In , the owners also sought permission to dig a tunnel that would link the British Museum Station to Holborn Station. In , however, it was proposed the British Museum Station should be closed, to enable the Central Line tunnels to be enlarged east of Kingsway to link them to Holborn Station, but when the first world war broke out in , the work was never started. After the war ended in , the status quo was retained in terms of the British Museum Tube Station and it continued to operate unchanged until the s.
In , an agreement was reached to enlarge the Central Line tunnels at Holborn, where two new platforms were to be built. Designed by architect Leslie Green, the old station had used a lift to take passengers down to the Piccadilly Line. To coincide with the works, a modern new station was designed by Charles Holden, a Bolton-born architect who designed many Tube stations in the s and s.
It featured modern escalators instead of the old lifts. The old Holborn station was replaced and seven new escalators were installed. At the time, four of them, each of which measured ft 7ins long, were the longest escalators in the world. A new booking office was also constructed. The modern new station, called Holborn Kingsway Station, opened in May New platforms became fully operational for the public on 25th September Featuring modern signal cabins with power-controlled levers, in addition, the new platforms included emergency tunnel telephones, battery and relay rooms and automatic train stops.
Coinciding with the official grand opening of the new station and platforms, the British Museum Tube Station closed for the final time at midnight on 25th September There seemed little point in having the stations in operation less than yards away from each other. Before the new Holborn Kingsway Station opened, passengers wishing to switch between Central Line and Piccadilly Line must leave one station to walk down the main road and go into another station.
The new development reduced the journey time by almost six minutes. The station was subsequently used until to the s as an administrative office and emergency command post for the military. The surface building was still in existence until , when it was finally demolished. A building society was constructed in its place. Passengers on Central Line trains can still see the old British Museum station, despite the platforms having been removed, by looking through the left-hand windows as the Tube leaves either Holborn or TCR stations.
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Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Station platform. Most of the disused tube stations have had their platforms removed. The newer image is of Lancaster Gate station in April , still showing the white tiles common to the line when it was built.
If British Museum station had remained open, it presumably would have looked similar to this. Like most of the deep level abandoned tube stations, British Museum was used as an air raid shelter during the Second World War. For another far more interesting poster from the same station, click here. The eastbound platform with the former passenger exit bricked off.
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