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Sideshoots - associated subjects => Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractions => Topic started by: grahame on March 10, 2024, 12:09:35



Title: Aldwych - what could have been
Post by: grahame on March 10, 2024, 12:09:35
https://londonist.com/london/history/how-aldwych-tube-station-could-have-been-a-theme-park

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The 1996 proposal to build a heritage 'theme park' inside the abandoned Piccadilly line station.

Most readers will be familiar with Aldwych, the famous 'ghost station' where trains have not called since 1994. It's now used as a film set and for training purposes, but forgotten plans from the mid-90s would have seen it turned into a heritage railway, or 'theme park' as the press had it.



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