LONDON TRANSPORT

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1982.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Book"><U><IMG SRC="2bc477640.jpg" border=0 width="119" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>LONDON TRANSPORT                               </B><A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>tubes, boats, stations</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> An anonymous fan of this site writes<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>:</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>"I’ve worked as a contracting engineer on both the over and underground railway networks for the many years</I></div> <div> <I> and believe that you’d see the infrastructure and surrounding tundra as an Alladin’s Cave of subject material.</I></div> <div> <I> More frightening is the knowledge that a great deal of the jaw dropping dilapidation is still operational. </I></div> <div> <I>Access to the railways are of course restricted to authorised personal holding approved accreditations </I></div> <div> <I>and even these are governed by levels of requirements for protection staff escortation or the need for </I></div> <div> <I>operational downtime. Nevertheless, the stations themselves and nearby public highways, footpaths</I></div> <div> <I> and bridges are often great vantage points for gathering records of the appalling state of what’s costing </I></div> <div> <I>the fare paying passenger occasionally a lot more than just too much money.</I></div> <div> <I>Keep up the great work. </I></div> <div> <I>Meanwhile the creaking railway engineering industry battles on to fill the holes whilst main resources </I></div> <div> <I>are focused on tarting up major stations and creating retail and commercial opportunities.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="North London Line"><U><IMG SRC="297cb49c0.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id555.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Pancras Channel Tunnel"><U><IMG SRC="262ca19b0.jpg" border=0 width="161" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id638.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parkland Walk"><U><I><IMG SRC="1041a19c0.jpg" border=0 width="161" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2b722ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2b762ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2b782ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2b7a2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Waterloo Station Eurostar Terminal</B></I></div> <div> Following the relocation of the main Eurostar Terminal to St Pancras, Waterloo International</div> <div> lays empty.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b9282220.jpg" border=0 width="386" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2b8dbffe0.jpg" border=0 width="191" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2b8fc0000.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="256" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>Grays - The Gull Lightship</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1170.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="L..P.T.B. box"><U><IMG SRC="1fb8aa040.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach</B></div> <bR> <div> This traction telephone  box has the initials L.P.T.B which stood for London Passenger Transport Board </div> <div> which was formed in 1933 to operate all public transport in Greater London.Where tramways were concerned,</div> <div> 'traction' telephones were provided in the cast iron feeder pillars (the pillars had a small telephone cabinet on</div> <div>  top, with louvered sides for better hearing of the telephone's ringer). Only a couple  few of these pillars have </div> <div> survived as part of the street furniture </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b8a88260.jpg" border=0 width="392" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Shoreditch</B></div> <div> Old Tube trains </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1170.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="L..P.T.B. box"><U><IMG SRC="111f874a0.jpg" border=0 width="391" height="330" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Interior of disused tube train</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1170.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="L..P.T.B. box"><U><I><IMG SRC="60e29b90.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1170.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="L..P.T.B. box"><U><I><IMG SRC="61020ba0.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Silvertown (disused level crossing)</B></div> <div> <B>The approx site of  the</B><B> largest explosion </B><B>ever</B><B> to occur anywhere near London</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>This section of track known as "The Woolwich Abandoned Line" formed the Eastern Counties</I></div> <div> <I>Railway extension to N Woolwich but on the building of Victoria Dock in 1850-55 the problems</I></div> <div> <I>posed by the railway crossing the dock entrance via a swing bridge prompted the building of an</I></div> <div> <I>avoiding line to the North of the dock. This track was then used as a siding from 1855-c1987.</I></div> <bR> <div> On Friday the 19th of January, 1917 at 6:52 pm a huge explosion ripped a large area of Silvertown from the face of the Earth. </div> <div> The sound was heard and the shock-wave felt all over London and Essex, it was heard over 100 miles away as far as Southampton </div> <div> and Norwich, the fires that followed were seen 30 miles away from as far as Guildford and Maidstone.</div> <bR> <div> In 1893, a chemical works was established  in Silvertown.The factory produced mainly soda crystals with a smaller plant producing </div> <div> caustic soda. The caustic soda production was halted in 1912 and that part of the plant was closed and went un-used up to the outbreak </div> <div> of The Great War. At this point, because of the great demand for munitions by the government's 'Explosives Supply Department' , pressure </div> <div> was put on  the plant back into production, this time purifying TNT... So reluctantly due to the high population density surrounding the area,</div> <div>  production began in September 1915. </div> <bR> <div> 50 tons of TNT, loaded into nearby railway wagons (<I><B>on the track pictured above</B></I>) awaiting transport out of the plant, being set off by a fire </div> <div> in the 'melt-pot' room and a large part of the  factory instantly disappeared, many buildings immediately surrounding the location were </div> <div> immediately demolished. The blast started fires for miles around by large, red hot lumps of flying metal blown from the factory building. </div> <div> In all, it was estimated 60 to 70,000 properties received damage. 