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While the mixed signage in the thread refers to the Metropolitan line part of Moorgate station, there's a similar mix going on in another part of Moorgate stati
by gerjomarty 8y ago
While the mixed signage in the thread refers to the Metropolitan line part of Moorgate station, there's a similar mix going on in another part of Moorgate station, specifically the part that's the terminus for the Northern City line (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_City_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_City_Line).
It's very anachronistic in terms of London stations - its platform design (and that of most other stations on the subsurface part of the line) is still in the "Network South East" colours and fonts, which for reference hasn't technically existed as a concept since 1994. Just think - a colour scheme now 24 years out of date!
It's a line that isn't on the main Tube Map as it's technically part of the National Rail network and isn't run by Transport for London, even though if you wanted to travel from Moorgate direct to, say, Finsbury Park, the Tube Map would have you believe you need to change at Kings Cross.
(Though mostly this doesn't matter as the vast majority of passengers are commuters from the northern suburbs into the City anyway.)
There's a nice set of photos comparing old with new here, note especially how little it's changed and how unloved this part of the station looks compared with the TfL part. https://www.flickr.com/photos/60539035@N02/sets/72157701113297064 https://www.flickr.com/photos/60539035@N02/sets/721577011132...
- barrkel 8y agoI had to take this line (Moorgate to Enfield from platform 9) during a strike once, and it was the creepiest experience: across all carriages, there was about two non-white people. For a city as diverse as London, this is pretty unusual. It made the train look like some kind of white flight express.
- lmm 8y agoHow are you defining "white"? That line serves a number of Greek/Turkish areas (through Harringey in particular). Enfield proper is indeed quite a white area, though I don't think anyone would see it as an aspirational leafy suburb.
- laumars 8y agoLondon has loads of pockets of areas where diversity is low. Not just white folks, but every ethnicity and religious background will have a pocket of low diversity in London. I’m not saying it’s right, but it does happen.
- twic 8y agoThe services on that line terminate well outside London - distinctly non-urban dormitory towns like Stevenage, Welwyn, Letchworth, etc. A lot of the passengers are commuters from those towns.
- Lio 8y agoOutside of London most of the country is white.[1] If you never leave London it’s easy to forget that and how fast the ethnic make up of the capital has changed. [1] https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/british-population/national-and-regional-populations/regional-ethnic-diversity/latest# https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/british-p...