Barbican
LUL S8 stock on a short Hammersmith & City Line working to Moorgate departing from its penultimate stop at Barbican on a hot and sultry 13th July 2013. This station opened as Aldersgate Street in 1865 with the first extension of the world's first Underground, the Metropolitan Railway, from Farringdon Street (now Farringdon) to Moorgate Street (now Moorgate). It was renamed Aldersgate & Barbican in 1923 (although it was only ever shown on the LU diagram as Aldersgate) before being renamed simply Barbican in 1968. It once boasted a fine all-weather protection glass roof which was destroyed during the London 'Blitz' of World War Two. The frame was taken down in 1955 but it is still possible to see the support brackets above the arches on the walls. On the right are the disused Widened Lines platforms. For many years, this station was closed on Sundays but is now open full time again.
Location: Barbican
Original line: South Kensington Extension, Minories Extension (Metropolitan Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Metropolitan Line + S7 stock, 2013-2023 LU Metropolitan Line + S8 stock, 2012-2023
Date: 26/08/2013
Image number: 72844
Other photographs of Barbican on RailScot
 |  |
