140. Oakwood

Saturday 1st October 5.40pm

This end of the Piccadilly line has been high on my list to visit as there's some very interesting stations here, and as it's not far from King's Cross (my 'home' station) it really ought not to have taken so long. I got there in the end.

The station building itself is a huge box, although as always they're hard to photograph than books and the internet suggest, partly because I'm focused on my onward journey and forget. So here's a view of the station from the platform:

And here are two views from inside which give a better idea of the scale of it:

I imagine that when there's nobody there and the building is flooded with light that it's really quite beautiful.

It was also my first station in zone 5, which I'll obviously be spending a lot more time in as this challenge continues.

Wikipedia entry here.