Closed London Tube Stations

[apex204]

There's the long-disused Tower Of London station which featured in the James Bond movie, but I've also heard of another station called Bull & Bush (also known as North End) on the Northern Line which was completed but never opened. Why not?

[spudqueen]

There are LOADS of disused tube stations, some of the most famous being York Road (where you can still see the entrance building), King William Street and British Museum. 

I have a book, Abandoned Stations on London's Underground a photographic record by J E Connor, ISBN 0-947-69930-9, bought at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden.

According to this book:  Passengers travelling between Hampstead and Golders Green on todays Northern Line may look out into the tunnel, and see what appears to be the remains of a disused station.  In fact what they are seeing is the site of a station which was partially constructed by the Charing Cross Euston & Hampstead Railway, but abandoned before completion.  It was to be named North End, and would have had a street level building on the north side of Hampstead Way, opposite Wyldes Farmhouse.  The fact that much of its immediate surroundings consisted of conserved open land meant that there was little chance of development in the area, so the project was cancelled,  By this time, some work had been carried out at track level, but nothing was erected above.  The unfinished station later became known by staff as 'Bull & Bush', after the nearby public house featured in Florrie Forde's famous music hall song.  A floodgate control room was installed there in the 1950's, when access from the street was finally provided, although the site originally inteded for its building was sold for residential use in 1927

[Fitzer]

There is more information than you (probably) need to know on this website http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/

[catra1]

Fitzer what a brilliant site...

give that poster some stars!!!

[mystress]

Now this may be an Urban Myth(and may be on Fitzers link,but I havent had time to read it all).

It seems that between Green Park & Hyde Park Corner,on the Piccadilly Line; there is a branch spur that goes to Buckingham Palace.This was apparently built in the 60's,in case of a Nuclear threat.The Royal Family could be whisked by tube to the airport,or as near as possible,and flown away from the threat.As they would have gone by tube,nobody would see them go,and no loss of morale would ensue.

Well, what do you think,does it sound plausible?

[ianess]

My goodness!!
What an amazing website that is!
Fitzer deserves an Oscar for that one!!

[Fitzer]

Well thank you for all the praise but I have absolutely nothing to do with the site in question, all the hard work was done by someone else, I just surfed on in.