Another Chance to See the Hidden Parts of Shepherd's Bush Tube Station
London Transport Museum launches a new series of tours
Access will be given to areas the public normally can't see
January 16, 2023
There will be another chance to see the secret parts of Shepherd’s Bush tube station as London Transport Museum has announced another round of Hidden London Tours.
The guided tours of parts the station normally closed to the public last about 70 minutes and are suitable for all aged 14 or above. They are taking place at 10am, 11.50am, 2.25pm and 4.15pm each day Wednesday to Sunday between 15 and 19 February. Tickets cost £44 or £39 for concessions.
Shepherd’s Bush station opened in 1900 as the Western terminus of the brand-new Central London Railway. This line cut through the centre of London and provided a transport link between London’s Western suburbs and the City of London. From Shepherd’s Bush, passengers could catch a tram to take them even further on one ticket, making it West London’s most important transport hub in the early 20th century.
The station has gone through several upgrades and renovations, so much so that today it is almost unrecognisable from the original. But behind closed doors and grilles, the old station corridors and lift shafts are still there, waiting to be explored.
One of the best examples of the original Central line design features is promised and you can learn about the line’s history as the third deep Tube railway to be built in London, see the engineering behind cooling the famously warm line and how those same passageways were used in unexpected ways 80 years ago.
Similar tours are being held at Piccadilly Circus, Moorgate and Charing Cross stations; as well as parts of the forgotten subterranean shelters underneath Clapham South station.
To book visit www.ltmuseum.co.uk/hidden-london.
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