Former Aldwych Underground Station

Former Aldwych Underground Station


London, United Kingdom (GB)
Aldwych was an underground station in London that opened 1907, closed 1940, reopened 1946 and finally closed 1994. The station was part of the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway. The first time the station closed was because it was being used as a shelter to protect atrworks from London's public galleries during WWII. The station reopened after WWII and later closed in 1994.

What's left today:
Both ends of the station building servive and are both a Grade II listed building.

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The tracks at both platforms (from 1917-1994) are still in their origianl position, but a small section of rail on one of the platforms has been lifted in order to extend the floor and both tunnel portals have been bricked. The other platform still has its full rail length and both tunnel portals are open and the rails still connect to the active tube lines further down the line.

The platforms from 1907 and 1917 are also still left as they were still active. The rails are also still in place.

Filming:
The station is a popular place to film, because it's easy to get a train into the station (as I said above) because one of tracks still connects to the active tube line.

The tube station can be visited by the public as a tour.

YouTube video showing you the station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSzU0oM4mM
Aldwych was an underground station in London that opened 1907, closed 1940, reopened 1946 and finally closed 1994. The station was part of the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway. The first time the station closed was because it was being used as a shelter to protect atrworks from London's public galleries during WWII. The station reopened after WWII and later closed in 1994.

What's left today:
Both ends of the station building servive and are both a Grade II listed building.

The tracks at both platforms (from 1917-1994) are still in their origianl position, but a small section of rail on one of the platforms has been lifted in order to extend the floor and both tunnel portals have been bricked. The other platform still has its full rail length and both tunnel portals are open and the rails still connect to the active tube lines further down the line.

The platforms from 1907 and 1917 are also still left as they were still active. The rails are also still in place.

Filming:
The station is a popular place to film, because it's easy to get a train into the station (as I said above) because one of tracks still connects to the active tube line.

The tube station can be visited by the public as a tour.

YouTube video showing you the station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSzU0oM4mM
View in Google Earth Abandoned, Transportation - Rail
Links: en.wikipedia.org, underground-history.co.uk, moviemaps.org
By: Drudii

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