Mind the Gap

Got into London late this afternoon after an excellent train journey on Virgin. The weather was wet and dreich so not much chance to take many photographs.

Even though I was dragging a suitcase around I managed to stop and take this shot in Goodge Street Underground Station. I liked the strange effect created in this mirror beside the platform.

The station opened on 22 June 1907 as Tottenham Court Road but changed to the present name on 3 September 1908 when an interchange was built between the previously separate (and differently named) Northern line and Central line stations at the present Tottenham Court Road. Goodge Street station changed its name on the same date.

It is one of the few tube stations that still rely on lifts rather than escalators to transport passengers to and from street level. In addition, it is one of the few tube stations with lifts to use the original scheme of separate exit and entrance areas.

Goodge Street is one of eight London Underground stations that has a World War II deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it.