Station:
U&Yesterday (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2021-07-19
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Railway historian Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway from the London Transport Museum explore hidden areas of the London Underground that - despite being just feet away from where millions of people regularly travel - hardly anyone knows about. The pair explore abandoned tunnels, secret bunkers and hidden staircases that have been concealed from public view for years. They will use their unique and privileged access to tell the story of places including London's most clandestine tube station; the former terminus of the world's first electric railway; and a station now only accessible by getting a train driver to stop at just the right place, but which played a key role during the Second World War.
There is no Next Episode of Secrets of the London Underground planned.
S4E8 - Stockwell and the DLR
Rail historian Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway from the London Transport Museum, explore the rich history of Stockwell station on the Victoria Line. It was originally the terminus station for the City and South London Railway - the first ever deep level electric tube railway in the world, and the birth of the tube as we know it.?Tim finds evidence of a deep level shelter used by Londoners during the Second World War. On the platforms, he reveals something rather more contemporary - the tiles depicting a swan in homage to a local pub. As Siddy descends deep into the station, she finds metallic tiles on the walls and cast iron segments in a disused lift shaft, each crucial relics of their era.
Siddy visits the main depot for the Docklands Light Railway. She hears how they're developing new technology to alert them to any passengers on the tracks. And she gets an exclusive preview of their new fleet of trains, currently on test runs along the network.
Air Date: 20 Aug 2024 14:00 (CDT)
S4E9 - Gloucester Road
Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway meet at Gloucester Road in London's museum quarter - a station serving the Circle, District and Piccadilly lines.
Air Date: 27 Aug 2024 14:00 (CDT)
S4E10 - Old Street
Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore the unusual station at Old Street, which serves both the Northern line and mainline trains.
Air Date: 03 Sep 2024 14:00 (CDT)