John Andrews

I’m one of the few who’s been down there in the last century - went last year. It’s horrible. But first history: Was never popular as so close to other stations; company then started to run trains which skipped it, reducing numbers further. Closed after a strike in 1924. Basement level is an escape room experience (quite apt). TfL has access still. Can get down in a vent shaft (ughhhh) about five or six floors to track level, I forget exactly. Platforms have been removed but there’s remainders of ww2 posters on the walls - it was used as a shelter. The acoustics are what are REALLY odd though, unlike any other station. The screaming of the train. It reverberates through the whole tunnel complex; genuinely feels like it is wailing at you and all around you - every three minutes . Horrific. Filmed it for #secretsofthelondonunderground tv show on @StreamOnU (part of BBC studios). Here it is