Oakwood
Exterior of Oakwood station, LU Piccadilly Line, opened 13th March 1933 as Enfield West (Enfield West (Oakwood) from 1934 and just Oakwood from 1946) and designed by Dr. Charles Holden. Seen here on 9th January 2023, two months short of its 90th birthday, this is a Grade II Listed Structure. According to Alan A. Jackson and Desmond F. Croome in their 'Rails Through the Clay', this is 'the highest station in Europe in a direct line west of the Ural Mountains of Russia'. So when it all goes quiet in the pub .....
Location: Oakwood
Original line: Piccadilly Extension (London Electric Railways)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Underground stations 2010-2023
Date: 09/01/2023
Image number: 84243
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