Broad Street

Location
Place	City of London
History
Opened by	North London Railway
Platforms
Key dates	Opened 1865 Closed 1986
Replaced by	none

The Broad Street branch line in 1899

Broad Street station was a major railway station in the City of London, which served as the terminus for the North London Railway. It was closed in 1986 and demolished. It is the only central London railway terminus to have closed entirely without a direct replacement. Broad Street station, London - print from Illustrated Times of 11 November 1865 File links The following pages link to this file: Train station Broad Street station Categories: Public domain images ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Originally called the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway and opened between 1850 and 1852, the railway linked the docks at Blackwall to Camden Town. ... Image File history File links Broad_street_branch. ... Image File history File links Broad_street_branch. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Originally called the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway and opened between 1850 and 1852, the railway linked the docks at Blackwall to Camden Town. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Rail network of the United Kingdom does not have one main London railway station in London, England. ...

The station was opened in 1865 to serve as the terminus of a network of commuter railways linking east and west London via the looping route of the North London Line. With nine platforms at its peak, it became the third busiest London station (after Liverpool Street – which was virtually next door – and Victoria). At the start of the 20th century, more than one train a minute arrived or left the station during the morning rush hour, with over 27 million passengers in 1902 alone. The Great Northern Railway also used Broad Street for a while, as a supplement to its King's Cross terminal some miles to the west. 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The North London Line is a railway line through northern London. ... Liverpool Street station in 1896. ... Victoria station in London is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of Westminster. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Rush hour at Tokyo Station, Yamanote Line A rush hour is a part of the day with busy traffic and hence traffic congestion on the roads and crowded public transport; normally the two periods in a day when people are travelling to or from work or school. ... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ... This GNER train serving Kings Cross is named White Rose after the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. ...

However, the North London Line lost most of its passengers to the expansion of the bus, tram and Tube network and the station became increasingly poorly used. It was badly damaged in World War II but was never fully repaired while local services to Poplar were withdrawn and not reinstated. A Routemaster bus This article is a general one on buses in London. ... There have been two separate generations of trams in London, one running from 1861 to 1952 and the second starting in 2000. ... The nickname the Tube comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile trains travel. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ...

The main station building was closed in 1956, passengers instead being directed to a new concourse level building at the platform entrance to buy tickets. It was earmarked for closure under the Beeching Axe of 1963, but local opposition persuaded the government to give it a reprieve. However, the station was subsequently gradually run down and the level of service was steadily reduced. Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable...

In 1967 the major part of the train shed roof was removed, having become unsafe, whilst four of the nine platforms were taken out of use in 1969, the same year that the goods yard closed. In 1976, peak hour services to the Eastern Region were withdrawn with the opening of the Northern City Line, and a further platform was disconnected. The station was now very dilapidated, with all but four platform faces out of service and trees growing in between the disused platforms. British Railways Eastern Region timetable for Summer 1963. ... The Northern City Line is a former name for the railway line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line. ...

Broad Street in 1986, just prior to its closure. The single temporary platform allowed the station to be demolished while allowing the single remaining service to continue operating

By 1985, only 6,000 passengers per week were using Broad Street station and only about 300 arrived daily in the morning peak. In May 1985, the service to Richmond upon Thames was diverted away from Broad Street, leaving only the peak hour Watford Junction services. It was agreed that Broad Street would be closed with the last remaining trains diverted to Liverpool Street once a new connecting chord could be built from the main North London line. Until this was done, it was possible to accommodate this last service from the outer end of one platform, and therefore in November that year demolition of the main station began. The remaining single platform was used until 28 June 1986, when the station was finally closed along with Dalston Junction, the other remaining station on the North London Line's City branch. Image File history File linksMetadata Broad_Street_1986. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Broad_Street_1986. ... Richmond is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... Watford Junction station is a railway station in Watford, United Kingdom. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dalston Junction was originally a railway station in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England. ...

Broad Street station was replaced with the giant Broadgate office and shopping complex. Nothing now remains of the station itself. However, the viaduct leading from the North London Line to Broad Street is still largely intact. It is currently in the process of being restored to carry the East London Line along the old trackbed as far as Highbury & Islington station. The Broadgate site features several works of public art, the largest of which is Richard Serras 55 ft high, free standing sculpture, Fulcrum 1987. ... Torontos Bloor Street Viaduct bridges the Don valley; road traffic uses the upper deck, rail traffic uses the lower deck. ... The East London Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured orange on the Tube map. ... The original Northern City Line station entrance, opposite the current entrance Highbury & Islington station is a National Rail and London Underground station, in the London Borough of Islington in North London. ...

Paul McCartney named his 1984 album Give My Regards to Broad Street after the decaying station. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, England) is an iconic Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, bassist, pianist, guitarist, drummer and artist who was a member of the 1960s rock band, The Beatles, and later, Wings, and is a popular solo artist. ... (book cover) Give My Regards to Broad Street is the title of Paul McCartneys soundtrack album to his self-written film, both released in 1984. ...

External links

• Broad Street Station Tribute to the demolished station.

Originally called the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway and opened between 1850 and 1852, the railway linked the docks at Blackwall to Camden Town. ... Shoreditch station (on the corner of Old Street and Kingsland Road) was closed in 1940. ...

See also

• Shoreditch railway station
• Haggerston railway station
• Dalston Junction railway station

Shoreditch station (on the corner of Old Street and Kingsland Road) was closed in 1940. ... Haggerston railway station is a railway station currently under construction in the London Borough of Hackney in London, United Kingdom. ... Dalston Junction was originally a railway station in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England. ...