Talk:Aldwych tube station

Correction
Correction added to erroneous reference to 'An American Werewolf in London'. Nick Cooper 18:46, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
With regard to Gwernol's deletion of this film, having checked, it seems that a street scene has been shot using a builing in Prague dressed to look like "Strand" station, but this is what is now Charing Cross, not Aldwych. Nick Cooper (talk) 23:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I am sure, though, that interior scenes of an Underground station had "Strand" signs that looked authentic to the 1940s along the walls. Either the station was "impersonated" with a very well constructed set, or else they did use at least one of the platforms for the scenes in which they are whisked into and back out of Narnia.  Should we acknowledge that at this point, or wait for confirmation that it was the station itself (though why they'd build a set to mimic this station when it's clearly in use as a set already is beyond me).  User:Jwrosenzweig editing as 71.231.197.110 (talk) 03:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No, the platform tunnel seen in the film is a set. The most obvious way to tell is that the patterned tiling appears on both sides of the tunnel, while at Aldwych and other similarly decorated stations it appears only on the platform side and not the track side of the tunnel. Also, the tunnel seen in the film is straight, while Aldwych is curved. It's an impressive set, but a set nonetheless. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Broken wikilink
The "Old Proposals" section has a broken wikilink and I can't figure out how to fix it. M.nelson (talk) 03:42, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Fixed. --rbrwr&plusmn; 16:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Uselessness of branch
One thing this article skips over is why the branch is so badly connected to the main Piccadilly line. Normally a short branch is connected to both of the main tacks and has crossovers such that reversing happens in the vicinity of the terminus, and usually extension is possible. Instead the Aldwych branch was doomed from the outset because the tracks & tunnels are set up such that a regular through service is impossible to incorporate into the main line and extensions were always going to be a nightmare to construct (a pity as a Waterloo to King's Cross through service is one of the major gaps in the centre of London). Is there anything in the sources or on record that explains why the stub was built so awkwardly rather than as a convention stub branch? Timrollpickering (talk) 20:57, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll add a bit more on this shortly. Badsey-Ellis has a page or so that discusses various track layouts that were considered, but does not really have an answer as to why it was built the way it was.--DavidCane (talk) 02:40, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Added as a note in the construction section.--DavidCane (talk) 01:36, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Side entrance
Here's a picture of the side entrance of the station if someone can work out the best place to add it to the article. Timrollpickering (talk) 18:10, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. There's also File:Aldwych surrey street entrance.jpg and File:Aldwych Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 494148.jpg. These are all linked into the article through the commons category link in the external links section. I'm not sure that the article needs an extra image specifically for the second entrance.--DavidCane (talk) 23:07, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

That paragraph in Planning
Hey: I'm doing this separate from the FAC because it would take up too much space there. I'd like to see this reach FA (as, apart from some minor prose issues, it's good). This is how I'd write the paragraph: "Prior to the merger, the GN&SR had sought permission to extend the line southwards to run under Norfolk Street and end at an interchange under the Metropolitan District Railway's station at Temple. The extension was rejected after the Duke of Norfolk objected to tunnelling taking place on his land."

The red is an optional addition for clarification. This is 30% shorter but loses little detail; I'm not sure how much land the Duke owned (I would assume between the Strand and Embankment). Sceptre (talk) 23:20, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
 * OK. I've reworded, but the start of the extension would have been further north than the Strand at the junction of Kingsway and Aldwych. It is a technical thing, but the bills were generally written in a compartmentalised manner. The bill (here) sought separate permissions for the extension and the creation of the interchange. It is therefore theoretically possible that an interchange could have been approved at Temple if some other route was found to get there. The Duke's land was between Strand and the river.--DavidCane (talk) 00:59, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Tomb Raider III
I see that the Aldwych station level Tomb Raider III received a mention in the article, but I notice the section title is "Use in films and television programmes". Maybe the section would be better renamed to "Use in the media" or something similar? Regards, —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 06:37, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Erroneous use in film/TV
I've removed The Collector, since a recent viewing of the film shows that it contains only external shots of Holborn, and internal shots of Belsize Park. Nick Cooper (talk) 14:50, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Secret World MMORPG reference
Though spelled as "Ealdwic" station, it is fairly safe to say that the reference is there, particularly given its double use as a secret entry to the hollow earth used by the Templar. Still, I do not know that the Tomb Raider III reference really belongs in the section as it stands, so I did not want to add this one. 97.113.17.183 (talk) 09:05, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Title
Just wondering why the title is lower case 'tube station'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bailystevens (talk • contribs) 23:38, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Because it's not a proper name. See also WP:NC (UK stations) -- Red rose64 (talk) 00:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Happy memories
Of my time (1979-82) using this station when I was a student at LSE Bashereyre (talk) 11:40, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Current use
There's no information on its current use other than as a filming location. What happens if you go there on an ordinary day? Is it locked? Maintained? Can you still ride the century-old lifts? etc. Brutannica (talk) 15:12, 17 April 2015 (UTC)


 * On a day-to-day basis it is closed, but maintained. The lifts no longer work, so the only way in is via the spiral stairs, or - more rarely - by train from Holborn. There is a short train of otherwise disused stock stabled on the line, and this is run along the line regularly, and used for filming purposes. Nick Cooper (talk) 15:25, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * In fact the lift cars have been underpinned at street level and the cables have been removed. I believe that the both sets of machinery have been left in place as it would be a very expensive exercise to remove them, though the 630 volt DC supply cables have been removed as the copper had significant scrap value. 86.145.213.115 (talk) 16:24, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

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Number of steps
I added in the correct number of steps at this station, to add to what it indeed an excellent article, but had it removed for not citing a 'source'. If you're going to removed un-sourced facts, why just this one and not at least over thirty others (i got bored counting after that) already present in this article that are also un-sourced? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.8.136.217 (talk) 21:36, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:WAX -- Red rose64 (talk) 00:16, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

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