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| In recent years more and more stations have been re-tiled to retain the feel of the original scheme and some have been more successful than others. None of the following has a relevant original tile to be seen, so be careful. Though a little inaccurate, Lambeth North (which opened, and was tiled as, Kennington Road) has been a successful attempt. Kentish Town has been completely re-tiled too and gives a very good overall impression (though the tiling above the frieze is not an authentic original feature). The same can be said for Warren Street (opened as Euston Road) which also retains an original name panel. Unfortunately the WAY OUT and NO EXIT signs are inaccurately re-created. Recent efforts at Regents Park and Belsize Park, which though superficially pleasant, are badly spoilt by poor workmanship. |
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| Having commenced in 2008, Russell Square has been completely re-tiled and though the individual panels are not faithfully reproduced, the overall effect is very good indeed. Covent Garden is also being treated the same way at the time of writing and the same comments apply as for Russell Square. Though I cannot be sure that it is true throughout both platforms, the above photograph suggests an attempt to replicate the original tile layout. |
| Gloucester Road has been extensively ‘patch repair’ re-tiled to look original. Some original tiling survives but most of the pattern panels are entirely replica. It looks good though. Chalk Farm has similarly been patch repaired but sadly not at all well executed; in reality little of the original tiling survives at either station. |
| The following are the others which have been completely re-tiled and are not original (with only a token gesture made to replicate their former appearance): |
- BAKERLOO: Edgware Road, Marylebone (opened as Great Central)
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- HAMPSTEAD (Northern): Tufnell Park (where the colour is quite wrong), Camden Town, Hampstead and Mornington Crescent.
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All the others have either been re-tiled to a completely different style, or have decorative panels fixed on frames in front of the original tiling.
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| As can be noted from the above, we are now down to only two stations surviving reasonably fully from the original 46. The Bakerloo has lost them all and so too has the Hampstead (Northern Line). On the Piccadilly Line, Holloway Road and Caledonian Road are almost fully intact. (Hyde Park Corner has been completely re-tiled for about half the length of the centres of both platforms.) That’s it for stations open to the public. |
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