The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, also known as the Piccadilly tube, was a railway company established in 1902 that constructed a deep-level underground "tube" railway in London, En
Financier Charles Yerkes' consortium bought the DR, the B&PCR, and the GN&SR in 1901.
Russell Square station, an example of the Leslie Green design used for the GNP&BR's stations
Newspaper advertisement for the opening of the Piccadilly Tube
Pamphlet promoting the line from 1906
Aldwych tube station
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Aldwych is a closed station on the London Underground, located in the City of Westminster in Central London. It was opened in 1907 with the name Strand, after the street on which it is located. It was
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
…Holborn Strand (later Aldwych, opened 30 November 1907, closed 30 September 1994) Covent Garden (opened 11 April 1907…
Main entrance to Aldwych station in 2009 (formerly Strand station)
Exit and second entrance on Surrey Street, 2004.
Eastern platform, taken out of use in 1914, showing the exposed structure of the tunnel, 2011.
Shelterers inside Aldwych station during the Blitz, 1940.