Abandoned tube
In May 1990 I was fortunate enough to participate in an official walk along the section of the City and South London Railway that was abandoned in 1900. This ran from south of London Bridge station, under the Thames to King William Street terminus on the north bank of the Thames. It only had a working life of 10 years before a northern extension made a new alignment necessary.
This is the section under the Thames - it got very wet indeed in the middle! They are stalagtites you can see. Beyond here the King William Street station survived partially intact. It has survived two generations of new buildings built on top of it and functioned as an air-raid shelter in the war. This tunnel is smaller than modern tube tunnels and other parts of the C&SL had to be enlarged in the 20's.
Abandoned tube
In May 1990 I was fortunate enough to participate in an official walk along the section of the City and South London Railway that was abandoned in 1900. This ran from south of London Bridge station, under the Thames to King William Street terminus on the north bank of the Thames. It only had a working life of 10 years before a northern extension made a new alignment necessary.
This is the section under the Thames - it got very wet indeed in the middle! They are stalagtites you can see. Beyond here the King William Street station survived partially intact. It has survived two generations of new buildings built on top of it and functioned as an air-raid shelter in the war. This tunnel is smaller than modern tube tunnels and other parts of the C&SL had to be enlarged in the 20's.