73 people lost their lives  immediately)  over 400 were injured </div> <div> - this is a small number considering the size of the blast, due mainly to the time of day it took place and the fact it was the end of the</div> <div>  'working week' - the majority of workers had left the factories and for many locals it was time to be at home with their evening meals.</div> <div> Also, at the outbreak of the fire people had been warned to clear the area. Some people, living close by the factory and knowing what it</div> <div>  produced, and, on realising that there was a fire, grabbed their children and fled as fast as they could.</div> <bR> <div> It was initially thought that perhaps a bomb from an air raid had been the cause or even that a German spy had sabotaged the plant, </div> <div> but the real cause of the initial fire has never been fully discovered, although educated guessing suggests that the safety aspects </div> <div> of the old factory was really to blame.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2b94c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> a memorial to the Silvertown Explosion stands near to the site</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id849.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="York Road Tube"><U><IMG SRC="fe7b9020.jpg" border=0 width="441" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id849.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="York Road Tube"><U><IMG SRC="fe9dca50.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id849.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="York Road Tube"><U><IMG SRC="febd9a60.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>York Road Tube Station</B></div> <div> 1906-1932</div> <div> This was one of the original stations on the Great Northern Piccadilly & Brompton Railway, now the Piccadilly Line.</div> <div>  It is typical of the Leslie Green designed stations</div> <bR> <div> Being so close to King's Cross it saw little use, and Sunday services were withdrawn  from 1918. </div> <div> The station remained open for weekday traffic until 1932 when it closed permanently. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id852.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Road and South Kentish Town Tube"><U><IMG SRC="fede4fa0.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>City Road Tube station</B></div> <div> 1901-1922</div> <div> On the line of the original City & South London railway's Euston extension, and was closed when the rest of the line</div> <div> was renovated to allow full size tube trains. Always disappointing in terms of traffic, City Road was never reopened, </div> <div> and the island platform was destroyed when the tunnels were re-bored. City road station is now virtually invisible </div> <div> from both the surface and underground - the only suggestion that a station ever existed is the lift shaft, with a brick </div> <div> surround, now forming a ventilation shaft on City Road itself. </div> <bR> <bR> <div>   <A HREF="id852.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Road and South Kentish Town Tube"><U><IMG SRC="143542f10.jpg" border=0 width="322" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>South Kentish Town  Tube</B></div> <div> 1907-1924</div> <div> <I>Situated on </I><I><B>Northern Line</B></I><I> between Camden Town & Kentish Town.</I></div> <div> <I> </I>It was closed during a power station strike on 5th June 1924 and never reopened. </div> <div> <I>Building is now used as a massage/sauna & Cash Converters. </I>A passenger accidentally </div> <div> alighted from a train at South Kentish Town soon after closure and although he soon realised </div> <div> his mistake and got back on the train, this inspired a published short story which  told of a Mr. Brackett, </div> <div> who was trapped in the dark, deserted station for four days having stepped off a train stopped by a red signal. </div> <bR> <div>   </div> <div>   <A HREF="wood_lane_tube.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wood Lane Tube"><U><IMG SRC="24c03e20.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="wood_lane_tube.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wood Lane Tube"><U><IMG SRC="fee31e50.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Wood Lane Tube</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I>1908-1947</I></div> <div> Opening on 14/5/08 to coincide with the opening of the Franco-British exhibition in White City.</div> <div> Closed in 1947 and  it has only just been demolished- the facade has been dismantled and</div> <div> some of it is to be re-erected at London Transport's Depot museum at Acton Town.</div> <div> <I>This location was used in 1964 for Dr Who episode "The Dalek Invasion of Earth"</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="641" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="wood_lane_tube.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wood Lane Tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="1d6ef7b90.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 WIDTH="394"><div> <I>These pics of inside Wood Lane tube station were  taken for Derelict London by tube driver Mick Hansford in Jan 2005</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="wood_lane_tube.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wood Lane Tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="1d6089120.jpg" border=0 width="393" height="530" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 194 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="wood_lane_tube.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wood Lane Tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="1d5cfabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 197 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="wood_lane_tube.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wood Lane Tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="1d62fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <div> <I>  </I></div> <div> <I> </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><IMG SRC="24e83480.