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Post by younglulnerd on Dec 17, 2010 19:20:18 GMT
Why was it not finished? Would it be useful if it was opened? It's mostly done underground, so it would be easier to finish than a brand new station. Just wondering  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2010 22:49:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2010 9:02:47 GMT
When CCEHR started to build the station, the company expected that there would be residential development that would generate substantial numbers of commuters. But then there was an expansion of Hampstead Heath, reducing the potential number of users of the station.
I can't see that it would be worthwhile spending many millions of pounds to make the station operational, for exactly the same reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2010 12:54:29 GMT
Would have been the deepest station underground on the entire network, wouldn't it?
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Post by North End on Dec 18, 2010 14:03:39 GMT
Would have been the deepest station underground on the entire network, wouldn't it? I forget how many stairs make up the staircase at Bull & Bush, but it's considerably less than the 300 at Hampstead. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2010 21:24:49 GMT
I can't remember either, even having been up and down them many times - wouldn't trust the lift in those days, which is now non operational.
However, looking at one of my photos, it says "Height of shaft 35.28m" on a plate on the concrete wall, for what that's worth.
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Post by Dmitri on Dec 19, 2010 21:45:15 GMT
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Post by londonboy on Jan 23, 2011 11:24:44 GMT
Dont believe everything you read on wikipedia there is a plate inside the building that states the shaft is 35m deep as a previous poster has said. We have to go and check Bull and Bush on a regular basis and i have been there a number of times and there is no way that the shaft is deeper than Hampstead. I would put it on a Level Par with Belsize Park. There is definitely no way that the shaft there is 67m deep I dont think i would be able to manage the walk back up to the surface if it was LOL |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2011 12:19:54 GMT
The height of the shaft is 35.28m as I said above - photographed said plate on the wall.
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Post by North End on Jan 23, 2011 13:48:47 GMT
The site of Bull & Bush isn't at the top of the hill. The highest point is at Whitestone Pond, which is some way further up Golders Green Road. Bull & Bush station would have been sited on Hampstead Way, which is about halfway up the hill from Golders Green. Wikipedia is wrong on this - definitely. |
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Post by causton on Jan 23, 2011 19:20:30 GMT
"Originally planned to be the deepest station on the whole Underground network" from the Underground History site is probably where the confusion comes from (not reading the Wikipedia article, just remembering that phrase from the website). underground-history.co.uk/bullbush.php |
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Post by abe on Jan 24, 2011 8:23:24 GMT
The author of the Wikipedia article is confusing the deepest point below ground level on the Underground with North End station. The deepest point is 67m, but is located at Holly Bush Hill, not the proposed station.
For a number of years the CCE&HR had money put aside to complete the station, before finally deciding that the lack of demand in the area (not enough houses) would just make it a waste. The site for the building was sold off c.1927.
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Post by londonse on Jan 24, 2011 16:13:11 GMT
Would have been the deepest station underground on the entire network, wouldn't it? I forget how many stairs make up the staircase at Bull & Bush, but it's considerably less than the 300 at Hampstead. 197 steps down to the lower lift landing. Paul |
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