Kingsway Tram Subway
The former southern portal of the Kingsway Tram Subway that opened out onto Victoria Embankment below Waterloo Bridge, seen here on 9th July 2013. This opened for single decker trams from Southampton Row in Bloomsbury to Aldwych in 1906 and extended to Victoria Embankment in 1908 to link the tramways north and south of the Thames though not actually passing under the river at all. Trams emerged onto the Embankment and then crossed the river on Westminster Bridge. In 1931 the Subway was reconstructed for double-decker trams but was closed in April 1952 as part of the London Tram Replacement Scheme, completed in July of the same year. The middle part of the Subway is now the Strand road underpass (one way northbound) that climbs up through the site of Aldwych station into Kingsway itself while at the northern end at Southampton Row the ramp down to the Subway remains, complete with tram tracks, a silent memorial to London's long lost original vast tramway network.
Location: Kingsway Tram Subway
Original line: London County Council
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 09/07/2013
Image number: 77329
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