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| This is the southbound platform, at Trafalgar Square
station on the Bakerloo Line, looking north. It was almost certainly
taken just before opening. |
| The station has had an interesting time and here
is a potted history of events that have affected the platform tiling:
the station opened on 10th March 1906 with four lifts installed; the
ticket hall and this platform were tiled by W.B. Simpson & Sons (who
are still in business); escalators replaced lifts on 13th April 1926
and this caused the loss of some of the original passages. It was
renamed Charing Cross on 1st May 1979, when interchange with Northern
and newly built Jubilee Lines was introduced through a massive re-construction
of what were to separate stations. The platform tiling was covered
by laminated veneered decorative panels from early 1982 (though the
new panels were not visible until 13th December 1983). |
| This photograph is copyright London Transport Museum and is reproduced with their kind permission. A print may be
purchased by ordering negative number 25580. |
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| The station name can be seen integral to the tiling and
beyond it, repeating patterns made up of 9x3-inch coloured tiles.
Overhead ‘rings’ descended to platform level and divided the wall
into separate panels. The tiles here were brown, green and cream. |
| Click on the sample below or Walk
Along the Platforms. You can then scroll left to right along the
entire 291 feet of the platform length. |
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