St.Mary's disused station

[GentlemanJim]

London Underground's David Leboff offers a guided tour round St Mary's in East London, which closed in 1938, and is one of the tube network's least well-known or visited disused stations.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10612599

[Nortube]

An interesting quickie.
I see that they've gone in for product placement - notice the coke can?

It's a pity that they haven't done that for other stations. I'm sure the museum could produce a DVD showing behind-the-scenes looks at some of the disused stations etc. Better still, I'm sure that there are many enthusiasts who would record these things professionally for free. Likewise, I'm sure that there are suitable qualified staff that would provide their services for free if necessary. Make a record of these places and have them freely available on the internet for everybody to look at.

I'm sure this would be very popular, given the amount of questions that are often raised regarding what's what at various places.
The following are just a few that crop up frequently. I'm sure that the list can be added to:
Bull and Bush, with the Floodgate Control room
C&SLRly at King William Street and the tunnels between there and Borough
Euston disused station and tunnels

Whilst many places are 'much of a muchness', each place has it's own particular interest.


Over the years, there have been a lot of missed opportunities to record the heritage of all sorts of places and the Underground is no different. One of the disadvantages of progress is that there is so much alteration to the original structure over time that often there is very little of the original left. This has been especially so after the recommendations following the Kings Cross fire were implemented. However, there are other permanent changes, such as in the C&SLRLy tunnels where parts were altered as part of the Jubilee line extension and Northern line diversion works. A film of the tunnels there would be different to a film taken 30 years ago.

There are a wealth of places out there that could be shown, whether it is the ingenious engineering of the Victorian sewers that nobody ever sees, old buildings, engineering marvels etc. Whilst it is to be applauded that some new work is now being made available - e.g. Crossrail have some excellent media on the construction work going on - it has generally been left to the sub-urban community to record their illicit visits and show the world just what is hidden out there.
A few sites are below:

www.sub-urban.com/
sleepycity.net/
www.silentuk.com/
www.thewinch.net/
www.guerrillaexploring.com/