The annual tradition of posting a different vintage image each day during advent, and this year, it’s of London’s old railway stations.
Notting Hill Gate
This is the original Notting Hill Gate station serving the current Circle and District lines, opened by the Metropolitan Railway in October 1868.
When the Central line arrived at the same location 32 years later, they opened their own separate station, directly oposite on the other side of the road.
Passengers swapping lines had to leave the station, cross the road, and buy a new ticket for the rival service.
This was resolved in 1959, when the two stations were merged into one which sits underneath the road, with entrances on both sides.
The new station was noted for being the first to use metal panels on the sides of its escalators, although it still had wooden treads, and would keep them until the Kings Cross fire.
