The disused tunnels at Charing Cross tube station
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davesgcr
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There are also some flooded tunnels on the Northern Line , trains initially terminated there before the line was extended first to Kennington and then Morden in the early 1920's - a sub Thames loop for the triains to run round before going back northbound. Wisely blocked off as a stray WW2 bomb penetrated them and flooded them.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Sounds quite fascinating - wish I was close enough to do such visits.
However, back when the Tyne & Wear Metro was being built, I was fortunate enough to be able to join a conducted tour, walking from Gateshead across the Tyne and up to Haymarket. The stairs at the end were very punishing on the legs - after walking that far already ... In retrospect, I wish I had chosen to be on the tour going the other way.
However, back when the Tyne & Wear Metro was being built, I was fortunate enough to be able to join a conducted tour, walking from Gateshead across the Tyne and up to Haymarket. The stairs at the end were very punishing on the legs - after walking that far already ... In retrospect, I wish I had chosen to be on the tour going the other way.
Puddy_Tat
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davesgcr
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"Strand" was de-named in 1974 and was incorporated into "Charing Cross" when the new interchange with the new Jubilee Line opened in 1979. I think the other change was then the de-naming of "Trafalgar Square" for the same reason.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I only noticed last night that Warren St used to be Euston Road and that name can still be seen written in the tiles on the Northern Line platforms 
davesgcr
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I only noticed last night that Warren St used to be Euston Road and that name can still be seen written in the tiles on the Northern Line platforms
Always a joy - including also "Gillespie Road" for Arsenal , and I think "Great Central" at Marylebone (must check the latter)
Puddy_Tat
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yes, trafalgar square (bakerloo) and strand (northern) became part of charing cross (bakerloo, northern and jubilee) in 1979 - which is why it's a bloody long walk if you change from bakerloo to northern there not at embankment; and charing cross (district / circle, northern and bakerloo) became embankment.
1964 map from underground map archive here
yes, marylebone still has 'great central' in the tiling.
aldwych (piccadilly line) was also called 'strand' when it opened (more here)
Gromit
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They used that for filming something that was on telly recently but I forget what.
Killing Eve Series 2 maybe.
bcuster
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Mystery prankster 'fills iron with urine at UK's biggest police station'
Officers at Charing Cross police station were left with yellow-stained shirts after the 'prank' contaminated the steam iron.
metro.co.uk
Halloween prank?
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