Charing Cross [CCR]
The main frontage of Charing Cross station, London, on 7th March 2020, just before lockdown. Situated at the western end of the thoroughfare called Strand (NOT The Strand), it was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1864 with the extension of the line from London Bridge. In 1958, it was suggested that the station should be closed and the railway bridge across the Thames with the Hungerford pedestrian bridge alongside be converted into a road bridge but these plans were rightly condemned. The narrow and by then quite shabby pedestrian bridge disappeared at the Millennium and was replaced by two new footbridges, either side of the railway bridge, much wider and a lot easier to navigate, although I remember the old one well.
Location: Charing Cross [CCR]
Original line: Charing Cross Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Area Stations 2009-2023
Date: 07/03/2020
Image number: 73688
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