Postcard; unused colour illustrated postcard of Broad Street station, 1907
Main details
| Reference number | 2005/171 |
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| Description | This colour-illustrated postcard shows a three-quarter view of the front of Broad Street station, a mainline terminus for the North London Railway in the early 1900s. Next to the station is Liverpool Street station and in the background is the Great Eastern Hotel. The station, which opened in 1865, served as the terminus for a network of commuter railways linking east and west London via the looping route of the North London line. With nine platforms, it became the third busiest London station in the early 1900s. The station was damaged during the Second World War. It became semi-derelict and was eventually closed and demolished in the 1980s. |
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| Dates | 1907 |
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| Completeness | 74% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 88mmWidth 139mmItem content Attribute Value Text Broad Street Station (London.)American YMCAOn reverse: Broad Street Station is the City terminus of the North London Railway, which affords convenient connection between the commercial centre of the metropolis and the northern suburbs, such as Canonbury, Highbury, Hampstead, Chalk Farm, Kilburn, Richmond and West London suburbs. The stream of passengers issuing from Broad Street Station early in the morning makes a most animated and bewildering spectacle. -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons "Oilette" series, 1907 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Borough City of London,