Post Office Railway New Western District Office Station
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Site ID :- GTL02765
Key Words :- mail rail
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GTL02564,Post Office RailwayAddress :- Rathbone Place, London, Greater London, W1T 1HQ
Grid Reference :- TQ 296 815
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 529600 m, Northing 181500 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.517562 , -0.133563
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Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
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Description and History
New station on the Post Office Railway opened in 1965 (replacing the Western Parcels and Old Western District Office Stations the same year.) Construction of the new station necessitated a stretch of new running tunnel, and abandonment of some of the original running tunnel. There is a loco siding, three lifts linking to the surface building, and chutes for post bags, and stairs.
Although authorised in 1913 and commenced by the start of WWI the completed tunnels were used for wartime storage of museum objects until 1919. Contracts were let for completion of electrical and signalling installations in 1924.
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Grid Reference :- TQ 296 815
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 529600 m, Northing 181500 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.517562 , -0.133563
View Historic Mapping
Site Location :-
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Parish or Township :-
Administrative Area :-
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :-
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Site Dates :- -
Visit By :- -
Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database
Record Status :- Queried
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Although authorised in 1913 and commenced by the start of WWI the completed tunnels were used for wartime storage of museum objects until 1919. Contracts were let for completion of electrical and signalling installations in 1924.