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| Escalators in Angel Tube Station, 2008, MW, Buy this Photo. London Photographer Blog, Photograph of the Day, London photo exhibition of the month, Submit your photography to Ravish London, Buy this photograph on a t-shirt! |
| Angel Tube Station @www.ravishlondon.com Angel tube station, named after an old public house, sits at the southern end of the excitement of Upper Street, home of the Islington urban trendy. During World War II it was used as an air raid shelter, with crowds of people congregating and sleep on the platforms overnight. The escalators in Angel, which rise 27.4m and run for a length of 60m are the longest in western Europe. In March 2007 a plucky Norwegian took a pair of skis and launched himself down the escalators, experiencing a very smooth ride, culminating in a comfortable snowplough at the bottom. Weeks later a street artist inspired by the event, produced his own no-skiing stickers which he plastered the tube station with. Both were filmed on YouTube. For years Angel, which was built at the end of the nineteenth century, had a single central island platform serving two tracks. Severe overcrowding made this arrangement untenable so it was rebuilt and opened again in 1992. |
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