Aldwych tramway station
Aldwych tramway station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Holborn, London, UK, Camden United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′50″N 0°07′05″W / 51.513778°N 0.117944°W |
| Grid reference | TQ305811 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London County Council Tramways |
| Key dates | |
| 24 February 1906 | Opened |
| 6 April 1952 | Closed |
Aldwych tramway station (separate from
Kingsway, a road in central London, England. It was built in 1906 by the London County Council Tramways as part of the Kingsway tramway subway, joining the separate networks of tramways in North and South London
.
Services
Tram services commenced on 24 February 1906, running from
Highbury station through Holborn and then east to Tower Bridge or south to Kennington
Gate.
Following the decision to withdraw tram services in London and replace them with buses, the station closed just after 12.30am on 6 April 1952.
Redevelopment
Strand Underpass
. The former Aldwych subway station was around here.LCC Tramways in Holborn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1964, the
Strand Underpass, a road tunnel, was opened to alleviate northbound traffic flow from Waterloo Bridge
to Kingsway. The underpass took over a section of the tram subway, and rises at its north end through the site of the former Holborn tramway station. No sign of either of the former stations is visible on the surface or from the road tunnel.
External links
- Includes an illustrated account of a visit to the site in November 2003
- LCC Tramways 1914 Map showing routes south of Aldwych station
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