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Beautiful Graphic Symbols That Represent UK’s Major Metro Stations

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I'm certain I used to see the King's Cross one back in the station when I used it (probably about 5-10 years ago). I recognise it so I assume it was just dotted around the station. Probably makes sense as they're from 1999 :P
 
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I have looked round Charing Cross but the only place the logos are apparent are on staff vests.

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Ooops, correction: sitting on the train waiting for departure, this evening, I noticed it on the platform station name signs.

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For rather obvious reasons, the tall viaduct image portrayed upon the Manchester Piccadilly railway station roundel would have lent itself well to Stockport railway station with its noted high viaduct just outside the area of the railway station.
 

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The Manchester Piccadilly roundels are still extant on the signage on the country ends of the platforms - i.e. first/last signs you see on approach and departure
 

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I never really noticed until I read this thread, but there are some signs at Victoria on the platforms with Queenie's head on them.
 

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That's correct. (That sign could possibly date fro during the reconstruction, when Leeds Whitehall was also in operation.) Leeds Central was a different station, now closed of course, although unlike many other northern stations with 'Central' in the name it was nothing to do with the GCR.
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For those who are wondering what the symbols not mentioned in the article looked like:
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(Also I've got a hunch that St Pancras not having one is to do with the fact that it's never actually been owned by Railtrack/NR, just operated by them.)

Was it ever operated by them? I thought MML operated it prior to refurbishment.

Admittedly it's a London Terminal so I am very likely to be wrong.
 
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Ahhhh so that explains the symbol on the signs at Manchester Piccadilly... they can be seen clearly on the ones on Platform 13/14
 

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Briefly, St Pancras transferred to London and Continental Railways at privatisation, though day to day operations were handled by Midland Mainline, before passing to Network Rail with the opening of CTRL Section 2.
 
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