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The Dead Platform

March 27, 2008

For those of you who don't travel on the central line every morning and won't have the chance to see the British Museum station, there is SOME respite.

I have become an undergound detective of late, and much to my boyfriend's chagrin I spend most of every journey with my face pressed against the glass.

Yesterday in between King's Cross and Farringdon, on the right side of the carriage, I found the elusive 'dead platform of King's Cross'. This is a King's Cross platform not used since the fifties. The best thing about it is that it's completely shut off from the rest of the undergound. A large staircase coming onto the platform is bricked off at the top. It looks spooky and dusty. Internet research has yeilded a little historical background; the platform serviced a now defunct line.

Well worth the embarrasment of teenaged girls getting off the train to avoid your erratic behavior and screaming.

Tags: spooky, london history