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{{Infobox Closed London station|
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name=South Kentish Town|
| name = ''Clitocybe amoenolens
image= [[Image:South_Kentish_Town_former_tube_station_2005.jpg|250px|The station in 2005]]|
| regnum = [[Fungus|Fungi]]
owner=[[Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway]]|
| divisio = [[Basidiomycota]]
locale=[[Kentish Town]]|
| classis = [[Agaricomycetes]]
platforms=2|
| subclassis = [[Hymenomycete]]s
start=1907 |
| ordo = [[Agaricales]]
end=1924 |
| familia = [[Tricholomataceae]]
tubestation=yes
| genus = ''[[Clitocybe]]''
| species = '''''C. amoenolens'''''
| binomial = ''Clitocybe amoenolens''
| binomial_authority = Malençon
}}
}}
'''South Kentish Town tube station''' is a disused [[London Underground]] station which was on the [[Northern Line]] between [[Camden Town tube station|Camden Town]] and [[Kentish Town tube station|Kentish Town]]. The surface building still exists on Kentish Town Road, close to the junction with Castle Road, and is currently a retail unit occupied by the [[Cash Converters]] chain.
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| name = Clitocybe amoenolens
| whichGills =
| capShape = depressed
| hymeniumType = gills
| stipeCharacter = bare
| ecologicalType = saprotrophic
| sporePrintColor = white
| howEdible = poisonous
}}
'''''Clitocybe amoenolens''''', commonly known as the '''poison dwarf bamboo mushroom''', is a [[basidiomycete]] [[fungus]] of the large genus ''[[Clitocybe]]'' found in France. It was only recently described in 1975 by the French mycologist Malençon. It was discovered to be poisonous after several people had consumed specimens all found in the alpine [[Maurienne]] valley in the [[Savoie]] [[departments of France|department]] over three years. They had mistaken it for the edible common funnel cap (''[[Clitocype gibba|C. gibba]]'') or [[Blewit]] (''Lepista inversa'').<ref>{{cite journal|author=Saviuc PF, Danel VC, Moreau PA, Guez DR, Claustre AM, Carpentier PH, Mallaret MP, Ducluzeau R |year=2001|title=Erythromelalgia and mushroom poisoning |journal=J. Toxicol Clin Toxicol |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=403–07|doi=10.1081/CLT-100105162}}</ref>


The station was opened on [[22 June]] [[1907]] by the [[Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway]] (CCE&HR), as part of its branch to [[Archway tube station|Highgate]] (now Archway) station.<ref name=rose>{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=1999 |publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-219-4 }}</ref>
A similar species from Japan, ''[[Clitocybe acromelalga|C. acromelalga]]'' had been discovered to be poisonous in 1918.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ichimura |first=J |year=1918|title=A new poisonous mushroom |journal=Bot Gaz (Tokyo) |volume=65 |pages=10911}}</ref>


The station was temporarily closed following [[strike action]] at the [[Lots Road power station]] during the afternoon of [[5 June]] [[1924]], trains having called at the station that morning. In the event it was decided not to re-open the station after the power was restored due to the very low number of passengers using the station.<ref name=Connor>{{cite book |last=Connor |first=J.E. |title=London's Disused Underground Stations |year=1999 |chapter=South Kentish Town |pages=pp. 22-25 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=185414-250-X}}</ref> During [[World War II]] it was used as an [[air raid shelter]]. There have been occasional proposals to rebuild the platforms and the station as part of the redevelopment plans for Camden Town station. The layout of the station is similar to Kentish Town (also CCE&HR); with two 23ft diameter lift shafts and an 18ft diameter spiral staircase. The station now serves as an access point for permanent way works and as an emergency egress point for passenger services.
The resulting syndrome of mushroom-induced [[erythromelalgia]] which lasted from 8 days to 5 months, although one person exhibited symptoms for three years.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Diaz |first=James H.|year=2005 |month=February |title=Syndromic diagnosis and management of confirmed mushroom poisonings

|journal=Critical Care Medicine |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages= 427–36|doi=10.1097/01.CCM.0000153531.69448.49}}</ref>
A prose piece called ''South Kentish Town'' was written in 1951 by [[Sir John Betjeman]], and told the fictional story of a passenger who became trapped in the disused station. It was based on a true incident where a train stopped at the station by mistake and opened its doors, but in real life no one was trapped.<ref name=Connor/>

==External links==
* [http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/South_Kentish_Town_station.html London's Abandoned Tube Stations - South Kentish Town] Includes platform level photos.
*{{ltmcollection|0h/i000060h.jpg|London Transport Museum Photographic Archive.}} South Kentish Town Station, circa 1909.


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Revision as of 05:58, 10 October 2008

South Kentish Town
LocationKentish Town
OwnerCharing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway
Number of platforms2
Other information
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South Kentish Town tube station is a disused London Underground station which was on the Northern Line between Camden Town and Kentish Town. The surface building still exists on Kentish Town Road, close to the junction with Castle Road, and is currently a retail unit occupied by the Cash Converters chain.

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR), as part of its branch to Highgate (now Archway) station.[1]

The station was temporarily closed following strike action at the Lots Road power station during the afternoon of 5 June 1924, trains having called at the station that morning. In the event it was decided not to re-open the station after the power was restored due to the very low number of passengers using the station.[2] During World War II it was used as an air raid shelter. There have been occasional proposals to rebuild the platforms and the station as part of the redevelopment plans for Camden Town station. The layout of the station is similar to Kentish Town (also CCE&HR); with two 23ft diameter lift shafts and an 18ft diameter spiral staircase. The station now serves as an access point for permanent way works and as an emergency egress point for passenger services.

A prose piece called South Kentish Town was written in 1951 by Sir John Betjeman, and told the fictional story of a passenger who became trapped in the disused station. It was based on a true incident where a train stopped at the station by mistake and opened its doors, but in real life no one was trapped.[2]

External links

References

  1. ^ Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
  2. ^ a b Connor, J.E. (1999). "South Kentish Town". London's Disused Underground Stations. Capital Transport. pp. pp. 22-25. ISBN 185414-250-X. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)


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