Borough
View down the spiral staircase (with 102 steps) at Borough station, LUL Northern Line, on 1st January 2019. Only to be used in an emergency, on this occasion my friend also named David and I had no choice but to walk down as the lifts were out of action so that, in TfL's view, presumably constitutes an emergency. Although as it was just after 8.30 p.m. on New Year's Day, we were the only passengers using the station at that time. This is the most northerly of the stations of the original City & South London Railway that opened on 18th December 1890 between King William Street and Stockwell, another 'first' for London being the world's first deep-level underground line. (King William Street station was abandoned and replaced by Bank when the line was extended north to Moorgate on 24th February 1900 via new tunnels diverging from the original north of Borough station, however the old terminus served as an air raid shelter during World War Two.)
Location: Borough
Original line: City and South London Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Northern Line + 1938 and 1995 stock, 1973-2022 London Underground stations 2010-2023
Date: 01/01/2019
Image number: 68650
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