Aldwych tramway station
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Aldwych tramway station (not to be confused with Aldwych tube station) was a tram stop underneath Kingsway (a road in central London), part of the Kingsway tramway subway route.
Services from Angel Islington to Aldwych commenced on 24 February 1906 and through services on 10 April 1908 from Highbury station to Tower Bridge and from Highbury station to Kennington Gate.
The station closed just after 12:20am on 6 April 1952.
The Strand Underpass, opened in 1964, rises at its north end through the former location of the Aldwych tramway station but no signs of the former station remain visible on the surface or from the road tunnel. Currently (2004) some remains do exist underground alongside (that is, outside) the concrete box which contains the road tunnel, but there is no public access at all.
Note: Access even for authorised people is difficult (and is via the former tram subway, not from the road tunnel), and the future of the remains is in doubt. There is nothing to be gained from scrutinising the road tunnel; pedestrians are banned from it; and even without the ban it would be an extremely dangerous place to be on foot.
External link
- Includes an illustrated account of a visit to the site in November 2003 (http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/kwupass.html)