History of the Station:
The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR). Trains originally operated between Golders Green and Charing Cross, with extensions to Edgware and Kennington in 1923–24 and 1926, respectively. All trains ran via the Charing Cross branch. As part of a comprehensive signing scheme, the 'UndergrounD' lettering was added in 1908.
With the subsequent extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) to Camden Town in 1924, the CCE&HR and C&SLR were joined, allowing through running on the Bank branch and service as far south as Clapham Common, extending to Morden in 1926.
Chalk Farm station lies at the intersection of Chalk Farm Road, Haverstock Hill (the northern extension of Camden High Street) and Adelaide Road, which create an angular intersection that forms the centre of the neighbourhood of the same name.
Architecture:
Chalk Farm's narrow, wedge-shaped station building gives it the longest frontage of any of the stations designed by architect Leslie Green for the three tube lines owned by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London and opened in 1906 and 1907. It also has the shallowest lift shafts of any Underground station (21 ft). Station refurbishment by Tube Lines was completed in 2005. The station is a Grade II listed building.
The cache:
To find the cache, you will have to retrieve information from outside (Adelaide Road side) and inside the station (there is no need to go beyond the ticket gates). Note that the information is only available when the station is open thus not 24/7.
A= Number of round small windows.
B= Number of complete diamonds divided by 8 appearing in the London Underground sign above the station.
C= Right outside the entrance, there is a white panel displaying three letters. C is the value of the middle letter.
D= In the directions panel opposite to the entrance of the station, how many arrows are pointing East? The answer is D.
E= If you wish to get the Eurostar to the other side of the channel, you will have to take the Northern Line for E minutes.
F= From across the road, you can get a panoramic view of Chalk Farm Station. How many individual glasses (including the small ones) conform the big semi-circular window above the entrance of the Station? You will get two-digit number. F is the result of adding them.
G= In the first half of the 20th century, you may have wanted to have a look at the near 800 horses that were kept here. Nowadays, you might want to visit this place for some occasional rave shopping at Cyberdog instead. For that, you will have to walk for G60 yards.
The cache is hidden at the following coordinates:
N 51° 3B.(F-E+C)(A-1)(E)
W 000° 0(F+B).(G-2)(G+D)(C+3)
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About SideTracked Caches
This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breathtaking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked Website.
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