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Battersea Power Station Station and Nine Elms Stations to open in 2021 or 2022

Battersea Power Station Station and Nine Elms Stations to open late 2021 or early 2022 The southernmost London Underground line (despite its name) will serve two new stations from mid-2022 on a short extension from Kennington to Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station. The new stations and line are currently being tested. Read More

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These Remarkable Photos Show London’s Tube Stations Completely Deserted

These Remarkable Photos Show London’s Tube Stations Completely Deserted BY HARRY ROSEHILL You probably don’t remember. Why should you, anyway? Counting people you spot isn’t exactly an ordinary pastime. But even if it were, totting up the figures would be a near-impossible task, so busy is the tube. These Remarkable Photos Show London’s Tube Stations

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The incredible list of Underground stations that never opened in West London

The incredible list of Underground stations that never opened in West London. The London Underground is 270 stations big, but there could have been more had certain plans of history gone ahead. West London is already fairly well served by the Tube network compared with, say, South London, but no-one’s exactly going to complain if

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The London Underground’s secret stations have been revealed in this map

The London Underground’s secret stations have been revealed in this map. The Underground is an ever-evolving system with many stations being demolished, abandoned and relocated. These are known as ‘Ghost stations’ and there are a lot of them. Thankfully for us, Us Versus Them used Dylan Maryk’s work to plot all these ex-stations on a

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London’s abandoned underground

London’s abandoned underground. London has been shaped by its railways, ever since the Metropolitan opened as the world’s first underground line in 1863. As the network grew, old stations, tunnels, entrances, passageways and shafts were left behind Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten Underground, photographs by Toby Madden and Andy Davies, is published by Yale University

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9 amazing facts you may not have known about the London Underground’s Jubilee Line

9 amazing facts you may not have known about the London Underground’s Jubilee Line. 1. Youngest line (for now) 2. Deepest line 3. Mr Selfridge 4. Connections 5. Busy line 6. Name change 7. Abandoned platforms 8. Canary Wharf 9. Waterloo Where did the name even come from? Source: 9 amazing facts you may not

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Charles Holden’s Tube Stations Mapped

Charles Holden’s Tube Stations Mapped BY M@ Click or tap for larger version.Ever seen a brown-brick tube station with large windows? Then you’ve probably clocked the work of Charles Holden. Holden (1875-1960) designed dozens of stations for London Underground, including many of architectural distinction. Source: Charles Holden’s Tube Stations Mapped | Londonist

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