Opened in 1868 as St. John’s Wood Road, Lord’s is sitated on the Metropolitan & St. John’s Wood Railway (Now, Metropolitan Line). The station was renamed St Johns Wood on the 1st April, 1925 and then Lords on the 11 June, 1939, just five months before the station closed as a result of services transferring [...]
| The Magic Door was just a brief glimpse of what the tube had to offer, its treasure there for the taking if you knew where to look. Unlike Paris, little remains in the tube stations of london. The glamorous tiles, signs and decals stripped away to reveal the cold concrete underbelly. Sure the platforms and [...] Deeper and deeper we dived headfirst into London’s underground network. With a list of many we narrowed our choices and planned our next attack, operation Kings Cross was a go. Ok, so this particular abandoned station is no more then 10 meters underground and half of it sits outside without a roof, but it still [...] Probably the biggest mission we have ever undertaken. Countless attempts, lots of research into possibilites around 6 trips and countless cheeky bonuses we were in! For a while now Mr Loops has cycled his bike to work, each time passing a small insignificant door flapping in the wind, never knowing what was behind it. Well one day his nuts just dropped like a tonne of concrete, he plucked the courage and ventured forth, stepping out into a untold Narnia of [...] Frequently exploring in London, i often used to pass these while commuting to the nights adventure. Resting just west of Shoreditch, sits a series of abandoned 83 Stock tube carrages which once saw use on the Jubilee line. Oddities that you cant help but climb to investigate. |
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