ex-LCC E/3 1991 on Route 33 to Manor House

Comment by Geoff Dent on December 6, 2011 at 16:41

Interesting shot of the tunnel entrance in Holborn Kingsway.  As a child I can remember looking down the slope from the roadway - the tunnel was sealed off with large gates  but you could see into it and it always intrigued me as to what it was until I was told about the trams using it years before.  Now used as an underpass for traffic to Waterloo I believe.

Comment by Roy aka Smiffy on September 14, 2014 at 17:40

The lovely 33 tram was part of my childhood and rode the tram into the tunnel several times - much like a scary fairground ride!

Now part of it is used for the underpass but the entrance here is still unused, sometimes as an art gallery.

As a memory of my childhood I was fascinated by it. Closed for many years it was the very peculiar HQ of the used as a flood control headquarters for the Greater London Council. Rather odd, that it’s underground and housed in pre-fabs in the tunnel. Some years ago as a member of Sub Brit I was able to look down there!

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/k/kingsway_tram_subway/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsway_tramway_subway

 

Roy

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