Underground Nerdery: The Mail Train, London's "Other" Tube Line
Jul 14, 2012, 12:46 am
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Underground Nerdery: The Mail Train, London's "Other" Tube Line
Those with a fascination for hidden parts of London may enjoy spending Saturday morning learning about the Mail Train, the "other" London Underground network, which was decommissioned in 2010, but which still exists under London:
http://www.silentuk.com/?p=2792
http://www.silentuk.com/?p=2792
Jul 14, 2012, 6:17 am
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the British Postal Museum and Archive recently recovered some of the rolling stock from the system, and you can visit it at their store in Debden, where they also keep lots of other big red things:
They've got lots of information on the system here: http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/mailrail
and you can book on to one of the free tours of the store (or their archive at Mount Pleasant) at: http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/museum-tours
They've got lots of information on the system here: http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/mailrail
and you can book on to one of the free tours of the store (or their archive at Mount Pleasant) at: http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/museum-tours
Jul 15, 2012, 7:49 am
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Not a train but definitely tunnel nerdery.
If you go to the Salmon and Ball pub at the junction of Bethnal Green Road and Cambridge Heath Road. There is a another tunnel accessible through a wrought iron gate at the back of the cellar which run west via Oxford Street and East to no idea where.
Don't have a clue what the tunnel is for
In Bloomsbury, all of University College London's buildings are connected by underground tunnels. You can go all the way from the School of Tropical Medecine via the main building and on to the Geography department without seeing daylight.
If you go to the Salmon and Ball pub at the junction of Bethnal Green Road and Cambridge Heath Road. There is a another tunnel accessible through a wrought iron gate at the back of the cellar which run west via Oxford Street and East to no idea where.
Don't have a clue what the tunnel is for
In Bloomsbury, all of University College London's buildings are connected by underground tunnels. You can go all the way from the School of Tropical Medecine via the main building and on to the Geography department without seeing daylight.
Jul 16, 2012, 4:56 am
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If you go to the Salmon and Ball pub at the junction of Bethnal Green Road and Cambridge Heath Road. There is a another tunnel accessible through a wrought iron gate at the back of the cellar which run west via Oxford Street and East to no idea where.
Don't have a clue what the tunnel is for
Don't have a clue what the tunnel is for
Jul 19, 2012, 3:39 am
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BTW there is a plan for a memorial to the 1943 disaster
http://www.stairwaytoheavenmemorial.org/index.html