And you think some of the Barkerloo stations are grim!

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

On Jun 10, 1:47*pm, wrote:
And you think some of the Barkerloo stations are grim!

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

Times change: when I first used the London subway in the 1960s the
Bakerloo was acceptable. It was not as good as the then brand new
Victoria Line. But it was certainly a cut above the Northern and
Central lines.

But, in those days for shere neglect and decay it was hard to beat the
East London Line. Back then it was the East London Branch of the
Metropolitan Line.

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On Jun 10, 1:47 pm, wrote:
And you think some of the Barkerloo stations are grim!

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

Times change: when I first used the London subway in the 1960s the
Bakerloo was acceptable. It was not as good as the then brand new
Victoria Line. But it was certainly a cut above the Northern and
Central lines.

But, in those days for shere neglect and decay it was hard to beat the
East London Line. Back then it was the East London Branch of the
Metropolitan Line.

Many LU stations are very smart these days -- much of the bloated PPP
funding has gone into refurbishing them. My local (above ground) station
even has colourful flower baskets, as well as all-new platform surfaces,
zero graffiti, clean walls, etc. It is cleaned regularly during the day,
and is basically spotless. It doesn't have any more facilities than it
ever had, but it's never looked better. It's a far cry from the
neglected, run-down system we used to have. Not today, of course, but
the clean, tidy trains usually show up, pretty much on time, and an
ordinary passenger would probably be surprised to know that they're
almost 35 years old.

When the East London line re-opens, it's probably also going to have
as-new underground and brand-new above-ground stations, but they weren't
nearly as bad as in the past when it closed.