Subway of the new High-Level Station at the Crystal Palace, [Sydenham], 1865. 'The South London and Crystal Palace now been open several superior convenience of the new Crystal Palace station is already felt by many [who are able to] avoid the tedious walk up half a mile of corridors and staircases imposed on those arriving by the Brighton Company's platform of the station being on a level with the lower floor (in the machinery department) of the Crystal Palace, railway passengers will have easy access by a handsome and well-lighted subway, 40 ft
Subway of the new High-Level Station at the Crystal Palace, [Sydenham], 1865. 'The South London and Crystal Palace now been open several superior convenience of the new Crystal Palace station is already felt by many [who are able to] avoid the tedious walk up half a mile of corridors and staircases imposed on those arriving by the Brighton Company's platform of the station being on a level with the lower floor (in the machinery department) of the Crystal Palace, railway passengers will have easy access by a handsome and well-lighted subway, 40 ft. wide, ascending to the main floor, either in the centre transept or behind the concert-room, by a broad flight of will be room in the station and sidings for engines and carriages enough to carry away 7000 or 8000 passengers in an present nineteen trains run daily each line has been constructed by Messrs. Peto and Betts; the engineer is Mr. Turner; Mr. Shelford is the resident engineer, and Mr. Edward Barry has been the architect of the Crystal Palace station, which was built by Messrs. Lucas, at a cost of about £100,000'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.
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