Hampstead
LUL 1995 stock with a Northern Line service to Kennington via Charing Cross calling at Hampstead on 26th August 2020. When the railway was being built this station was to be called Heath Street, and this was painted on the walls, but by the time it opened on 22nd June 1907 its name had been changed to Hampstead instead. For many years the originally-intended name was covered-up by hoardings but these have now been removed. Other Underground stations which did open with their intended names but were later renamed have similarly been treated, e.g. at Arsenal on the Piccadilly Line, the original name Gillespie Road which it bore from its opening in 1906 until 1932 has now been uncovered, and at Warren Street (Northern Line), which for less than a year between its opening in June 1907 and May 1908 was called Euston Road. (See my pics of Warren Street also published by Railscot.)
Location: Hampstead
Original line: Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Northern Line + 1938 and 1995 stock, 1973-2022
Date: 26/08/2020
Image number: 74404
Other photographs of Hampstead on RailScot
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