Annie Mole's, webmaster of Going Underground, daily web log (blog).
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IanVisits was one of the first people to go on the new round of Aldwych Tours which started on Friday 25th November and run until Sunday 27th November. Visits from Friday 2nd December to Sunday 4th December are also sold out.
His full set of pictures are on Flickr He said of Aldwych "Although only closed in 1994, it holds a special fascination for most people as it is still visible above ground, and even when open was hardly ever used so even the heaviest of tube travellers are unlikely to have been there.
It is also one of those stations that has a dual hidden history, as even when open, only one of two platforms was in use – so you have one old platform, and one even older one."
Other photographs from pencefn show a view looking south at the Eastern platform and the disused lift shaft.
Alan Perryman's pictures show the popularity of the tours and some of the beautiful old posters still preserved the Tube station walls
Even the less well preserved posters have a sense of mystery & fascination
Have fun if you are going along today and next weekend.
Through Londonist I discovered a great video of the loast day that Aldwych was in operation back in 1994 "Watch about 40 seconds in as the station attendant casually drops down onto the tracks and clambers all over one of the rails."
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