You can see in that picture there are still some bits of back fence to do, and there's some tidying up of the work of the other platform, but I can't see them spinning it out for more than a couple more weeks.In that spirit, here's an attempt to recreate the very first picture I posted of the station, last October, so you can see the difference:
And here's the widened bit and the non-widened bits of the platform together:
Update: According to the latest TfL board papers, opening is pencilled in for October 1. [Thanks to D-Notice in the comments]
Finally, a bonus picture of the enormous new Shepherd's Bush Central Line station:
Yay! Here's to opening in 2008!
ReplyDeleteAbout frickin' time...
THC
The latest TfL board meeting minutes say it'll open on 1st October
ReplyDeleteI am less impressed by the platform widening as I am by them moving the station to east London!
ReplyDeleteNo word yet, then, on the re-opening of the Central line station? It looks some way off from that photo!
ReplyDeleteThis morning I spotted a nice blue 'Wood Lane Station' sign on the front of, er, Wood Lane Station - hopefully we can look forward to all three opening on the same day.
ReplyDeleteI notice there's still Silverlink signage there.
ReplyDeletejust found this on the internet saying the opening date is the
ReplyDelete28th Sept
http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/News_and_Media/Press_office/Press_releases/104797_New_Overground_station_for_Shepherds_Bush.asp
Why such a huge surface station? Such a waste of space for an undergroud station. We need to be building homes on these lots surely....
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