LU Metropolitan Line + S8 stock, 2013-2023


David Bosher

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<h4><a href='/locations/M/Moor_Park'>Moor Park</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/H/Harrow_and_Rickmansworth_Railway'>Harrow and Rickmansworth Railway</a></small></p><p>LU S8 stock from Watford to Baker Street departing from affluently-situated Moor Park on a grey Sunday afternoon, 12th March 2023. This section of the Metropolitan Line opened on 8th July 1889 but it was not until 9th May 1910 that a wooden halt called Sandy Lodge was opened here. It was renamed Moor Park & Sandy Lodge on 18th October 1923 and finally to simply Moor Park on 25th September 1950. It was stylishly rebuilt in 1961 for electrification of the line from Rickmansworth to Amersham and Chesham. 1/3</p><p>12/03/2023<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/C/Chesham'>Chesham</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/C/Chesham_Branch_Harrow_and_Rickmansworth_Railway'>Chesham Branch (Harrow and Rickmansworth Railway)</a></small></p><p>Chesham, Metropolitan Line, with preserved but disused signal box, resplendent in pre-LPTB Metropolitan Railway colours, looking towards Chalfont & Latimer as a train of LU S8 stock arrives on Sunday, 12th March 2023. The space in front of the signal box is the site of the lifted run-round track used until 1961 when electrification replaced steam. 2/3</p><p>12/03/2023<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/C/Chesham'>Chesham</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/C/Chesham_Branch_Harrow_and_Rickmansworth_Railway'>Chesham Branch (Harrow and Rickmansworth Railway)</a></small></p><p>LU S8 stock, Metropolitan Line, just arrived at the idyllic terminus at Chesham, which still has the air of a country branch line station rather than a London Underground one, with the disused but preserved water tower from steam days in the background, on 12th March 2023. The station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway on 8th July 1889. 3/3</p><p>12/03/2023<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p>
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