Talk:Highbury & Islington station
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[edit] Historic Site?
Would this station be the location of the "Clapton is God" graffiti? I think it's historic enough to mention. AznWarlord 4:20 pm, 27 September 2007 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 20:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Future
This section includes the following text:
- "... the former station of the North London line on the opposite side of the A1 has been partially renovated for that purpose."
Is there a source for this suggestion? Although the building has recently been cleaned-up and redecorated, there would seem to be some problems with it being used in conjunction with the extension of the East London Line:
- The old GN&CR building is on the wrong side of Holloway Road.
- There is no connection between the GN&CR building and the North London Line platforms which the East London Line will share. The GN&CR station originally had lifts to the deep tube platforms.
- It would be next to impossible to put a subway under Holloway Road between the station buildings because of services in the street and the location of the escalator shafts down to the deep tube platforms.
DavidCane 01:28, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree - this seems unlikely, and I think might have been speculation by the original poster. I do wonder why that entrance was smartened up a couple of years ago. The only possible reason I can see for opening up this entrance would be to deal with the increased numbers of people using the station to get to the new Arensal stadium on matchdays. However, renovating the lifts down to the deep tube platforms would presumably be very expensive. --195.12.230.130 14:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Re-opening the old Tube exit would make sense as part of the ELL extension work - it would take pressure off the (already overcrowded in the peaks) main ticket office, by keeping Victoria and Northern City line commuters who are going to Islington (rather than changing trains) out of the main passenger flow. It could also fit with TfL's goal of providing greater step-free access, although not sure how you'd achieve that at platform level. I've seen the possibility mentioned elsewhere, but not by anyone official. As a result, I've toned the language down to "it has been suggested..."; hope this is OK with people. I've also raised the question in a couple of railway forums and will update the article if these throw up anything more concrete --Stalinism 15:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Accident
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5160516.stm
There apparently was a murder at this station July 8, 2006. Not sure if it is noteworthy or not for the purpose of this article.
[edit] Original station building
There's a scan of an engraving of the old station building here http://www.bmh54.freeuk.com/places/islington/highbury_and_islington.jpg It shows the victorian gothic design in all its glory - what a contrast to the lean-to we now have. Can we include a link to it?
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