Aldwych Tube Station (Strand) - Tour by Transport for London (TFL)

Last month I had the great opportunity to visit the disused Tube station Aldwych in the London City Centre. The history around the transportation in London is huge at the moment due to its 150th anniversary and of course always has and always will play a major role in the development in the city. The recently completed development of the London overground just shows what happens with the areas that are now connected to the overall transportation network. The house prices are rising and the areas are being more heavily developed thanks to new investments coming from the private sector. Usually the opening of a new station in London promises a greater return in investment due to higher demand of housing in the areas.

Generally speaking you want to live in an area in London from where you can get easily to your destination. The city government is aware that there are still missing links between the west, south, north and east. Thanks to the overground this has improved a lot. And thanks to the overground the traffic on the underground has been fairly stable instead of increased as it has in all these years. Traveling on the London Underground during rush hour is no fun at all and the stress from the offices that people carry around brings a certain level of tension on board. Surely I got used to it over the years, but it is annoying nevertheless.


Now some of you might wonder why you would visit a station that is similar to all the other 270+ stations around London. There are only a few stations that are closed to the public and used for machinery storage or other usage for the Transport for London company and hence very rare to see a station that was build around the second war and used as shelter within the oldest underground metro in the world.

If you are interested in more information, just visit the museum itself in London or their website.

The tour took around an hour and the guides, security measures and information given on the tour were great and I enjoyed the mystic atmosphere with little secrets that were hidden all over the place.