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 board deemed a platform extension at City Road to be financially un-viable, as such the station was scrapped and never reopened. Like many other underground stations it served as a air-raid shelter, although no evidence of this remains.

Ill be honest, i felt disappointed with City Road, my expectation too high, hoping for something similar/better than South Kentish Town. But when the most enjoyable aspect of your explore is accessing it, you have to feel that the balance is somewhat off, the rewards in most case need to be worth the effort of entry. This is partly the reason i tend to stay away from 3ft sewers, unless i feel there’s something good at the end of it, its not worth my time.

Now I’m not saying that the station is in anyway unsatisfying, its a deep level station, this automatically raises it above the cut and cover type like Lords and Mark Lane, regardless of what members of the Shopping List Society might say. Sections of the passenger subways remained intact and tiled, and to a certain degree the platform area itself still held some hidden gems, but overall the station was just too filthy.

Props need to be mentioned for Winchester, Patch, Gary and co who were the first to take the sordid plunge into this one.