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A poster on the northbound East London Line platform at Whitechapel tube station, advertising the imminent closure of Shoreditch station to make way for the East London Line Extension.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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Shoreditch tube station, until it closed permanently on the 10th of June this was the northern terminus of the East London Line - although it was only open at peak hours and on Sunday mornings. The story of Shoreditch is one of gradual decline - formerlly a two-platform station on the line from Liverpool Street to Whitechappel, New Cross and beyond. Although through passenger working ceased some time previously it wasn't until the electrification of the Great Eastern lines in the 1960s that goods trains finally stopped. With the reduction in traffic came its reduction to just one platform and restricted opening hours. Finally on the 10th of June 2006 it closed for good, due to be replaced by a new station at Shoreditch High Street on the extended East London Line in a couple of years.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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Shoreditch tube station viewed from the very overgrown western end, passed the fixed red lights marking the northern termins of the East London Line shortly before it closed in June 2006.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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Shoreditch tube station viewed from the very overgrown western end, passed the fixed red lights marking the northern termins of the East London Line shortly before it closed in June 2006.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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While it was open, drivers used to "step back" at Shoreditch tube station, meaning that the driver of a terminating train would leave the cab at the front (rear from the point of view of the next service) and ring this bell on the wall of the platform to indicate he'd shut the cab down and vacated it. As soon as the train arrived into the station a driver waiting by the new front of the train would get into that cab, wait for the bell and then power up and drive the train on its next service. The first driver then walks the length of the platform so that he is in position to take the next train out when it arrives.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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The station roundell at Shoreditch tube station, photographed 11 days before the station closed for good.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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A train stop arm, a crucial part of the London Underground's signalling system, at Shoreditch tube station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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The western end of Shoreditch tube station, 11 days before it closed for good. Under the bridge at the far end of the station a train can be seen passing on the Great Eastern main line a short distance east of Liverpool Street station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 31/05/2006. |
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