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13 July 2013. London Underground's Park Royal station, London, England, UK. The Piccadilly Line train pulling into the platform is heading east to central London and beyond.
The current station was built for the extension of Piccadilly Line services over the District Line tracks to South Harrow. It opened on 6 July 1931 and replaced the earlier station which closed on the previous day.
First opened as a temporary timber structure, the current station building was designed by Welch & Lander in an Art Deco/Streamline Moderne style influenced by the Underground's principal architect Charles Holden. The station buildings are formed from a series of simple interconnecting geometric shapes. Plain red brick masses are accented with strong horizontal and vertical glazed elements. A large circular ticket hall with high level windows gives access to the platform stairs. The enclosures for these form cascades of glazed steps down to the platforms. The most prominent feature of the station building is the tall square tower adjacent to the ticket hall. This is adorned with the Underground roundel; and represents a visible locator for the station from some distance. The permanent structure was opened in 1936.
Hasselblad H2 and 80mm lens with a Leaf Aptus 65 digital back.
A Year in Pictures image 194 of 365.
2013 194
13 July 2013. London Underground's Park Royal station, London, England, UK. The Piccadilly Line train pulling into the platform is heading east to central London and beyond.
The current station was built for the extension of Piccadilly Line services over the District Line tracks to South Harrow. It opened on 6 July 1931 and replaced the earlier station which closed on the previous day.
First opened as a temporary timber structure, the current station building was designed by Welch & Lander in an Art Deco/Streamline Moderne style influenced by the Underground's principal architect Charles Holden. The station buildings are formed from a series of simple interconnecting geometric shapes. Plain red brick masses are accented with strong horizontal and vertical glazed elements. A large circular ticket hall with high level windows gives access to the platform stairs. The enclosures for these form cascades of glazed steps down to the platforms. The most prominent feature of the station building is the tall square tower adjacent to the ticket hall. This is adorned with the Underground roundel; and represents a visible locator for the station from some distance. The permanent structure was opened in 1936.
Hasselblad H2 and 80mm lens with a Leaf Aptus 65 digital back.
A Year in Pictures image 194 of 365.