Hidden London - Aldwych Station — Attraction in London

This station shut eventually in 1994 after years of under use and is used for training, testing out of concepts, fil and TV work and you can also visit on a Hidden London tour (which I did). The tour guide was a former LUL worker and she was very knowledgeable not only about the station but in general about the Underground as well.

The two main parts to this are the visit to the platform made redundant in the early 20th Century which were used to store valuable items in the World Wars (including the Elgin Marbles and pictures from the National Gallery) and the platform closed in 1994 (although, as it still has a connection to the mainline at Holborn that can be energised, it could be seen as...

Good, informative tour - but for how much it cost I was a bit surprised at how quickly it was over. I suppose there's only so long you can drag out a tour of a tube station and I can't fault the guides on their knowledge, as I felt I came away having learned a lot. They were also very accomodating of my mother who had a bad back and couldn't walk up and down the stairs very quickly - I'm grateful to the staff for helping her out as best they could because I'm sure the delays were quite annoying! Excellent experience for the train geek in...

The tour is grand. The Hidden London team explain the safety and constraints up front. They happily put up with me hanging back to get images clear of people. No spoilers. The tour is well worth the cash and the irony that they team possibly take more people through here than who used the station in real life is amusing. There was one original customer on the tour. It's easy to get to from the District Line Temple station. If you get the chance definitely do this. Note that you need to book at least a couple of months in advance to...