While many Londoners act like they know all there is to know about the Tube, you might be surprised by one small detail.
Among the many stations and platforms along the Tube, there are a handful that have become abandoned and are stuck in time.
Including platforms at Charing Cross that have been closed to the public since 1999.
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The abandoned Tube platforms at Charing Cross
Although Charing Cross Tube station is very much still active, there are some platforms within the station that have long been shut down.
In 1979, Charing Cross joined the Jubilee line and saw the use of two platforms, a concourse and passenger tunnels.
However, in 1999, the Jubilee line in Charing Cross was closed to the public after plans were created to extend the line to Lewisham.
Charing Cross was never intended to be the final stop for the Jubilee line, with plans in the 1980s to regenerate the Docklands and East End area seeing a reroute of the line.
The plans would see a reroute of the line from Green Park towards the south of the river to Waterloo, London Bridge, before moving back to Greenwich and Stratford.
The change meant that Charing Cross’s Jubilee platforms were no longer needed and were shut down.
Despite being closed off, the platforms gained a new lease of life and have since become a filming location for major blockbusters.
The platforms have featured in the likes of 28 Weeks Later, the James Bond movie Skyfall and the TV show Spooks.
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Although the platforms are shut off to the public for daily use, you can still visit Charing Cross’s Jubilee platforms through a Hidden London tour with the London Transport Museum.
The Charing Cross: Behind the Silver Screen lets guests see behind the scenes of one of the busiest Tube stations in London.
Allowing you to walk beneath Trafalgar Square and explore the closed-off Jubilee line platforms, passenger corridors, and concourses.
