South Kentish Town Underground Station
South Kentish Town is a closed station on the London Underground . It is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line and was in service from 1907 to 1924.
history
The station was opened on June 22, 1907 as part of the route commissioning of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway between Charing Cross and Highgate (now Archway ). From the beginning, South Kentish Town was little frequented because of the nearby stations Camden Town and Kentish Town . On the afternoon of June 5, 1924, the station was closed during a strike at the Lots Road power station . The management decided not to reopen it because of the low passenger numbers.
During the Second World War , it was converted into an air raid shelter by demolishing the platform and building a partition wall to each of the tracks. In the space that has now been created, a false ceiling was put in to increase the occupancy capacity. In addition, the elevators were removed and stair access was built. The war-time fixtures have now been removed and the cavern is now clearly visible from passing trains. The surface buildings are still standing and are used by various businesses.
John Betjeman wrote a poem called South Kentish Town in 1951 . It tells the fictional story of a passenger who gets lost in the closed station.
See also
literature
- JE Connor: London's disused Underground stations . Capital Transport, London 2001, ISBN 1-85414-250-X , pp. 22-25 .
Web links
- Photo of the access building around 1909
- Underground History: South Kentish Town
- Abandoned Stations: South Kentish Town
| Previous station | Transport for London | Next station |
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| Kentish Town |
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Camden Town |
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 43 " N , 0 ° 8 ′ 29.8" W.