LJ4D - Loughborough Junction's built history

LJ4D - Loughborough Junction's built history An ongoing project to model (in 3d and also through time) the development of Loughborough Junction from the mid-19th century up to the current day.

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From the cathedral roof: Loughborough Junction station in 1954 & 2026The image above was taken on the 16th of April 1954...
18/08/2026

From the cathedral roof: Loughborough Junction station in 1954 & 2026

The image above was taken on the 16th of April 1954 by RC Riley, a railway photographer who grew up in South London and commuted between his home station of Tulse Hill and Holborn. His journey would have taken him through Loughborough Junction daily, but this photograph is not from a public viewpoint. Some time ago I worked out that it must have been taken from the large brick substation near to the station, and have fancied getting a modern-day equivalent view since then. Observant station users might have noticed that a couple of months ago this building was covered in yellow scaffold....

The image above was taken on the 16th of April 1954 by RC Riley, a railway photographer who grew up in South London and commuted between his home station of Tulse Hill and Holborn. His journey wou…

Forgotten arcades of LJ part 2: the heart of the old stationPart 1 of "The forgotten arcades of Loughborough Junction" l...
10/07/2026

Forgotten arcades of LJ part 2: the heart of the old station

Part 1 of "The forgotten arcades of Loughborough Junction" looked at the old arcade structures in general. This post focuses on the area that was originally the main entrance to the station, at least if you approached (via one of the two arcades) from Coldharbour Lane. The entrance area highlighted in red, on the previously posted illustration showing all of the 1872 arcade structures. The entrance area highlighted on an illustration of what the station probably looked like from Coldharbour Lane, when first built. The entrance area, approached from Coldharbour Lane, offered on the left a door into a waiting room and beyond that the booking hall....

Part 1 of “The forgotten arcades of Loughborough Junction” looked at the old arcade structures in general. This post focuses on the area that was originally the main entrance to the st…

The forgotten arcades of Loughborough JunctionThere is a fairly striking and relatively unusual feature of the architect...
26/06/2026

The forgotten arcades of Loughborough Junction

There is a fairly striking and relatively unusual feature of the architecture of Loughborough Junction's old station that is almost entirely hidden from public view, and largely forgotten to history as little photographic record survives. This is its series of brick-arched platform arcades, built over 150 years ago and partly surviving today. The main images at the top of the page on the history of Loughborough Junction station between 1872 and 1924 attempt to explain the complex system of walkways, stairs, interlinked arches and passageways that connected the station's seven platforms with each other, the surrounding streets, and the booking offices....

There is a fairly striking and relatively unusual feature of the architecture of Loughborough Junction’s old station that is almost entirely hidden from public view, and largely forgotten to…

Following on from the image I posted a few weeks ago, here's another view of what Loughborough Junction station would ha...
03/06/2026

Following on from the image I posted a few weeks ago, here's another view of what Loughborough Junction station would have looked like from street level, soon after it was rebuilt and expanded in 1872.

Following on from the image I posted a few weeks ago, here’s another view of what Loughborough Junction station would have looked like from street level, soon after it was rebuilt and expand…

A best guess at what Loughborough Junction station looked like in early 1873, just after its enlargement from two to sev...
15/04/2026

A best guess at what Loughborough Junction station looked like in early 1873, just after its enlargement from two to seven platforms.

The illustration above is a best guess at what Loughborough Junction station looked like in early 1873, just after its enlargement from two to seven platforms. This should be regarded as a work in…

A look at a short sequence filmed on Shakespeare Road in 1965, when it still ran alongside the Herne Hill railway siding...
22/03/2026

A look at a short sequence filmed on Shakespeare Road in 1965, when it still ran alongside the Herne Hill railway sidings.

Currently available to watch (for free if you sign up for an account) on Talking Pictures TV’s streaming site is a short film called “One for the Road”. This is part of a series …

The Padfield Road corner: Part 2Part 1 covered the history of Padfield Road (outlined in green above) in general. This p...
15/01/2026

The Padfield Road corner: Part 2

Part 1 covered the history of Padfield Road (outlined in green above) in general. This post will look at the triangular site (outlined in red above) that sits on the corner specifically. This small site, having quietly spent centuries as a piece of pastoral or farmed ground, entered a period of quite intense turmoil in the 1860s. In that sense it's a kind of microcosm of Loughborough Junction in general. Serious development came first with the construction of Wanless Road, and the houses along its north side, two or three of which would have been at least partially within the site....

Part 1 covered the history of Padfield Road (outlined in green above) in general. This post will look at the triangular site (outlined in red above) that sits on the corner specifically. This smal…

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