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="328" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><IMG SRC="10f9b94b0.jpg" border=0 width="441" height="331" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Views of both entrances</div> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><IMG SRC="10fbfabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><IMG SRC="10fdfabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Model of the tube in its heyday                The original Aldwych sign</div> <div> <B>Strand Tube (renamed Aldwych) tube</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I>1907-1994</I></div> <div> <B>Aldwych Branch Line</B>. The station was originally called Strand but changed to Aldwych</div> <div> to avoid confusion with the Northern Line's Strand station. The original name can now be </div> <div> seen on the tiling The station was used for Take It Or Leave It (the film of the career of Madness). </div> <div> The tunnel itself was used in Prodigy's 'Firestarter' pop video. </div> <div> <I>This location was used in the 1969 film Battle of Britain, 1986 film Superman IV & 1994 film </I></div> <div> <I>Patriot Games. Also portrayed as "Sun Hill" tube station in The Bill.</I></div> <div>                                                                          </div> <div> <I> These pics of </I><I><B>the inside of Aldwych tube station</B></I><I> were taken by  B</I><I>rian Mcdonnell:</I></div> <div>   </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="640" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 202 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="293ace9b0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> As you enter from Arundel Street</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="207"><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="293ccc9c0.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div>   the original “Strand” tiling visible beneath the over-painting and Station Closed signs.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="210"><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="293ecf9b0.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> One of the Aldwych adhesive station name plates that were used when the station was renamed.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 199 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="2940c9970.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> The  entrance to lift number one</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="207"><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="2942cc990.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> Disused telephone kiosks. The red door at the end is the exit onto the Strand</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="210"><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="2944cb980.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> Tunnels that were dug for a possible expansion of the station that never occurred.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 213 WIDTH="207"><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="294aca980.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> A 1970’s tube map stuck to the wall of a disused platform</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="207"><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strand tube"><U><I><IMG SRC="294bcc990.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div>  The disused platform. Notice that the end of the platform was extended across the tracks. This platform was used to test out the new tiles, paint schemes and flooring.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="210"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="213" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="210" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marlborough Road tube"><U><IMG SRC="143949d70.jpg" border=0 width="329" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id1174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marlborough Road tube"><U><IMG SRC="143b20d80.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Marlborough Road Tube Station </B></div> <div> <I>1868-1939 Metropolitan Line</I></div> <div> Now a chinese restaurant!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Euston and Down Strret tubes"><U><IMG SRC="160a22cd0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Euston Tube</B></div> <div> 1907-1914<I> </I></div> <div> Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway</div> <div> The original building still stands to the side of the modern station</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Euston and Down Strret tubes"><U><IMG SRC="1b9021d90.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Down Street Tube</B></I></div> <div> <I>1907-1932</I></div> <div> Opened  three months after the rest of that stretch of the Piccadilly line in a secluded street just off Piccadilly </div> <div> and was with served by lifts rather than escalators.</div> <bR> <div> Down Street was never very busy due to its close location to the larger Hyde Park Corner and Dover Street (later</div> <div>  renamed Green Park) stations and the fact that most of the residents that lived near the station at the time were </div> <div> rich and rarely chose to use the tube. </div> <bR> <div> The station remained unattended after closure in 1932 until the onset of the Second World War when an urgent </div> <div> requirement for some deep level shelter for the use of the Emergency Railway Committee  close to the centre of </div> <div> London. A disused Underground station was the obvious choice and by mid 1939 the platform level on both</div> <div>  platforms had mostly been bricked up as well as some other construction work in the interconnecting tubes,</div> <div>  a concrete cap for the shaft and some steel doors and filters to prevent any gas contamination. </div> <bR> <div> During the early part of the war, Winston Churchill and his War Time Cabinet also used this shelter until a </div> <div> more facility shelter was built, now known as the Cabinet War Rooms in Whitehall. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="594" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#777777 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1765 WIDTH="588"><div> <A HREF="kingsway_tram_tunnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsway tram tunnel"><U><IMG SRC="160c130a0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <IMG SRC="160f150a0.