It’s Only A Railway Station!
One of the reasons, I went East today, was to take some pictures of the roof structure of the new Canary Wharf Crossrail station. I went to Poplar on the DLR and these are some images that I took of the new station.
It is looking that it could end up being the most spectacular station in London.
But then the station bit will probably a bit boring, buried deep under the edifice, you see in the pictures.
Most of what you can see will be an upmarket shopping centre, with a garden on the top under the open timber roof.
It certainly isn’t a bad effort at a station on an underground suburban railway.
But then it is probably best to think of this station as part of the Canary Wharf Estate, rather than part of Crossrail. After all they are paying over half a billion pounds to build it.
How many shopping centres are integrated into the transport systems of the city or area they serve? The answer could be written on the back of a postage stamp, without disturbing the adhesive.
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