South Kentish Town tube station

South Kentish Town is a closed London Underground station. It lies on the High Barnet - Streckenast the Northern Line and was in operation from 1907 to 1924.

History

The station was (now Archway ) opened on June 27, 1907 as part of the route starting up the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway between Charing Cross and Highgate. From the beginning, South Kentish Town was little frequented because of the nearby stations Camden Town and Kentish Town. On the afternoon of June 5, 1924, the station was closed during a strike at the electricity works at the Lots Road. The management decided to open it again not because of low ridership.

During the Second World War it was converted to an air raid shelter was demolished by the platform and each erected a partition to the tracks. The resulting space is now pulled a false ceiling to increase the load capacity. In addition, the elevators were removed and built a staircase access. The internals of the war period have now been removed and the cavern is now on by moving trains from visible. The surface building are still standing and are used by various businesses.

John Betjeman wrote a poem in 1951 called South Kentish Town. It tells the fictional story of a passenger who might get lost in the closed station.