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| Just for a change, here is an older photo, and a rather interesting one to boot. Taken in July 1957, seemingly from a quite tall crane or gantry, it is a view over the western end of the Lillie Bridge Depot complex, looking towards West Kensington Station. This area is much changed today, so I have added a contemporary view for comparison. The sidings, containing a variety of wagons plus a rail-crane with a grab-bucket, represent the far end of this large depot, while the tracks curving across the left are those which joined the District Line (just west of West Kensington Station) to West Kensington Goods and Coal Depot. These tracks were at a lower level, which partly explains the curious low-level parking area in this area today. On the right are several garage-like buildings, outside of which several service vehicles were parked. Of note are the four lorries, three of which each has a different length of canvas tilt cover. Somewhere near the small van in front of the tree, there was a bridge that crossed the District Line and joined West Cromwell Road. It is not known if this was the main road entrance to the depot, as there was also access from Lillie Road at the south end. The bridge is still in situ today, but no longer used for vehicles. There is still an LT-era sign at the West Cromwell Road gate reading 'No Entry, One Way Only', so perhaps this was just an exit. In any case, once the goods depot closed in 1965 it was possible to build a new roadway (running across the mid-left of this view) joining to Beaumont Avenue and hence coming out alongside West Kensington Station. In recent years, this has become the only road access, following the closure of the Lillie Road entrance. |
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| Photographer: | Photo ID: | 7726 | |
| Photo date: | 15/07/1957 | Size: | Extra Large. View regular size |
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| Date added: | 30/11/2023 | ||