South Kentish Town
The entrance to the former South Kentish Town station, now in commercial use, on 5th January 2019. This station opened with the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway on 22nd June 1907 and was originally to have been called Castle Road; this name was painted on the platform wall tiles prior to opening and then had to be covered up with the new name. It lasted for only 17 years; on 2nd June 1924 a strike began at Lots Road power station which saw none of the stations on the Highgate branch open. When the strike came to an end on 5th June 1924, while the other stations reopened, South Kentish Town remained firmly shut and has done so ever since. For those in the know, the gap in the tunnel walls still indicates the site of the platforms of this long lost London Underground ghost station.
Location: South Kentish Town (former)
Original line: Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 05/01/2019
Image number: 69684
