| 词条 | South Kentish Town tube station |
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|name = South Kentish Town |image_name = South Kentish Town former tube station 2005.jpg |caption = The station building in 2005 |coordinates = {{coord|51|32|43|N|0|08|30|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB-CMD|display=inline,title|format=dec}} |map_type = United Kingdom London Camden |locale = Kentish Town |borough = Camden |platforms = 2 |original = Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway |years1 = {{Start date|1907|06|22|df=y}} |events1 = Opened |years2 = {{end date|1924|06|05|df=y}} |events2 = Closed }} South Kentish Town is a disused London Underground station located in Kentish Town, north London. It was opened in 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway but closed in 1924 due to low passenger usage. Latterly, it was on the Northern line between Camden Town and Kentish Town stations. The surface building survives on Kentish Town Road and is currently a retail unit. HistorySouth Kentish Town station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR) on its branch to Highgate (now Archway).[1] The station was planned to be called Castle Road; however, this was changed just before it opened. The Castle Road name had already been fired into the original Leslie Green tiles inside the station, so after the name change they were painted over with the revised name. The station was temporarily closed following unofficial strike action at Lots Road Power Station during the afternoon of 5 June 1924. It was decided not to re-open the station after the power was restored, due to the very low number of passengers using it; in fact, since as early as 1908 some trains did not stop there.[2] During the Blitz in the Second World War it was adapted for use 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. The layout of South Kentish Town is similar to Kentish Town (also originally a CCE&HR station); with two 23 ft diameter lift-shafts and an 18 ft diameter spiral staircase. South Kentish Town 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 John Betjeman which tells 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 and mistakenly opened its doors, but in reality nobody became trapped.[2] External links
References1. ^{{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 }} {{s-start|noclear=yes}}{{s-note|text=Former service}}{{s-rail|title=LUL}}{{s-line|system=LUL|line=Northern|previous=Kentish Town|next=Camden Town|type=Highgate|type2=South1924|notemid=(1907–24)}}{{s-end}}{{Northern line navbox}}{{closed london underground stations}}2. ^1 {{cite book |last=Connor |first=J.E. |title=London's Disused Underground Stations |year=1999 |chapter=South Kentish Town |pages=22–25 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-250-X}} 8 : Disused London Underground stations|Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Camden|Former Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway stations|Railway stations opened in 1907|Railway stations closed in 1924|Kentish Town|Leslie Green railway stations|Railway stations located underground in the United Kingdom |
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