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Post by dmncf on Mar 31, 2011 19:43:39 GMT
I noticed that a new ticket office has been opened at Hammersmith H&C and Circle line station. I understand that the previous ticket office was demolished during platform extension work to accommodate S7 trains.
Of course the new ticket office wasn't actually staffed when I visited on Tuesday around 19:00 because ticket office have minimal opening hours these days.
Does this new area on the east side near the station entrance also include a station control room or other facilities? Otherwise the business case for building a new ticket office that is lightly used would be rather poor. I believe Wood Lane was built without a ticket office.
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Post by Tubeboy on Apr 4, 2011 22:26:51 GMT
According to the official documents, Hammersmith H+C Ticket office is open 0730-1330 and 1515-1845 M-F. On saturday it is 0930-1615 and on sunday 1000-1400.
No Control room there AFAIK, its still controlled from Ladbroke Grove I think.
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Post by kkc35348 on May 31, 2011 19:45:57 GMT
I went through there today, seeing there are a pair of brand new ticket windows there. Perhaps the ticket windows back on to a Staff Area facility built at the same time?
It will be nice if someone in the know can advise us accordingly.
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Post by kkc35348 on Jun 12, 2011 16:33:18 GMT
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Post by Guest on Jun 12, 2011 21:30:57 GMT
If it had been thought of in the early years of the network, would it have been possible for the H & C tracks at Hammersmith to link up with the District line tracks?
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Post by Guest on Jun 12, 2011 21:57:06 GMT
If it had been thought of in the early years of the network, would it have been possible for the H & C tracks at Hammersmith to link up with the District line tracks? It was and they did. The remains of the viaduct can still be seen west of Hammersmith (D&P). |
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Post by etr220 on Jun 12, 2011 22:00:50 GMT
No. The H&C station was there first. But ever since the District arrived, a link from it to the H&C has been possible, just lacking the will to build it.
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Post by bronzeonion on Jun 12, 2011 22:02:11 GMT
I thought their used to be a link?
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Post by tubeoperator92 on Jun 12, 2011 22:06:22 GMT
It was in LSWR Days, to allow trains to run to Kensington Addison Road, freight mainly! Hence the widened embankments around Turnham Green!
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Post by bronzeonion on Jun 12, 2011 22:24:39 GMT
Now theres a couple of office blocks blocking the original route
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Post by etr220 on Jun 12, 2011 22:54:29 GMT
To explain the contradictions in the last few speedy posts see this map. First railway to Hammersmith was the H&C in 1864, originally GWR, from 1867 Met & GW joint, eventually to LU - pale blue and yellow on the map. Next was the LSWR Addison Road (now Kensington Olympia)- Hammersmith Grove Road - Gunnersbury - Richmond line (blue) in 1869; with the following year a link to the H&C - there was then a Met service to Richmond, which lasted until 1906 (never electrified). Finally the District arrived (orangeish) - to Hammersmith [Broadway] in 1874, then onto Studland Road Junction in 1877, with running over the LSWR to Richmond: in c1910 the MDR built its own pair of tracks to Turnham Green - the LSWR pair were disused with the closure of the line through Grove Road in WW1, but later used when the Piccadilly was extended west in c1930. All these lines were principally for passenger services, but used to some extent for freight (which did have some influence on how Turnham Green Junction was reorganised in c1930 - there are further details in Steam to Silver) |
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Post by slugabed on Jun 13, 2011 8:16:35 GMT
Now theres a couple of office blocks blocking the original route ...And a bit (the car-park?) of the King's Mall shopping centre... The office block was,when last seen,a rather shabby early-60s example which may well be up for re-development soon.Perhaps the route through should be safeguarded in case of future re-use... |
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Post by phillw48 on Jun 13, 2011 9:14:23 GMT
There was a link, in the westbound direction. There was even a station on the link Hammersmith (Grove Road) opened on the 1/10/1877. The station closed in 1906 and the link was removed about 10 years later.
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Post by glom on Jun 13, 2011 15:32:01 GMT
Ah so that's what they were doing. It's good that it's gotten a bit of a refresh. Those MR stations are nice architecturally, bit in a bit of a state (cf Great Portland Street).
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Post by stonesfan on Jun 13, 2011 15:45:52 GMT
The April 1910 Bradshaw gives services at Hammersmith (Grove Road) as follows:
- LSWR: Ludgate Hill - Richmond (10 trains each way, M-S)
- LSWR: Waterloo - Richmond (13 Down/14 Up, M-S; 10 Down/11 Up (most continuing to Kingston), Su)
- LSWR: Clapham Junction - Richmond (1 each way, M-S)
- GWR: Ladbroke Grove - Richmond (half-hourly, daily)
The GWR service lasted until the end of 1910, and the Kensington - Studland Road Junction line closed in 1916. |
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