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Kingsway Tram Tunnel</B></div> <div> 1906-1952</div> <bR> <div>       <IMG SRC="1ce69ace0.gif" border=0 width="154" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1ce85cd10.jpg" border=0 width="348" height="209" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> This tram underpass originally connected a subterranean station at Holborn, and ran the length of Kingsway via a station at Aldwych before rising to the surface  under Waterloo Bridge.</div> <bR> <div> The original tunnel was built to carry the single deck cars then in use, but in 1930 the tunnel was closed for a period to allow alterations to be made to enable double-deck cars to be used. A new entrance was built at the northern end while south of High Holborn, the level of the track was lowered to give the necessary clearance. Both stations were rebuilt at the same time and finished in marble and stone with electric lighting.</div> <bR> <div> The trams picked up their electricity supply through a conduit laid between the running rails.</div> <div> When trams were withdrawn in London, the subway remained unused though  In 1953, London Transport used the subway to store 120 withdrawn buses and coaches in case they were needed for the Coronation.The southern section was  rebuilt in the 1960's as an underpass for cars between Waterloo Bridge and the Aldwych. During the conversion Aldwych station was destroyed but Holborn tram station remains intact in an unused portion of the tunnel. Various films have been shot in the tunnel including 1998's The Avengers starring Uma Thurman & Sean Connery.</div> <bR> <div> A  L.T. spokesman said in Sept 2004 that contrary to rumours "the Kingsway tram tunnel will never be reopened for trams - converting the tramstop at Holborn for disabled use would  be too costly and the consensus that subterranean use defeats the object of a tram system"</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="kingsway_tram_tunnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsway tram tunnel"><U><IMG SRC="1cceb1af0.jpg" border=0 width="177" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1cd0d6ae0.jpg" border=0 width="214" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1ce29eaf0.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="kingsway_tram_tunnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsway tram tunnel"><U><IMG SRC="1cd401c10.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="193" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1cd691c30.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1ce18cc40.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="kingsway_tram_tunnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsway tram tunnel"><U>Holborn Tram station</U></A> (note the marks left by the old London Transport sign)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="kingsway_tram_tunnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsway tram tunnel"><U><IMG SRC="1cdab3bc0.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1cdcbebc0.jpg" border=0 width="190" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1cdeafbc0.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="kingsway_tram_tunnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsway tram tunnel"><U>The tunnel is used for storage of various street furniture</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="kingsway_tram_tunnel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsway tram tunnel"><U>   <IMG SRC="1ce006e70.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1ce4cee70.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Looking up at the roof (the road runs directly above)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id907.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Metropolitan tube coach"><U><IMG SRC="110dbeb00.jpg" border=0 width="190" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id907.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Metropolitan tube coach"><U><IMG SRC="110fb7b10.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id907.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Metropolitan tube coach"><U><IMG SRC="1111cfb00.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Metropolitan Railway trailer coach</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>(built 1904)</B></FONT></div> <div> This trailer car is the only survivor from the first batch of electric tube trains. It was acquired from</div> <div> the army in Shoeburyness and transferred to the Woolwich Museum where it was set ablaze by</div> <div> vandals.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id420.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ParklandWalk"><U><I><IMG SRC="d2d53fe0.jpg" border=0 width="339" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Crouch End Station platform</B></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I><A HREF="id420.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ParklandWalk"><U><I><IMG SRC="143d29e60.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I>  </I><A HREF="id420.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ParklandWalk"><U><I><IMG SRC="143e15e60.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Highgate Station and tunnel</B></div> <div> <I>see separate section on </I><A HREF="id638.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parkland Walk"><U><I>Parkland Walk</I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Highbury Tube</B></div> <div>  <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highbury Tube"><U><IMG SRC="252c8bc0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> front (almost nextdoor to The Garage music venue)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7e1c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="7dfc8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> rear (looking onto Highbury Fields)</div> <div> taken in poor light with a poor camera!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highbury Tube"><U><IMG SRC="f17c7c70.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highbury Tube"><U><IMG SRC="10fff7a70.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="167" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> inside  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                         </FONT>an original sign</div> <div> <B>Highbury Tube</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1904-1964 (?)</FONT></div> <div> Northern City Line. the NCL ran from Moorgate to Finsbury Park</div> <div> Closed before the Victoria Line station (over the road) was opened.