Show Notes
Our first Bakerloo line station, Kensal Green has an unusual partly timber clad station building. The local area includes the spectacular Kensal Green cemetery, and is set to be transformed in the near future with the construction nearby of Old Oak Common station on HS2.
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References
London Underground Stations in Colour for the Modeller and Historian by John Glover (Ian Allan Publishing 2009)
Building London's Underground by Antony Badsey-Ellis (Capital Transport Publishing 2016)
The History of the Bakerloo Line by Clive D W Feather (The Crowood Press Ltd 2020)
The Bakerloo Line: An Illustrated History by Mike Horne (Capital Transport Publishing 2001)
Labyrinth: A Journey Through London's Underground by Tamsin Dillon, Will Self, Mark Wallinger, Marina Warner, Christian Wolmar, and Louise Coysh (Art/Books 2014)
Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?: London's Underground History of Tube Station Names by David Hilliam (The History Press 2015)
What's in a Name?: Origins of Station Names on the London Underground by Cyril M Harris (Capital Transport Publishing; 4th edition 2001)
Middlesex by John Betjemen (1954)
Newsflashes - Underground News July 2017 https://www.lurs.org.uk/04%20july%2017%20NEWSFLASHES.pdf
Newsflashes - Underground News October 1979 https://www.lurs.org.uk/UN214%20OCT%201979.pdf
The station now arriving - Old Oak Common interchange (Rail Engineer - 2nd September 2020)
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/the-station-now-arriving-old-oak-common-interchange/
West London council ‘in talks’ about new Crossrail station by Rob Horgan (New Civil Engineer 30th September 2020)
7 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Kensal Green Cemetery by Harry Rosehill (The Londonist 2nd November 2016 - https://londonist.com/2016/10/things-you-didn-t-know-about-kensal-green-cemetery)
Kensal Green Cemetery - https://www.kensalgreencemetery.com/
Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery - https://www.kensalgreen.co.uk/
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