Transforming the Tube at Aldwych station

No only the Ticket Hall will be open for the special exhibition.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!

I'm in London from the 25^th to the 27^th. Grrrrrrrrr

Thank you for raising this. Look forward to paying this exhibition a visit! (:

You know, given the chance - I'd walk all the way from Holborn and then up the stairs at Aldwych. No need for a train

Sneak preview:

www.flickr.com/photos/londonstuff/sets/72157624327064116/

I went to Aldwych today to have a mooch around. Don't expect anything unofficial as it's all company speak, so to say. Much of the tiling has also been covered up by display panels and as expected the door down to platform level is firmly bolted shut. However, it's still definitely worth a mooch. Photos (and a few videos) mostly taken on my iPhone 4 are below (only mentioned because even I was surprised by their quality)

Click here (now works, thanks Phil)

There are various displays which include exhibits such as models, sample running rails (my god they're heavy) and you can also see things like the toilets, the ticket booth, lifts and some of the tiling in the ticket area itself.

That said, I did learn a few things. I didn't realise that the new stock for Bakerloo trains is as advanced (into the planning stage) as it is, with quite a radical shape inside and out, which is more visible with a bigger view on Flickr, but:




I also didn't realise that this moquette had won the competition mentioned a year or two ago and that the plan is still to roll it out to all lines baaaaad idea :




While the display was interesting (can we have more like this please?) it wasn't well advertised - although there was a canvas advert on the Surrey Street entrance, this catches relatively little passing traffic - one placed on the Strand entrance would have enticed more people down.

Sorry to say that link to pic.set appears to be broken at the mo......

Thanks Phil, now works in my original post and here[/u]

These are great photos: and I don't see what's wrong with the moquette myself

Having different moquette on different lines also helps passengers to identify whether they are on the right train or not. The different coloured grab-poles also serve this purpose.

Your use of the word 'always' in this only actually applies if you consider history starting at around 1990! You'll find that the same orange/brown moquette was used for D Stock, 1983 Stock, Metrobuses and Titans from 1978 to 1984. Prior to that the blue/green moquette was found on C69/77 Stock, 1973 Stock, DMS and Leyland National buses as well as being used on either 1959 Stock (or was it 1962 Stock?) when retrimmed.

I raised this yesterday when I visited the exhibition, however there is nothing we can do about it now - the decision has been made. It is indeed a cost issue, though on the plus side, at least the S stock will be using its unique moquette as planned.

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Overall, a fantastic exhibition - far better than I envisaged! The fact we could walk through the lift was also a bonus. I even sneakily had had a go at the old scissor gates when no one was looking. There were some good touch-screen computers which included a video of the graphic designs for the new Bakerloo line trains along with archive photographs.