Could underground cycling ever come to our bit of Green Lanes?

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Permalink Reply by Bob Lindsay-Smith on March 8, 2015 at 23:41

It's not impossible - the idea was being considered mainly for two sets of disused tunnels, which sort of meet at the former Aldwych station, off the Strand. Walking was included as well as cycling.

I would think that TFL might be doing a rough check of whether something like that might be feasible on the Holborn - Aldwych link. That wouldn't need too much capital expenditure apart from installing new lifts at Aldwych. It would probably be more feasible for walking than cycling (safer and with less infrastructure). There is however the awkward question of whether people would be willing to pay to walk, indeed to pay enough to cover the cost of maintaining and staffing the link.

TFL would also lose any future income from hiring out the spooky disused platforms for music videos or films!

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