BLACKFRIARS ROAD

(1864 - 1868)

Surprising for a station that had such a short tenure such an age ago but there is still plenty of evidence of its existence. It was replaced by Waterloo East station, only slightly westward.

 


 

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Westward view and what is probably platform space on the northern (right-hand) side providing a mini wildlife reserve.

(Jun 2006)

 

 

 

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The entrance here was hidden behind hoarding but has recently been restored. The restoration seems almost too clean, in the sense that it might lead the unwary passerby into thinking that there is still a station here.

(June 2006)

 

 

 

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Eastward view showing the complete Blackfriars Road frontage with newly restored original lettering. It is not known whether the station platforms were island ones or not, though due to space restraints at both ends of the platform area and also that a smaller bridge would have sufficed for edge platforms, the deduction is that the raised area to the left (with the foilage growing on it as seen in the photos above) was the eastbound platform area.

(June 2006)

 

 

 

Quite a lot of time and expense has been spent on this station. Strange for one that was only open for five years.

(photo: 2009)

 

 

 

The war time damage to the brickwork.

(photo: 2009)


 

East Brixton