Lancaster Gate and Harry Bell Measures brown plaque

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# Lancaster Gate Station Platform Standing on the Lancaster Gate platforms in 1900, architect Harry Bell Measures completed what would become a frozen moment in London's transport history—designing the stations for the newly opened Central London Railway with an elegant simplicity that would outlas...

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Lancaster Gate, Bayswater Road

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Lancaster Gate platforms Architect Harry Bell Measures , 1900 These platforms were the last substantial examples of the original Central London Railway design dating from the opening of this section of the line in 1900. In keeping with this original design, London Underground has used plain white tiles during the modernisation of this station in 2006. The original tiles can still be seen at high level on both platforms, above the track.