Originally Posted by
Roger
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Having gone through Down Street and British Museum stations no end of times without stopping (they're disused stations between Hyde Park Corner and Green Park and between Tottenham Court Road and Holborn), and knowing that Aldwych is no more as a functioning station, I was intrigued by a link published in The Independent last week.
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/201...ion-tube-maps/
This shows disused and abandoned stations on the Piccadilly, Central, District, Metropolitan and Northern lines and tells why they aren't used any more. I have used some of them: Aldwych, Ongar and North Weald, the latter pair just before LT stopped service beyond Epping - OK, the reason for that journey was because it was the last chance for a Tube trip through the countryside.
It doesn't stop there. Looking at the comments, I saw this link:
http://underground-history.co.uk/front.php with a lot more information.
Oh, dear. I had other plans for today ...
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Fantastic! I love this stuff. I have read the mighty Hywel Williams' site from start to finish many times - thanks for linking it above.
Have you ever seen the tiles on the wall on the Piccadilly Line route about halfway between King's Cross and Caledonian Road? Apparently they are still there and are the last remnants of the old York Road station which was closed in the 1930s. There was talk about opening it up again what with all of the development in the area, but I haven't heard anything about this in a few years.