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Hidden London tram station opens to public for first time in 70 years

Posted: 05 Jul 2021, 05:21
by John Ashworth
Hidden London tram station opens to public for first time in 70 years
A hidden underground tram station in the centre of London that stood in as the Avengers HQ on the big screen is to open to the public for the first time since its closure almost 70 years ago. People will be able to tour the platforms and halls of the Kingsway station, which allowed passengers on doubledecker trams to interchange between the once-comprehensive networks north and south of the Thames. which closed after the second world war... but few know it was the fulcrum of the capital’s electrified tram network that was overtaken after the war by the speed and efficiency of the London underground...