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Hidden London tram station opens to public for first time in 70 years
Author: WebDigger
Date: 07-04-2021 - 14:44
"A hidden underground tram station in the centre of London that stood in as the Avengers HQ on the big screen is to open to the public for the first time since its closure almost 70 years ago.
People will be able to tour the platforms and halls of the Kingsway station, which allowed passengers on doubledecker trams to interchange between the once-comprehensive networks north and south of the Thames. which closed after the second world war.
For many Londoners, the purpose of the ramp in the middle of Southampton Row at the intersection of Theobalds Road that leads down into the gloom has long been a mystery. It was the location for the Avengers’ base in the 1998 film starring Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes, but few know it was the fulcrum of the capital’s electrified tram network that was overtaken after the war by the speed and efficiency of the London underground. It was built by London county council and opened in 1906 as part of slum clearance in the Holborn and Aldwych areas."
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Kingsway tram station in 1933. It was used as the location for the Avengers’ base
in a 1998 film starring Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes.
Photograph: London Transport Museum
People will be able to tour the platforms and halls of the Kingsway station, which allowed passengers on doubledecker trams to interchange between the once-comprehensive networks north and south of the Thames. which closed after the second world war.
For many Londoners, the purpose of the ramp in the middle of Southampton Row at the intersection of Theobalds Road that leads down into the gloom has long been a mystery. It was the location for the Avengers’ base in the 1998 film starring Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes, but few know it was the fulcrum of the capital’s electrified tram network that was overtaken after the war by the speed and efficiency of the London underground. It was built by London county council and opened in 1906 as part of slum clearance in the Holborn and Aldwych areas."
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Kingsway tram station in 1933. It was used as the location for the Avengers’ base
in a 1998 film starring Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes.
Photograph: London Transport Museum
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 Hidden London tram station opens to public for first time in 70 years |
WebDigger | 07-04-2021 - 14:44 |