Can’t believe that’s its 20 years since I last used that station - amazing!.

@thefullenergychannel2879

4 жыл бұрын

and the station is pretty new what a waste I remember when it opened back in the 80s

@thenegus5469

2 жыл бұрын

@@thefullenergychannel2879 yeah sounds like a lot of money wasted

Ms Reston is such a lovely guide, I love her voice and how she explains everything. ... and how cool is it to have original surroundings for films????

@blablette7614

4 жыл бұрын

@William Gruff No.

The escalators were also used in some scenes of Sherlock’s Empty Hearse episode.

many a fond memory as a kid going back to Hastings from Charing Cross using this station before the extension - nice to see it so well maintained.

Fascinating! Thank you for this.

I believe that the jubilee platforms are used to turn and stable trains off peak so they can be slotted back in later. If your train's destination is Green Park it will run on empty to Charing Cross and wait there to re enter service. If the station was to re open to passengers I believe the 3 escalators would need to be replaced, at considerable cost.

Very interesting great guide well done

Good use of what would otherwise go to waste.

It’s a shame that it couldn’t be used as a branch of the jubilee line and extend it towards Blackfriars as the over run tunnels I think almost reach there and have an interchange at Aldwych rebuild that station and have the pic run there again ,dirty fantasy time but it’s such a waste of infrastructure when we are told to leave cars

@uingaeoc3905

Жыл бұрын

You are correct in regard to the over run tunnels to Aldwych. I would suggest that as the Aldwych tunnels extend to the Temple (check that, it is true) there could be a pedestrian connection made from this line to there; a useful interconnection to the District. Not sure if Blackfriars is the best onward destination, I would suggest to Bank to connect to the DLR. Rather than a Jubilee branch this would be a new West End terminus for the DLR at CX. However, Aldwych branch of the Piccadilly could be exploited for an alternative route for surface traffic from Northern Line branch Kentish Town passing the Camden Town junctions down Eversholt Street to Euston, then southwards through to Southampton Way to take up at Holborn the disused Piccadilly branch down Kingsway to Aldwych. Then cross the river to Waterloo Road and towards Elephant to connect with the Bakerloo Extension to Lewisham. My fantasy line would be to bring the Marylebone services into a tunnel under there then down Seymour Place to Marble Arch, then under Park Lane to Hyde Park Corner then to Green Park with a new flying junction and platforms to take the abandoned section of the Jubilee to CX. From there to Aldwych and onwards to Bank etc.

The escalators had those spikes in center removed so James Bond could slide down the escalator on it :)

They should actually re-open this station and make this a one station branch for the Jubilee Line.

@hakc97again

2 жыл бұрын

I think they should make it a DLR station instead, as an extension from Bank

@hanstheexplorer

Жыл бұрын

Like Mill Hill East!?

@HB2008sh

Жыл бұрын

@@hanstheexplorer yea

This was where the old Jubilee line platforms were,when this was a Jubilee line terminus station.

So cool

Can people still visit the abandoned underground tube stations in london and also when did it close

@no-damn-alias

Жыл бұрын

how can I visit it?

can't believe after years the station still looks the same thing as before

THIS IS KEELEY!

Explore an abandoned Railway in London with train stations

This Is the Station in London has fallen ?

Q. Both Charing X jubilee line and aldwych on the Piccadilly line wore terminals. Did the lines meet up between both stations as sidings?

@MikeWillSee

4 жыл бұрын

No, too far apart and on completely separate lines

@tomthornton6259

4 жыл бұрын

No both were totally separate, but they could've been linked. The Jubilee line was always meant to go from North West to east London, but was originally going to continue under The City, including new platforms at Aldwych and interchanging with the piccadilly. But since the first phase of the Jubilee opened in 1979, significant new developments happened in the docklands, namely Canary Wharf. So the line bypassed Charing Cross via Westminster to follow its current route, meaning the 2 stations were never connected; helping to close Aldwych in 94, and leading to the redundancy of the Charing Cross platforms. I think I've heard somehwere that the old Jubilee tunnels go beyond Charing X and stop very close to Aldwych, but that might not be true. Either way, there is no physical connection

@MikeWillSee

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomthornton6259 that's interesting, I never knew that, thanks for the info!

Why is the part no longer in use? Did they relocate the line during an extension?

@richard4cz

6 ай бұрын

Yeah. The 1999 extension took the line through South London to growing Canary Wharf and Stratford. Charing Cross was abandoned as the station had been built with a different direction of the future extension envisioned. That's why the overrun tunnels go most of the way towards Aldwych. It would have been very impractical (maybe even impossible) to build a curve from the station towards Waterloo. The extension aimed to provide a better service to poorly connected areas, not just the redevelopment of the Docklands (where the Jubilee was expected to go next before London opted for a much cheaper DLP)

Is this where The Good Liar was filmed?

Pretty amazing. 🙂

She's got great hair .

@ThePayola123

5 жыл бұрын

She's like a tough furry mutt...long in the tooth...!!!

Charing Cross jubilee line platforms should still be open

They should reopen the station

@jimtuite3451

4 жыл бұрын

why???

Wasnt this where they filmed that horror Creep?

@Garfie489

3 жыл бұрын

More likely filmed at Aldwych given the horror theme (much older station)

@user-lj6jp8qp7z

11 ай бұрын

​@@Garfie489Creep was filmed in both Aldwych and Charing Cross.

that's the strand

I wonder why they stopped using the station

@Garfie489

3 жыл бұрын

Because the line was extended in a different direction to what was originally planned. Originally was intended to go to Fenchurch street via Strand along the course of the river fleet (hence being called the fleet line during building). It instead went to Canary Wharf via the south bank and westminster

@dashcamexplorationuk1692

3 жыл бұрын

@@Garfie489 okay

Why was it closed??

@tw25rw

4 жыл бұрын

They extended the line by a different route to that originally planned.

Someone else get the vibe of call of duty modern warfare 2 !!

It might have been a good idea to listen before publishing. The twanging drowns out the speech.

What's with the melancholic music? Lol

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Somebody could buy it and build a massive underground skatepark ▶️ Would be so sick 💣💥

Any GE's? watching this? HAHA

@Nitrxgen

4 жыл бұрын

nnnope

@paulhoulden

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nitrxgen same

The corridors are so dark and spooky that makes me wonder that the chances of running into a Zombie colony down there are frankly very possible. Perhaps the american werewolf is buried somewhere in one secret chamber.