South Kentish Town tube station
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| South Kentish Town | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Kentish Town |
| History | |
| Opened by | Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | Opened 1907 Closed 1924 |
South Kentish Town tube station is a closed London Underground station. It was on the Northern Line between Camden Town and Kentish Town. The building still exists on Kentish Town Road.
The station opened on June 27, 1907 as one of the original stations on the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway, as part of the branch to Highgate (now Archway) station.
The station was temporarily closed following strike action at the Lots Road power station during the afternoon of June 5, 1924, trains having called at the station that morning. In the event it was decided not to re-open the station after the power was back on due to the very low number of passengers using the station. During World War II it was used as an air raid shelter.
The above-ground building remains in place as a shop and a sauna (2005). With the redevelopment plans for Camden Town station there have been occasional proposals to rebuild the platforms and the station.
A prose piece called South Kentish Town was written in 1951 by Sir John Betjeman, and told the fictional story of a passenger who became trapped in the disused station. It was based on a true incident where a train stopped at the station by mistake and opened its doors, but in real life no one was trapped.
[edit] External link
- London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive. South Kentish Town Station, circa 1909.
