Mummy mia! See more ideas about London underground, Tube station, London tube. There are 49 abandoned stations on the 249-mile-long London Underground network – and they have all been detailed on a fascinating map of it. But, unbeknown to many Londoners, deep below their feet lie the tunnels and walkways of abandoned Tube stations, some left untouched and unused since the last passenger left their platforms decades ago.. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. It was opened in 1907 with the name Strand, after the street on which it is located, and was the terminus of the short Piccadilly line branch from Holborn that was a … By Nina Stoller-Lindsey. For instance Blake Hall on the Central line was estimated to have only 17 passengers when it closed in 1981. May 5, 2015 - London Underground's David Leboff offers a rare tour around St Mary's in East London, one of the least well-known disused tube stations. NYC’s Most Insane Abandoned Subway Stations. Aug 20, 2017 - Explore Lesley Seagrave's board "Abandoned London Underground Stations", followed by 385 people on Pinterest. The Holiday Guru answers coronavirus-related travel questions, including this week - will the U.S be fully open to tourists in 2022? Save our Vegas wedding! Abandonedstations.org.uk said of the former Piccadilly line station that 'it fell victim to bad planning - i.e putting one where it wasn't needed', Inside York Road on the Piccadilly line. CONNOR - Abandoned Stations on London's Underground (ISBN 0-947-69930-9) All I can say is; what a place to move to! It was shut and replaced by Holborn nearby, which provided an interchange with the Piccadilly line. However, far from being the 'create and leave alone' website envisaged, it has actually become quite organic; there are an … J.E. Follenfant: Reconstructing London's Underground (London Transport, 1975) A ghost station is a disused train station through which revenue-service passenger trains (especially rapid transit trains) pass but at which they do not stop. There are 49 abandoned stations on the 249-mile-long London Underground network – and they have all been detailed on a fascinating map of it. H.G. A word about this site: It was originally just a means of doing something constructive with a box of old tube photos re-discovered during a clean out. 'Down Street [Piccadilly line] was fitted out as an underground office facility complete with telephone lines and even played host to a meeting of the War Cabinet at 20 minutes notice. 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The abandoned tunnels of the old Highgate station can be found along Parkland Walk in London. The abandoned stations are marked in grey and on this central London section include Down Street, Brompton Road and Aldwych on the blue Piccadilly line, British Museum on the red Central line and City Road on the black Northern line, In this section of the map abandoned stations such as St Mary's (District line), which closed in 1938, and Shoreditch (East London line), which closed in 1940, are indicated. I love photography and taking pictures of abandoned places and here’s why I’d like to visit some abandoned tube stations around the city. Beneath London’s financial district lie the decaying remains of King William Street, the world’s first deep-level tube terminus, which was bypassed and abandoned in … One of these abandoned stations is the former Euston station, which is also one of the deepest level stations on the London underground. Tube stations have also played a part in Britain's cultural life, TfL continues. During the height of the Blitz, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill took refuge in the station tunnels, Aldwych station (originally Strand Station), which shut in 1994, was used to house the National Gallery's collection during WWI, In more recent years, TfL reveals, Aldwych, pictured, has doubled up as a filming location for productions as diverse as The Prodigy's Firestarter music video, Superman 4 and zombie movie 28 Weeks Later. They and many other books of historical interest are available from the bookshop at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, which should be the first port of call for anyone wanting further information about London's abandoned stations. As there is a high level of photographic content on this site, flashy graphics have been eschewed in favour of allowing faster loading of the webpages. hopefully the following photos will be of interest. 'Others acted as decampment areas for both the London Passenger Transport Board Head Office staff and the government. Of all the abandoned London tube stations on this list, swiss Cottage is a little bit of an anomaly. CONNOR - London's Disused Underground Stations (ISBN 0-947-69929-5) The Toronto Subway had a Lost Station the moment the subway opened. The ghost subway station … Swiss Cottage. Discover how to celebrate Christmas Kardashian-style thanks to an online Airbnb decorating tutorial with Kris Jenner, Spellbinding! St Mary's station was destroyed by a bomb during the Second World War, Inside Brompton Road Underground station, which closed in 1934. Reproduction prohibited. There are 270 functioning stations across the 249 miles of Transport for London network. Down Street station in Mayfair operated between 1907 and 1932 and after closing, played an important part during the Second World War when it was transformed into the Railway Executive Committee's bomb proof shelter, The exterior of abandoned Down Street. This section of the map shows the abandoned Brompton Road on the Piccadilly line. Passengers leaving the tube at Aldwych station (Image: London Transport Museum) Aldwych is one of those place names I always think still has a station, but doesn't. St-Jovite, which has now merged with the village of Mt-Tremblant, is situated about 130 km (± 80 miles)north of … Some people have reported problems viewing some of the pages and/or photos. Published: 07:54 EST, 21 September 2018 | Updated: 04:54 EST, 24 September 2018. It's a bit mind boggling but essentially Holborn was once the start of a branch of the Piccadilly line running to one station. Other books used for research: Transport for London (TfL) explains that the abandoned stations – some of which have vanished without trace, some of which are still intact - were closed for a range of reasons, from lines being rerouted to low passenger numbers. The Montreal Metro (French: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada.. Abandoned Tube stations Collection by Chris Walker. However, far from being the 'create and leave alone' website envisaged, it has actually become quite organic; there are an increasing number of (very welcome) third party contributions being submitted and added to it - these are clearly labelled and accredited. The Tube runs so frequently and there are so many London Underground stations it is difficult to imagine more stops used to exist.. Feel free to email if you have comments, would like to donate some suitable photos, point out any inaccuracies, are extremely unlikely to grant visits to their disused stations. Lower Bay Station (or, as the TTC refers to it, Bay Lower) is surely the best known of Toronto's hidden underground spaces.