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forest Gate Depot"><U><IMG SRC="24fd4bb0.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Waterloo station"><U><IMG SRC="250e2be0.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Forest Gate Bus Depot</B><B>                             </B><B>Waterloo</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inside Tube"><U><B><IMG SRC="251c7f90.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plaistow Station"><U><B><IMG SRC="243bcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plaistow Station"><U><B><IMG SRC="245bcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>District  Line </B><B> </B><B>                                           </B><B>Plaistow Station</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="609" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2b96c7e90.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="397"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Silvertown (top) and North Woolwich Stations (below) </B></div> <bR> <div> These stations closed on 9 December 2006 as part of the closure of the Stratford to North Woolwich section of the line. The Docklands Light Railway extension to King George V replicates much of this section of line.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 158 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2b99c7950.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bbffabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Shadwell Station</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bc1fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Shoreditch Station</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highbury Islington"><U><IMG SRC="253e7ae0.jpg" border=0 width="231" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highbury Islington"><U><IMG SRC="254e9af0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Waterloo station"><U><IMG SRC="255e9af0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>                                       </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>Highbury & Islington</B><I><B>  </B></I><I><B>                                                         </B></I><B>Waterloo</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id418.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clapham Signalbox"><U><I><IMG SRC="6e6fab20.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="178" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I>  </I><A HREF="id419.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Limehouse Station"><U><I><IMG SRC="7e3ecb10.jpg" border=0 width="236" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Clapham Junction                                        Limehouse (old station entrance?)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id904.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="East Ham kiosk"><U><I><IMG SRC="1101fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id898.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bus stop"><U><I><IMG SRC="1121fabd0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="189" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>East Ham Station                                       Discarded bus station sign</B></div> <div> Old Shop </div> <div> both now stored at LT Depot in Acton</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id898.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bus stop"><U><IMG SRC="1127fabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id898.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bus stop"><U><IMG SRC="1129fabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Disused bus shelter</B></div> <div> stored at LT Depot in Acton</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1816.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Railway Training School Ilford"><U><IMG SRC="2294efb30.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2296ccb60.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="182" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2298d2b70.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="183" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Ilford</B></div> <div> Disused railway training school</div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="24a6dd750.jpg" border=0 width="477" height="373" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Waterloo</B></div> <div> Northern Line platform - was a stylish welcome to London for the French arriving on Eurostar pre Nov 07</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1819.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Bridge railway arches"><U><IMG SRC="2536bffa0.jpg" border=0 width="191" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id1819.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Bridge railway arches"><U><IMG SRC="25381afa0.jpg" border=0 width="282" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>London Bridge</B></div> <div> Decaying railway arches </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1431.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Necropolis Station"><U><IMG SRC="2540ff800.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="384" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Necropolis Railway Station - Waterloo</B></div> <bR> <div> An unusual train service operated from Waterloo to Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking. It conveyed the </div> <div> deceased and their accompanying mourners to their final resting place, the Brookwood Necropolis, which</div> <div> at one time was the largest cemetery in the world. The Necropolis was originally promoted as concerns</div> <div> about public health in the nation's capital and elsewhere had increased, London having suffered its first </div> <div> cholera epidemic in the mid-nineteenth century.The railway had many unusual features. In the cemetery </div> <div> there were two stations, one for the Anglican section and another for the Nonconformist section. The station </div> <div> was bombed in  April 1941and suffered severe damage and was never rebuilt after the Second World War</div> <div> although the entrance pictured above still survives.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id638.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parkland Walk"><U><I><B>see also section on Disused Railway Line - Parkland Walk</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>