The Anonymous Widower

Bowes Park Station – 12th January 2023

I’d never used Bowes Park station until I moved back to London in 2011, despite the fact I had friends in the 1960s, who lived nearby.

Today, I was wanting to go from the Northern end of the Piccadilly Line to Moorgate station.

There are a number of ways to do this journey.

• Piccadilly Line to Bounds Green tube station and then a Great Northern train from Bowes Park station to Moorgate
• Piccadilly Line to Wood Green tube station and then a 141 bus to Moorgate.
• Piccadilly Line to Manor House tube station and then a 141 bus to Moorgate.
• Take the double cross-platform change route, I outlined in Extending The Elizabeth Line – Improving The Northern City Line.

I decided to take the first route.

I took these pictures at Bowes Park station.

Note.

1. The station has a warm well-stocked cafe, that is an asset to the station.
2. The station has a defibrillator.

In an ideal world the station would have step-free access, as this would give a step-free route to Moorgate and the Elizabeth Line.

I returned a day later and took these pictures to see if a lift could be fitted.

I don’t think it would be one of the most difficult or expensive jobs to fit in a lift, that took passengers between the platform and the bridge.

The existing stairs would be retained and fitted with a decent fully-compliant handrail.

If a single lift were to be placed on the opposite side to the stairs, passenger access to the station would be possible  during the installation.

January 12, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Food, Transport/Travel | Bounds Green Station, Bowes Park Station, Cafe, Defibrillators, Moorgate Station, Northern City Line, Piccadilly Line, Step-Free