Kensington Olympia
A surviving sign from a vanished age outside Kensington (Olympia) station, showing its earlier name of Kensington Addison Road, on 13th January 2013. It was opened by the West London Railway in 1844 as Kensington and renamed Kensington Addison Road in 1869 (even though it is NOT in Addison Road at all but Russell Road) and then to Kensington (Olympia) when it partially reopened after WWII, in 1946. For many years, it had only an 'exhibition service' of LU District Line trains shuttling to and from Earl's Court and an unadvertised peak hours service to and from Clapham Junction for post office workers (though the general public could use this) until fully reopened by Network Rail in 1994 with a service of diesel unit trains running from Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction, later electrified and which became part of London Overground in 2007.
Location: Kensington Olympia
Original line: West London Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 13/01/2013
Image number: 73164
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