Saturday 28th November 7pm
This is another one of those enormous Jubilee line stations that looks a bit oversized for the area and probably makes more sense when it's busy. There are big underground spaces, then the escalators go up into a huge cylinder which forms the surface building and lets the light in - it's all very impressive. The only problem I had with it is that it's relentlessly grey - there is no other colour, apart from the people, and it begins to look a bit drab.
This station has the distinction of being the only one that has taken sponsorship money to change its name: on the day of the London Marathon it became Buxton Water (one of the sponsors of the marathon) for the day, and as I was in the city that day I went and took a photograph:
I can't imagine what other stations that would work at, which is a relief as it's a trend I don't think I'd like.
Wikipedia entry here.
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