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Post by snoggle on Jul 23, 2016 16:52:52 GMT
Watch the embedded BBC clip. Features Broad St, a 95p return fare B St to Richmond, slam door trains, a decrepit Acton Central and a loony from the rail to roads campaign.   How things change.  |
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Post by superteacher on Jul 23, 2016 17:11:53 GMT
1981 - 1982 was probably the low point for the railways and London Underground. In the off peak, so many lines ran near empty trains.
This line certainly has changed beyond recognition, and increased demand year on year has required services to be increased.
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Post by theblackferret on Jul 23, 2016 17:22:27 GMT
Not so much a loony as a lobbyist, from the look of him.
Brings back memories of dirty stations etc along with 1980's fashion disasters, and weren't those stairs at Broad Street actually a later addition?
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Jul 23, 2016 19:08:10 GMT
Lovely stuff snoggle ! Cheers for that!  1983 was when I occasionally used it. Willesden Junction to Broad Street. Made a change from the grim tunnels of the Central Line......... |
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Post by egduf on Jul 26, 2016 12:44:48 GMT
Thank you for this! I remember going to Kew Gardens once from Broad Street, probably autumn 1983. How it has changed.
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Post by antharro on Jul 26, 2016 20:53:39 GMT
Fantastic bit of video, thanks for posting. Would I be right in thinking Broad Street was the last large station closure in London? Its capacity would be very useful these days...
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Post by stapler on Jul 26, 2016 21:18:07 GMT
Broad Street wasn't exactly a large station when it closed. It was only 3 platforms by that time and I have a feeling one of those was out of use. It was a great station sadly come to almost nothing, just like when Liverpool Central HL had only the Gateacre service left! Birkenhead Woodside was another ghost.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jul 26, 2016 21:18:23 GMT
,would i be right in thinking Broad Street was the last large station closure in London? Apart from Primrose Hill (which closed on the same date as Broad Street) and the stations on the North Woolwich Line, I can't think of any complete station which has closed since 1986. Some platforms have closed, such as Kings Cross TL, Charing Cross (Jubilee), Island Gardens (high level) and of course the big one - Waterloo International |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 21:21:34 GMT
Great video. I also remember being taken on a school trip to Kew Gardens using this route, getting onboard at Highbury & Islington. This would have been 1979, I think. Weirdly, I remember the train journey a lot better than Kew Gardens itself.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 21:37:00 GMT
Great video. I also remember being taken on a school trip to Kew Gardens using this route, getting onboard at Highbury & Islington. This would have been 1979, I think. Weirdly, I remember the train journey a lot better than Kew Gardens itself. Sounds like a boy with his priorities straight  |
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Post by superteacher on Jul 26, 2016 21:54:44 GMT
Great video. I also remember being taken on a school trip to Kew Gardens using this route, getting onboard at Highbury & Islington. This would have been 1979, I think. Weirdly, I remember the train journey a lot better than Kew Gardens itself. As a child, I always used to love the train journey more than wherever it was I was going. As a 43 year old, I can safely say that little has changed in that respect! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 14:39:52 GMT
Would I be right in thinking Broad Street was the last large station closure in London? Holborn Viaduct closed in 1990. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 15:19:41 GMT
Fantastic bit of video, thanks for posting. Would I be right in thinking Broad Street was the last large station closure in London? Its capacity would be very useful these days... What about Shoreditch station? That was closed in 2006. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jul 27, 2016 16:03:48 GMT
Forgot both of those, although Shoreditch hardly counts as "large", as it only had one platform, and was only capable of taking a 4 car train.
It depends on your definition of "large" of course, but Broad Street had seven platforms and Holborn Viaduct only ever had six, and three of them were removed in the 1920s in order to extend the others to take eight car trains.
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Jul 27, 2016 20:08:03 GMT
Broad Street wasn't exactly a large station when it closed. It was only 3 platforms by that time and I have a feeling one of those was out of use. It was a great station sadly come to almost nothing, just like when Liverpool Central HL had only the Gateacre service left! Birkenhead Woodside was another ghost. The last time I used Broad Street (on a 313) it was only one platform, and that was some sort of temporary structure outside of the previous station platforms.It may have been wooden although I wasn't that keen to check as it was chucking it down on the long miserable walk to Liverpool Street. |
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Post by stapler on Jul 27, 2016 21:47:57 GMT
Broad Street wasn't exactly a large station when it closed. It was only 3 platforms by that time and I have a feeling one of those was out of use. It was a great station sadly come to almost nothing, just like when Liverpool Central HL had only the Gateacre service left! Birkenhead Woodside was another ghost. The last time I used Broad Street (on a 313) it was only one platform, and that was some sort of temporary structure outside of the previous station platforms.It may have been wooden although I wasn't that keen to check as it was chucking it down on the long miserable walk to Liverpool Street. WK2000, that was Worship Street temporary station. They provided it to allow works for Broadgate to start before the Graham Rd curve was provided so allowing NL trains to enter Liverpool St. There was an official closure notice for Broad St-Worship St, of which I have a copy somewhere..... I expect someone on here can quote exact dates! |
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Post by superteacher on Jul 27, 2016 22:47:17 GMT
The last time I used Broad Street (on a 313) it was only one platform, and that was some sort of temporary structure outside of the previous station platforms.It may have been wooden although I wasn't that keen to check as it was chucking it down on the long miserable walk to Liverpool Street. WK2000, that was Worship Street temporary station. They provided it to allow works for Broadgate to start before the Graham Rd curve was provided so allowing NL trains to enter Liverpool St. There was an official closure notice for Broad St-Worship St, of which I have a copy somewhere..... I expect someone on here can quote exact dates! Although officially, the temporary platform was still classed as being part of Broad Street station. It was a very ignominious end to a once very big and busy station. |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Jul 28, 2016 5:55:30 GMT
The last time I used Broad Street (on a 313) it was only one platform, and that was some sort of temporary structure outside of the previous station platforms.It may have been wooden although I wasn't that keen to check as it was chucking it down on the long miserable walk to Liverpool Street. WK2000, that was Worship Street temporary station. They provided it to allow works for Broadgate to start before the Graham Rd curve was provided so allowing NL trains to enter Liverpool St. There was an official closure notice for Broad St-Worship St, of which I have a copy somewhere..... I expect someone on here can quote exact dates! Here's what I remember. It does appear to be a wooden platform.  |
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Post by stapler on Jul 28, 2016 7:35:07 GMT
That's the one. The Nat West tower is about the only thing in that pic now extant, I guess, although the building at right may have been incorporated in the new development
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Post by nickf on Jul 28, 2016 7:58:54 GMT
I loved Broad Street. It was pretty decrepit when I used it last with just the same platform layout that stapler saw. The feeling of abandonment and hopelessness was strong. RIP.
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Post by superteacher on Jul 28, 2016 8:45:10 GMT
Sadly I never got to use Broad Street. In 1986 I wasn't quite old enough to be allowed to roam around on my own, and prior to that my grandad (who used to take me to all kinds of places) wouldn't use BR as his free OAP pass wasn't valid back then. I did wander into the concourse though, and I also used to watch the trains on the Broad Street line from the 5th floor balcony of my nan's block of flats in Lee Street, Haggerston.
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