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What went on fire the other day at Hamilton Square station causing some disrupting until it was extinguished?

I recall getting off there on one occasion years ago when there was a strong smell of burning. We were not allowed to use the lifts but had to ascend a long tunnel which emerged onto Shore road next to a substation there.

Am I right in thinking that once Shore Road had a power station designed to power the trains under the river? I vaguely recall a building there that looked like a power station, long since demolished but it may be my memory plating tricks.

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Woodside Grid Substation is alive and well in Shore Road, it is behind the pump house. It supplies the smaller British Rail Shore Road substation and others.


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I have it in mind that there was a small power station there at one time.in Shore road or canning street. Am I right?

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Originally Posted by Excoriator
I have it in mind that there was a small power station there at one time.in Shore road or canning street. Am I right?


I've completely forgotten but I don't think so, I suspect it was just transformers and switching gear even though it may have been called a power station. The four corners of the tower are chimneys but nothing on a full time generator scale, more like heating, local backup generators etc. There used to be a stubby chimney on the extended back of the building which was maybe a vent shaft.

The substation has had a few incidents over the years.


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