Alexandra Palace [1st]
The former entrance building to the first-named Alexandra Palace station, terminus of the GNR branch from Highgate and Finsbury Park, dwarfed by the huge bulk of the palace itself on the left and above, in snowy conditions on 20th December 2010. The steps to the left were designed wide to enable crowds of visitors to be swept off the trains and into the palace as quickly as possible but haven't been used, I think, since the line closed. The pre-war scheme to convert the line into a branch of the Northern Line was begun but, despite being nearly completed at the outbreak of WWII, was left in abeyance and then not proceeded with after 1945 and the line, once promised a bright new future, closed instead in 1954. With so much work completed at a cost of more than £1 million, this is a shameful blot on London Transport's otherwise rich history. The station entrance building (all that survives, the island platform in the cutting below the palace walls having been demolished) was derelict and boarded up for very many years but has now been renovated and is in use as a community centre and given the name CUFOS: Community Use For Old Station.
Location: Alexandra Palace [1st] (former)
Original line: Muswell Hill Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Disused London stations, 1981-2022 Disused London stations 1981-2023
Date: 20/10/2010
Image number: 68563
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