Talk:Pinner tube station

The bit about the KGB sounds like a joke to amuse the credulous tourists. Source, please. Vicki Rosenzweig (talk) 11:31, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

"closed for safety reasons" when referring to the subway: There were various half-baked explanations concerning this, but I was never able to pin anyone down to explaining why the subway was replaced by a footbridge. The subway had far fewer steps than the bridge, and was therefore easier to negotiate. The only feature of the subway were its steps, so they were presumably the only 'danger' - having more steps on the footbridge wouldn't be any safer. So... I'd like a reference to this rather than stating it as a fact - "alleged but unspecified safety reasons" would also do. --Fjleonhardt (talk) 10:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Ooh, a bit of the past to resurrect. I walk through that subway every day and no part of it has collapsed on to me yet. There is an amusing collection of stalactites (I can't even begin to imagine what their source is) and most of the tiles have fallen off, but the structure is still sound. If it had been classified as unsafe, they would hardly allow dirty great trains to run over it, hmm? I spoke with the chief contractor during the last round of refurbishment (when the lifts were installed) and he could see no reason why the subway had been condemned. An interesting subject to research would be London Underground's historical reliance on "preferred suppliers" - read into that what you will. Oh, and guess where I work? -- Snograt  talk here 17:12, 6 February 2011 (UTC)