An in situ period poster attempting to explain the
works carried out at the station.
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One of the two lift shafts shared by both deep level
companies. They led directly into the concourse of Euston mainline
station.
(Jan 2008)
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One of the lift entrance spaces. One of the lift shafts
had two lifts, the other was unusually arranged in that it housed
one lift and the emergency stairs. They remained in service until
1968.
(Jan 2008)
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The lift entrances (or exits). Beyond the lifts, the
passageway veers sharp left and led to the Charing Cross branch
platforms. The passageway to the right leads to the other side
of the lifts.
(Jan 2008)
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The passageway on the left leads to the shared lift shafts (the
ones shared with the Charing Cross branch). The steps and passageway
behind the photographer led directly to the Charing Cross branch
platforms. The northern end of the City Branch platform can be
seen at the bottom of the stairs beyond the grille (the south
bound track is on the left of the white line - the northbound
track has diverted elsewhere).
Some idea of the cramped and congested nature of these
passageways can be gained from this photo.
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Heading away from the City Branch and toward the Charing
Cross branch. The station when first built, had the unusual arrangement
of a ticket office below ground.
(Jan 2008)
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The ticket office viewed from the opposite direction
twenty-nine years prior to the photo above.
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The passageway that led directly to the Charing Cross platforms.
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CHARING CROSS,
EUSTON & HAMPSTEAD
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The Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway
station building still survives on the corner of Drummond Street
and Melton Street.
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An opposite view, so to speak, looking at the insides
of the corner walls seen in the photo above, and at one of the
lift shafts.
(Jan 2008)
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Also inside the station building is this huge extractor
fan, built into the other lift shaft.
(Jan 2008)
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Below ground and the location of the lifts.
(Jan 2008)
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The shaft for the emergency stairs. The tiling can
be seen in a spiraling ring around the edges.
(Jan 2008)
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Ventilation shaft leading away from the lift shafts
seen above.
(Jan 2008)
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CITY & SOUTH
LONDON
The City & South London Railway's platform (the
City branch of today's Northern Line). The layout here was originally
that of a narrow island platform, the same type that can still
be seen at the Clapham stations. With the arrival of the Victoria
line, the northbound track was diverted elsewhere, allowing the
old northbound track to be filled in, providing a very wide southbound
platform (and same level interchange with the Victoria Line).
Similar works have been carried out at the Angel and London Bridge.
The photo above shows the southern end of the platform
and the truncated remains of the old northbound platform/track
(a brick wall has subsequently been built in the place of the
railings seen here).
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Same bit of platform as above but facing the other
direction. It is apparent that the old northbound track does
not progress far.
The track to the right of the photographer is that
of the southbound City branch (trains will approach the camera).
The track leading under the camera's position leads another tunnel.
This splits into two: one is the old northbound tunnel, the other
is that of a connecting branch to the Piccadilly Line at Kings
Cross. (If you look at the Piccadilly line tunnel as a train
is approaching the eastbound platform at Kings Cross, you will
see the other end of this connecting tunnel.)
For Dewi Williams' photo of the City Branch platforms
before reconstruction, click here, or for his home page (much interesting
stuff on there), click here.
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Facing the opposite way from the photo above. The left hand tunnel
is the southbound. The right hand tunnel houses the old northbound
(which can be seen in this photo) and to its right, out of shot,
the link tunnel to the Piccadilly line.
(Jan 2008)
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The City Branch southbound platform. Compare with Dewi Williams'
1950s photo (from the link two pictures up from this one). The
northbound track was on the left here, the photograph taken from
approximately the position of the old platform edge. The narrow
aspect of the platform space that had to serve both northbound
and southbound directions at a very busy station can be appreciated
here.
The ventilation windows seen on the upper left are
detailed below.
(Jan 2008)
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Toward the eastern end of the City branch platforms
(now just the southbound platform) are the remains of the passageways
leading to the C&SLR station building in Eversholt Street
(demolished in the 1930s). The truncated walkways are visible
from the platform as ventilation grilles.
According to Rails Through The Clay (1): "At
the east end of the island platform, a gallery suspended from
the tunnel roof led to two lifts communicating with a surface
ticket hall in Eversholt Street."
(Jan 2008)
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Facing the other way.
(Jan 2008)
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The shaft for the emergency stairs.
(Jan 2008)
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The diversion of the northbound City Branch track led to sections
of tunnel becoming disused either side of the old platform. This
photo shows part of the old northbound running tunnel north of
Euston station. The new northbound tunnel rejoins this alignment
a little further away from the station.
(Jan 2008)
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