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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2007 20:23:46 GMT
Hello,
i have hear about a Tunnel "Pages Walk" (i hope the word is correct!)
at Embankment station (a "very windy" Staff tunnel!)?
Have somebody more informations?
greetings
Dennis
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2007 20:26:49 GMT
I think it is an abandoned passageway, brought about by the Charing Cross/ Strand/ Embankment/ Trafalgar Square works of the 1970s.
AIUI, many passageways at big stations get given unofficial names by the staff working there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2007 20:29:52 GMT
Yes, Pages Walk is where David H says it is... reputed to be haunted too...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2007 20:34:58 GMT
who are the ends of the Tunnel?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2007 20:58:30 GMT
Not sure, have we got anyone from that station group on here?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2007 21:00:57 GMT
reputed to be haunted too... It gets a mention in that 'Ghosts on the Tube' programme. Wasn't Pages' Walk used in the film 'Creep', where the homeless couple were living? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2007 21:04:26 GMT
Haven't seen the film yet, so am unable to say... certainly its near the Bakerloo line...
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Post by tubeprune on Apr 1, 2007 9:08:04 GMT
The tunnel known as Page's Walk connects the Bakerloo platforms 5 & 6 with the old District substation. It has quite a steep slope to it. The bridge over the platforms about halfway along is the start of it. AFAIK the tunnel itself was never used by the public.
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Post by subwayrail on Apr 2, 2007 15:56:24 GMT
I've been inside Page's Walk a few times when I was an SA, accompanying Station Supervisors on their checks. I wasn't lucky enough to see a ghost (I probably scared them away).
As Tubeprune says, one end is near the Bakerloo platforms. There is also another exit leading, IIRC, to platform two (eastbound District).
In places it is quite cavernous. On one night shift, we had two contractors working inside. A protection master was sent to "ensure their safety as they were working at a height." Upon discovering this, they argued with the PM and supervisor that he was there to spy on them. They were not happy bunnies. They thought they would have a lazy night, but ended up having to actually do some work.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2007 17:12:38 GMT
if you walk down the steps to the northbound bakerloo the closed doors directly in front of you before you turn right onto the platform will take you there i believe.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2007 10:10:40 GMT
I used to go to school in Pages Walk, Bermondsey. It has been renamed Mandela Way.
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Post by abe on Apr 4, 2007 12:05:04 GMT
'Pages Walk' is the long, sloping tunnel constructed to link the District Railway with the Bakerloo Tube when the latter opened. It was a tiresome interchange, and the LER closed it in 1914 when the station was rebuilt with escalators. IIRC at Bakerloo level the connections are from the passageways currently in use at platform level, i.e., on the NB platform the Way Out turns left and goes up stairs; the old passageway would have turned right. If this is the case then these connections have been permanently blocked, rather than having doors installed.
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Post by abe on Apr 4, 2007 12:05:48 GMT
Just noticed reply #9. I must have used the NB stairs hundreds of times and not registered the doors. Whoops!
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Post by stanmorek on Apr 14, 2007 19:04:15 GMT
This reminds me, recently, an old coaling siding at St James Park was 'discovered'. It had been bricked up when the w/b platform was extended. An inspector took one step in and then backed out as it was knee deep in dust and the air was thick with dust.
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Post by DWS on Apr 14, 2007 19:14:42 GMT
This reminds me, recently, an old coaling siding at St James Park was 'discovered'. It had been bricked up when the w/b platform was extended. An inspector took one step in and then backed out as it was knee deep in dust and the air was thick with dust. Which end of the w/b platform was this siding ? |
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Post by stanmorek on Apr 16, 2007 20:54:04 GMT
The west end or what used to be.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2007 17:52:56 GMT
peachers walk is not haunted its just that its a bit windy from passing trains
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Post by stanmorek on Apr 22, 2007 12:53:04 GMT
St James Park again: There's a spur tunnel at the east end of the eastbound which was used as a p-way cabin back in the 1920s.
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