Kentish Town West
Entrance to Kentish Town West station, now part of London Overground, on 5th January 2019. This station was added to the Hampstead Junction Railway of 1860 in 1867; the platforms and buildings were wooden and had fallen into an advanced state of disrepair by the mid-1960s, rich in dusty unused waiting rooms. Very atmospheric with the then rattly Class 501 EMUs on what was then BR's Broad Street to Richmond line, listed for closure by Beeching. After the line was reprieved, the station was burned down by vandals in 1971. It wasn't until 1981 that new platforms were opened here, trains running non-stop between Camden Road and Gospel Oak stations for ten years.
Location: Kentish Town West
Original line: Hampstead Junction Railway (London and North Western Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Area Stations 2009-2023 Station nameboards, National and Heritage lines 1974-2023
Date: 05/01/2019
Image number: 69564
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