Cradle of Light / Canary Wharf, Docklands, London, UK

An image of one of the entrances to the Canary Wharf LT Underground Station, Docklands, London., it was opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line extension.

 

The tube station was intended from the start to be the showpiece of the Jubilee Line Extension, and the contract for its design was awarded in 1990 to the architect Sir Norman Foster and partners. It was constructed in a drained arm of the former dock, using a simple "cut and cover" method to excavate an enormous pit 24 metres (78 ft) deep and 265 metres (869 ft) long. The size of the interior has led to it being compared to a cathedral in the modern age, it's truly spectacular.

 

In a 2013 poll conducted by YouGov, it was voted as the "Most Loved" tube station in London, is pretty vast, and looks in part like a set from Blade Runner.

 

If you like LT going underground images, I have a collection of them on my website:

andrewhowe.format.com/going-underground

 

f5.6/1/25th second/iso100/Nikon D7200/Sigma 10-20mm lens @ 10mm

 

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