City Road Opened in 1901 on the Northern Line (City & South London Railway) but received little use from the start. On the 8th of August, 1922, when the lines between Euston and Moorgate were closed to facilitate the increase in the diameter of the tunnels up to 3.56m (Underground’s Standard Diameter), the underground review [...]

I’m often asked why i seem to only focus my attention on abandoned stations within the London Underground, why not layups, disused branches and the sub stations that power the lines? Well the short answer to that, i don’t think any of the above are worth the risk.

So far we had been taking it fairly easy, exploring only the sub and mid level underground stations. The time had now come to step it up a gear. Deep level stations are notoriously hard to access, usually with only one way in and out, many from active TFL buildings above. The risks were great, [...]

St Mary’s Station opened in 1884 and served the Hammersmith & City and District lines. The station closed in 1938 due to the closer relocation of Aldgate East. The station building was destroyed in 1940 when it was hit by a bomb during WWII. During the war the St Mary’s was converted into air-raid shelters, [...]

For me this was the end of the line, the trains sliding doors were open and we were at my stop. With the driver signaling he was about to depart i stepped off, the small taste of the London underground unforgettable. Thankfully however the final stop just so happened to be the deepest station London [...]

As with most tube related exploits, they tend to have only one means of access. Like a maze without an exit, once in the only way out would be to backtrack to the start. As such, like a rat cornered in a hole, should exit be closed, locked or blocked by workers, you genuinely have [...]