Kingsway tramway subway
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The Kingsway tramway subway is a cut-and-cover tunnel in central London, built by the London County Council, and the only one of its kind in Britain. The decision in 1898 to clear slum districts in th
Kingsway Subway northern entrance ramp in Southampton Row
A tram emerging from the northbound tunnel in 1933
1937 southern portal under Waterloo Bridge
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A4200 road
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The A4200 is a major thoroughfare in central London. It runs between the A4 at Aldwych, to the A400 Hampstead Road/Camden High Street, at Mornington Crescent tube station, via Holborn, Bloomsbury, Eus
Kingsway tramway subway
…service from Bloomsbury to the Hop Exchange. This latter service was short-lived and the tracks were removed in 1930. The approach from the north near Southampton Row was a 170-foot (52 m) open cutting with a 1 in 10 (10%) gradient. The tracks passed through cast iron tubes underneath the Fleet sewer before rising…
A4200 Kingsway from the south in 2009
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Kingsway tram tunnel entrance in Southampton Row
Part of the subway is now a tunnel for cars.