Filled with faded movie posters, mysterious passageways and vintage signs, these tunnels and ticket halls lay undisturbed and closed off to the public for decades, before the London Transport Museum reopened them… and then had to close them again for the past 18 months.
Tickets are now back on sale for two of their in-person tours: Charing Cross, which ran on the Jubilee Line until and whose disused platforms have since provided the set for Skyfall and Killing Eve ; and Piccadilly Circus, where you can slip behind closed doors to explore abandoned passageways, lift shafts and bomb shelters.
Hold on for another few months, and they should be restarting tours at half a dozen other stations, including:. Like exploring abandoned tunnels? Submit Member Review. Save This Article. Aldwych Tour : A description of a guided tour of Aldwych station.
Hidden Holborn : A first hand behind-the-scenes look at some of the disused platforms at Holborn station. Brompton Road : Brompton Road station - both a description of the station and of a visit. Wood Lane : Wood Lane Station. Kingsway Underpass : A tunnel designed for trams. More Hidden Bits : Some information about some of the disused passages which can be observed in still active stations. Scrap Book is where you can see some additional photographic material that didn't quite make it into the web pages.
Finally, if you're a regular visitor, you can see what's changed since you last visited by having a look at the Changes Page - or by clicking on the little blue icon at the top of this page. Underground History is a living document that was started in March This means that over time more and more should be added to these pages. In other words, bear with me and visit now and again if you're interested in this subject matter, as more material will almost certainly be appearing over time!
Also - don't forget to have a go at one of the jigsaws of images found on this site! One point to note is that in these pages, all lines are referred by their contemporary names. Many if not all of the lines have however had different names during their existence. You can navigate this site in a number of ways. You can get to key pages by clicking on the menu bar at the top left of the page. Alternatively, at the bottom of most pages you'll also find a series of links to the main pages in text form.
You may also decide to navigate the site by following the links within the nariative - indeed, many pages have been broken down into a series of smaller pages so that each individual page isn't too large for people browsing with a modem connection.
The site has been designed with a resolution of x or more in mind. It has however been designed to also work well in x In order to better understand the location of these stations on today's network, you may wish to download a copy of the world famous underground map well, technically it's a diagram not a map , originally designed by Harry Beck in and first seen by the public in January This can be found in several formats on the Transport for London web site.
Some people have asked me why I don't have a copy of the Underground map here, or more to the point, why I don't have a version of the map that shows the closed stations. I've explained this in more detail on the Frequntly Asked Questions page. Since the majority of the stations that closed in central London were abandoned after , a map of the railways as they existed in , that's been annotated to show which Underground stations have closed or changed their name since that time is available.
This page also includes some advertisements from the publication from where the map came from, showing how advertising style and standards have changed. You can print any page on this web site for personal use.
If a page has the above icon showing a printer near its bottom, you can click on the icon for an optimized printer friendly version of the page to be sent to your printer or just send the page to the printer as you'd normally do. The printer friendly version will have all the navigation links removed so that the prinout is a lot freindlier to read and gives more of the experience of reading a print version of this web site rather than a clone of a web page with meaningless "click here" text all over the place.
If a page dosn't have this icon, it should now still print a lot better colours and page layout will be adjusted for printing but text won't have been optimised. Some people have had difficulty reading or seeing images on these pages. Admittedly some of the images are dark but all look presentable if the monitor is correctly set up. Here, you can find some test patterns I've generated to help you see these pages as I see them on my monitor!
Several of the images found on these pages can also be found as interactive jigsaws! Click on the jigsaw pieces to have a try.
Number of unique visits to this front page since March 27 Hywel's Home Page. Note: My original email addresses that were addressed to the starfury based accounts have now been replaced by the contact page due to an increase in undesirable unsolicited and quite frankly offensive junk mail. If you send me a request or question, I will respond in due course via email if you provide a valid email address. Disclaimer: Although dedicated to the history and background of the London Underground, these pages have no associations with London Underground , Transport for London or London Transport.
I am not an employee of any of these companies and have no direct associations with them or any transport related company. I visited all locations with permission and where appropriate supervision and permits were obtained. I certainly wouldn't advocate any attempt at visiting any of the locations featured on this web site without appropriate clearance. It's illegal and very dangerous. It's not a good idea to pester staff at these locations about visiting - they'll almost certainly say no.
Instead, consider joining a specialist society such as Subterrania Britanica , who arrange such visits on a formal basis. Since this site was written, London Transport Museum have created a series of tours unde their Hidden London brand. These are well worth going on. The photograph was taken late just as building work was commencing on the south bank left of the picture of the Thames. I have no problem with people printing out a copy of these pages for personal use - in fact, I've made printing the pages easier by creating a special style that is used when printing.
Just use the special printer icon at the bottom of pages that have been converted to use this style. Note that unless otherwise credited, all the images and text on these pages are copyright Hywel Williams. If you wish to use the images or text for any purpose other than viewing on this web page or printing out a single copy for personal use, permission must be sought and granted from myself before re-use is permitted.
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Contact the Author. Please note that this is the printer friendly version of this web page and differs slightly from the online version. There are 3 visitors reading these pages at the moment including yourself. Find out much more and to see photographs of some of these lost stations as they are today. Find out more about these lost stations. Approximate subterranean route of Tower Subway.
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