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Post by Chris M on Jan 1, 2015 22:06:54 GMT
The Central Line not-stopping at Tottenham Court Road for about 11 months has got me wondering what the longest duration for a temporary closure has been on the Underground? I'm thinking both planned and unplanned, but not overruns or things like the refurbishment of Mornington Crescent.
The conversion of the ELL meant no trains between December 2007 and April 2010, but have their been any longer than this?
ps: I'm also not including situations where a line or station has been permanently closed but later reopened, I'm only interested here in occasions where the intention has always been to restore services.
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Post by superteacher on Jan 1, 2015 22:09:34 GMT
Strand station closed in 1973 and reopened as part of Charing Cross in 1979.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 22:17:23 GMT
Wasn't Mornington Crescent quite famous for being closed for ages?
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Post by superteacher on Jan 1, 2015 22:23:09 GMT
Wasn't Mornington Crescent quite famous for being closed for ages? October 1992 to April 1998. EDIT: The Strand platforms were closed from June 1973 to May 1979, so slightly longer than Mornington Crescent. |
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Post by metrailway on Jan 1, 2015 22:37:14 GMT
Aldwych was closed between September 1940 to June 1946.
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Post by superteacher on Jan 1, 2015 22:55:13 GMT
Wood Lane was closed from 1959 to 2008, although at the time of closure, there was no intention of reopening it! Also, the reopened station was on a slightly different site to the original.
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Post by theblackferret on Jan 1, 2015 23:24:21 GMT
The Northern Line's, then the City & South London Railway's northern section, between Euston and Moorgate Street was closed to enable the diameter of the tunnels to be increased from 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) to the Underground's standard diameter of 3.56 m (11 ft 8ΒΌ in), from 8 August 1922 to 20 April 1924. City Road was closed by stealth in this operation, but the intention was to restore services over the rest, which was, of course, exactly what was effected.
I believe there were some siren voices raised to keep Aldwych closed after WWII, but the original intention when closure was effected from 1940 was to reopen once the Elgin Marbles etc had been returned to the British Museum, and once George Formby (who provided 'entertainment' to air-raid shelterers there)was returned to cleaning windows with his little stick of Blackpool Rock.
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Post by stapler on Jan 2, 2015 15:23:53 GMT
Hainault, 1908 to 1930. Not that it was part of the Underground then!
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Post by longhedge on Jan 3, 2015 14:44:12 GMT
Strand station closed in 1973 and reopened as part of Charing Cross in 1979. It is a long time ago, but I seem to remember a `sticker` on the Northern Line train , advising Strand station closing from April to June 2003 (not certain on the actual months) , and then later in the year to 1976, when it re-opened. My gut feel is that is did not close for 6 years. |
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Post by superteacher on Jan 3, 2015 15:11:04 GMT
Strand station closed in 1973 and reopened as part of Charing Cross in 1979. It is a long time ago, but I seem to remember a `sticker` on the Northern Line train , advising Strand station closing from April to June 2003 (not certain on the actual months) , and then later in the year to 1976, when it re-opened. My gut feel is that is did not close for 6 years. When Strand closed in 1973, the former lift shaft was demolished to make way for the new escalators at Charing Cross. Charing Cross opened on 1st May 1979. Up until that date, there would have been no other access to the Strand platforms, hence they must have been closed until the new Charing Cross opened. |
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Post by longhedge on Jan 3, 2015 19:27:22 GMT
It is a long time ago, but I seem to remember a `sticker` on the Northern Line train , advising Strand station closing from April to June 2003 (not certain on the actual months) , and then later in the year to 1976, when it re-opened. My gut feel is that is did not close for 6 years. When Strand closed in 1973, the former lift shaft was demolished to make way for the new escalators at Charing Cross. Charing Cross opened on 1st May 1979. Up until that date, there would have been no other access to the Strand platforms, hence they must have been closed until the new Charing Cross opened. Thanks for response. After posting, I did remember that the opening of the Jubilee Line was delayed from 1977 to 1979. |
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