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PHOTO ALPERTON UNDERGROUND STATION (PICCADILLY LINE) A BUILDING WHICH IS SOME KIND OF ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION FOR THE PICCADILLY LINE . THE ORIGINAL STATION WAS OPENED IN JUNE 1903 BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DISTRICT RAILWAY â�� DR) AS LONDAS PERIVALE ALPERTON ON ITS EXTENSION FROM PARK ROYAL & TWYFORD ABBEY/EALING COMMON TO SOUTH HARROW. IN MARCH 1910 THE BRANCH SERVICES WERE EXTENDED OVER METROPOLITAN TRACKS TO UXBRIDGE AND ALPERTON PERIVALE WAS SOON SHORTENED TO ALPERTON. MOST OF THE STATIONS ON THE SOUTH HARROW BRANCH WERE REBUILT IN THE EARLY 1930S FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF DISTRICT SERVICES BY PICCADILLY SERVICES WHICH OCCURRED IN JULY 1932 WHEN THEY WERE EXTENDED FROM HAMMERSMITH. THE REBUILT ALPERTON STATION WAS OPENED IN 1931. THE STATION WAS DESIGNED BY CONSULTING ARCHITECT CHARLES HOLDEN IN HIS EUROPEAN MODERNE STYLE. HOLDEN WAS ASSISTED BY THE UERLS CHIEF ARCHITECT STANLEY HEAPS. RATHER SURPRISINGLY THE STATION IS NOT STATUTORILY LISTED AS OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE BUT IS â�ˌLOCALLY LISTED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY (LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT). PICTURED IS A BUILDING WHICH IS SOME KIND OF ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION FOR THE PICCADILLY LINE. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) H LLEWELYNPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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