, the stairs went down from the
platform? I thought it was an underground station but maybe it was a
dlr station.

If DLR is included then the obvious candidates are Tower Gateway and
the old terminus at Island Gardens where there are / were steps down
from
the platforms at termini and you could see the street below.

"Many many years ago" appears to exclude the DLR as an option.

I also took "many many years ago" to mean several decades. However the OP
has since said it was about one.