Talk:York Road tube station

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[edit] York Road reopening - evidence?

The article says "There are plans to reopen York Road in the near future as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link work currently being undertaken at King's Cross." Where is the firm evidence for this please? I am not saying that no evidence exists and the suggestion is untrue; I am merely saying that I haven't yet seen the evidence, and that such a dramatic statement should not be in this article without readers being able to see the evidence for it. If no-one provides any evidence, the statement should be removed or radically modifed. 138.37.188.109 08:34, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Update: I asked the Tube through their online enquiry system at http://tube-tfl.custhelp.com/ . I said

"Dear Tube, the Wikipedia article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Road_tube_station says 'There are plans to reopen York Road in the near future as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link work currently being undertaken at King's Cross. Is this correct, please? Thanks very much Regards etc"

and they replied:

"Thank you for your recent email to the London Underground, Customer Service centre. This article is incorrect. There are no plans to reopen York Rd and never have been."

I hope this clears it up. Regards to all, 138.37.188.109 09:47, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I didn't write the original line but did recently update the data. I believe their source was line management within LU and mine was Officers at TfL although it wasn't in connection with the CTRL but the land redevelopment alongside. I note that the station buildings appear to be currently being worked on. Will make enquiries though to confirm the original information. --Vamp:Willow 12:02, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Update: Re-opening has been re-confirmed to me. I would suspect that the Customer Service people haven't been "officially" told about the re-opening as no date has (sfaiaa) been fixed as yet, thus their default action would be to deny the re-opening in case someone then started demanding to know why it hadn't opened on or by the date they wanted it to. (Plus someone might mis-understand about it being something in "the future" and think it was already open). --Vamp:Willow 13:27, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

What a shame that perhaps inadvertently they have put their people in the position of lying to the public. I've rewritten the opening of that sentence in order to try to accommodate the contradiction, though not in quite such strong terms! :) 82.45.245.15 08:09, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Another update: Have re-asked TfL to comment in the light of all this - it will be interesting to see their response, and it would be nice to get the official line and the insider view lined up nicely and singing off the same hymn sheet! :) 82.45.245.15 23:13, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I walk past it everyday. Looks to me like the building is in use by another company, not LfT. I'll take a photo once my camera is fixed. Edward 00:55, 2005 Jan 17 (UTC)

Camera fixed, I took some photos but then people inside started shouting at me so I ran away. I've added one of the photos to the page. Edward 09:54, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

Current occupants of the building are:

Siemens Fire Safety & Security Ltd
174, York Way, London, N1 0AZ
Tel: 020 7837 8505

Edward 10:03, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

Image:YorkRoad-hello.jpg

Heheh excellent, Edward! I wonder why they were shouting at you? Doesn't look like you were trespassing ... :) Gonegonegone 17:39, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

That was the first photo I took, it was when I was standing in their car park that they started shouting. Edward 17:54, 2005 Jan 21 (UTC)

Ah. Car Park Sensitivity. Can be very nasty! :) 82.45.245.15 17:21, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Just to complicate matters further, I've since had *further* information from a different source (non-TfL/LUL) that it is an 'aspiration' with the new works, and 'not' a done deal. Clearly there are too many hymn sheets floating aeound! (btw, istr that the current users are related to or provide services to the underground...) --Vamp:Willow 20:03, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hmm interesting. But the current wording probably still covers it, do you think? I mean it indicates some uncertainty ... :) 82.45.245.15 17:21, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Everything on Wikipedia should be verifiable. Whisperings heard by anonymous internet users are not verifiable, so I'm removing the parraphy on re-opening. Please replace it with something properly sourced. --Dtcdthingy 01:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

This page: http://www.kxrlg.org.uk/news/asgtransport.htm claims that York Road closed in 1977, not the 1930s. Personally I prefer the 1930s version, but I thought I'd point out that there are other versions of "the truth". I think the confusion may be with some platforms at Kings Cross.

Just to confirm; That 'York Road' should refer to the mainline platform of Kings Cross station closed in 1977 known as 'Kings Cross York Road'. The Piccadilly station did close in the 30's, honest ;) 91.106.13.79 (talk) 05:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)