Mile End Underground Station (District, Hammersmith & City and Central Lines) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Mile End Underground Station (District, Hammersmith & City and Central Lines) / hugh llewelyn
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Mile End Underground Station (District, Hammersmith & City and Central Lines), 13 July 2024. In June 1902 the Whitechapel & Bow Railway, a joint District Railway (DR) and London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) line, opened, connecting the District and Metropolitan Railway’s joint station at Whitechapel with the LT&SR near Bow. Mile End station opened at the same time (i.e. June 1902). The first services were provided by the District to be followed by The Metropolitan’s Hammersmith & City services in March 1936. Next to arrive was the Central Line of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB). The latter’s New Works Programme of 1935 proposed extending the Central from its easternmost terminus at Liverpool Street through new tunnels to Stratford and thence (through further tunnels) over the LNER branch from Leytonstone to Epping and Ongar, which the LPTB would take over. Although considerable works had begun by 1939, the outbreak of WWII put completion on hold. Post-war, works restarted and the first stretch to Stratford was opened in December 1946 to be followed by the Leytonstone stretch in May 1947. It included a short stretch of the track rising to sub-surface level to flank the platforms of the District’s Mile End station to allow cross-platform interchange – the only station on the London Underground network to allow such interchange between deep level tube line trains and sub-surface trains. In the planning for the extension it had been decided that a new, more fitting, station building better able to cope with the increased patronage expected should replace the 1902 W&BR one. The design of the station had begun pre-war by Stanley Heaps, the LPTB’s Chief Architect 1933-43, and his assistant Thomas Bilbow, who succeeded him in 1943 and completed the station post-war in December 1946 in time for the opening of the extension of the Central Line. However, ownership of the station remained with BR(ER) until 1950 when it passed to the London Transport Executive (LTE).Interestingly, the station’s design is more like Charles Holden’s earlier 1920’s Art Deco stations than his 1930’s European Moderne style. Pictured is the station building. |
| 撮影日 | 2024-07-13 16:01:06 |
| 撮影者 | hugh llewelyn , Keynsham, UK |
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| 撮影地 | East End, England, UK 地図 |
| カメラ | SM-A145R , samsung |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/500) |
| 開放F値 | f/1.8 |
| 焦点距離 | 4 mm |