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Piccadilly Circus Tour

Add to your calendar Last updated - 03/02/2023 08:22

Technical visit
05 February 2023 11:50 - 13:05
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Description

Join us for an exclusive tour of one of the most iconic stations on the London Underground: Piccadilly Circus. Located directly underneath the celebrated landmark, Piccadilly Circus station opened in 1906 serving the Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines.

Extensively modernised between 1925 and 1928 to meet passenger demands, the station is an engineering marvel and boasts one of the finest examples of subterranean architecture on the London Underground.

This timeless grade II listed building serves over 40 million passengers a year in style. Redesigned by celebrated architect Charles Holden and reopened in 1928 it was nicknamed the “New Heart of London”.

游客将会秘密的门背后,passageways and lift shafts closed to the public since 1929 and discover the original Edwardian design features, the fascinating stories of wartime sheltering and top-secret storage of priceless artefacts. Piccadilly Circus offers a unique perspective of how the London Underground has grown and adjusted to Londoners’ needs for over a century.

Themeeting pointfor this tour is at the bottom of the stairs of Exit 4 of Piccadilly Circus Underground station. Exit 4 can be found at the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street, next to the Criterion Restaurant.A member of the Hidden London team will meet you on arrival. Please arrive 15 minutes before the time on your ticket.

Further information can be found at https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/hidden-london/piccadilly-circus

Address

Piccadilly Circus station
Piccadilly Circus station
London
W1J 9HP
United Kingdom

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Jos Hunter

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