Go into the disused tunnels at Charing Cross tube stationIn the 1970s, to help dig the new Jubilee line at Charing Cross, a series of long access tunnels had to also be dug — and they’re still down there, empty and abandoned.
Hidden London gifts – Special discount for ianVisits readersAfter the success of the Hidden London tours London Transport Museum have created a collection of gifts to celebrate the Hidden London Underground.
Tickets Alert: More rides on the 1938 art-deco tube trainOn Sunday 19th May, the London Transport Museum will be operating more trips with the 1938 tube stock train – this time on the Piccadilly Line.
London Underground moquette socks go on saleFile this under “just shut up and take my money”, as the London Transport Museum is now selling London Underground moquette socks.
Steam trains to return to the London UndergroundTo mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the District line, London Underground plans to run steam trains along the line once again.
London Underground’s glowing tube roundel picks up an awardLaunched last June, a glowing tube roundel has won an award for the “best licensed product” at the Association for Cultural Enterprises Conference.
Tickets Alert: Tours of abandoned London Underground tunnelsThe Transport Museum is announcing a fresh batch of tours of the Hidden parts of the London Underground once again.
See vintage tube trains and buses in London on SundayThis coming Sunday, a vintage tube train will be running through central London, and out at Epping, vintage buses will travel around the countryside.
Tickets Alert: Trip in an art deco tube train through central LondonOne of the last few chances to do this — as a 1938 tube train will trundle though central London next month, and you can be on board.
London Transport Museum secures funding for war galleryLondon Transport Museum has secured funding to develop a new gallery that will explore the role of London’s transport during the First and Second World Wars.
Where are the women in London Transport?The London Transport Museum is looking for ladies — as part of a history project.
Disused London Underground tunnel tours announcedThe London Transport Museum has announced a new batch of tours in its Hidden London series of disused parts of the London Underground.
The 80 year old tube train that could run on the Underground againA train that hasn’t been seen on the London Underground since 1971 could make a return if plans to restore a collection of Q-Stock carriages can be completed.
The disused London Underground station at Aldwych is to once again open its doors to let people down and see this most famous of abandoned tube stations.
A huge shed packed full of old tube trains, buses, trams, and floors of railway ephemera, this is the Acton depot used by the London Transport Museum to store everything that wont fit into the museum.
The 1980s, an era of big hair, big shoulder pads and big mobile phones, but also a transport network at its lowest point in decades, with smoking still allowed, rubbish strewn platforms, and broken chocolate bar vending machines.
This weekend, there will be a “flash sale” offering annual passes to the London Transport Museum for just £10 per person.
What better for the tube geek than to drift off to sleep with the comforting glow of a London Underground roundel keeping the monsters away.
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