What is Aldwych tramway station?
{{Refimprove|date=December 2011}} '''Aldwych tramway station''' was a [[tram]] stop that was underneath Kingsway. The tramway station should not to be confused with Aldwych tube station. The stop is part of the [[Kingsway tramway subway]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=|title=The Surveyor and municipal engineer|volume=123|year=1964|page=66}}</ref> Services running from Angel [[Islington]] to Aldwych started on 24 February 1906. Services from [[Highbury & Islington station|Highbury & Islington]] station to [[Tower Bridge]] and [[Kennington]] Gate started on 10 April 1908. The station closed on 6 April 1952. The [[Strand Underpass]], which opened in 1964, comes to surface level part way through the former location of the Aldwych tramway station. No sign of the former station is visible on the surface or from the road [[tunnel]] however. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://underground-history.co.uk/kwupass.html Includes an illustrated account of a visit to the site in November 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516104249/http://www.underground-history.co.uk/kwupass.html |date=2006-05-16 }} *[http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/brixton-tram-map.html LCC Tramways 1914 Map] showing routes south of Aldwych station {{coord|51|30|49.6|N|0|07|04.6|W|region:GB_scale:2000|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aldwych Tramway Station}} [[Category:Transport architecture in London]] [[Category:Trams in London]] {{transport-stub}}