For the first time ever I entered the Central Line at Shepherd's Bush. Just
before I went down the last set of stairs to the platform, I saw a closed
exit and what looked like a tunnel going across a set of tracks.

As I got down to the eastbound platform, I could see thru the metal grating
what looked like another platform/tunnel but about 6/ feet higher than the
platform I was on. Could see power cables etc.

Any idea what this is?

Thanks,

G

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:46:34 +0100, "Gerard McGovern"
wrote:

For the first time ever I entered the Central Line at Shepherd's Bush. Just
before I went down the last set of stairs to the platform, I saw a closed
exit and what looked like a tunnel going across a set of tracks.

As I got down to the eastbound platform, I could see thru the metal grating
what looked like another platform/tunnel but about 6/ feet higher than the
platform I was on. Could see power cables etc.

Any idea what this is?

I would hazard a guess that they're the old lift landings. SB/C had
two extra electro-hydraulic lifts added at the rear of the ticket hall
a couple of years after the station first opened.
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Any idea what this is?

I asked this same question a couple of years ago. http://tinyurl.com/r9m4

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For the first time ever I entered the Central Line at Shepherd's Bush. Just
before I went down the last set of stairs to the platform, I saw a closed
exit and what looked like a tunnel going across a set of tracks.

This is the access to one of the two former lift landings. The other lift landing now serves as a passageway leading to the emergency staircase, which (unusually) are built in part of a former *lift* shaft. The original emergency staircase shaft, and some of the lift shafts, have been severed by the escalator shaft, which runs right through where they used to be.


As I got down to the eastbound platform, I could see thru the metal grating
what looked like another platform/tunnel but about 6/ feet higher than the
platform I was on. Could see power cables etc.
Any idea what this is?


This is a draught-relief heading, which connects to the disused passageway you mentioned initially, and, therefore, to one of the former lift shafts which hasn't been cut through by the escalator shaft.