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The Hidden Tube at St Helen's Beach
Hidden London Hangouts - S9 - E5
This week, Alex, Laura and Chris are back to the Isle of Wight to see St Helen's Beach, where they come across beach huts that look oddly familiar...
Hidden London Hangouts: Season 9 - 8 Episode s
9x1 - Waterloo
June 15, 2024
To kick off Series 9, the team explore disused parts of Waterloo station, complete with lift shafts, floodgates and evacuation routes.
9x2 - Riding the 38 Stock
June 29, 2024
In the second episode of series 9, the team head to Acton Town to hop onboard our 38 Stock train. They join a test run ahead of the Heritage Train Journeys that we will be running this summer.
9x3 - Liverpool Street
July 13, 2024
In this episode the team explore a station of two halves – Liverpool Street. Hidden platforms, a disused signal cabin and original passageways of the Central London Railway all make for a fascinating exploration. In a first of the Hangouts this episode was performed live and recorded in the Cubic Theatre at London Transport Museum, with an audience of our Patreons on Friday 11 August 2023.
9x4 - Making the Museum roundel
July 20, 2024
In this episode, the team travel to A J Wells on the Isle of Wight to reveal the process of designing and creating London Transport Museum’s new animated spectrum roundel. This enormous sign forms the centre piece of the recent rebrand for the Museum. With special guests Sau-Fun Mo, Head of Design, London Transport Museum and Jake Hunter, Project Manager, A J Wells.
9x5 - The Hidden Tube at St Helen's Beach
August 10, 2024
This week, Alex, Laura and Chris are back to the Isle of Wight to see St Helen's Beach, where they come across beach huts that look oddly familiar...
9x6 - Hidden Holborn
August 17, 2024
In this episode the team return to Holborn station ahead of the start of our new Hidden London disused station tours. Chris, Laura, Alex and Siddy explore the most hidden parts of the station, revealing original tiles, machine rooms and a huge ventilation system.
9x7 - Green Park's Secret Station
October 5, 2024
Join the team for episode seven as they explore Green Park's secret station. In this episode the team head to Mayfair to find a long hidden station that once stood opposite the famous Ritz Hotel and was transformed into a luxurious bunker for London Transport executives during the Second World War.
9x8 - Metroland The end of the line
November 11, 2024
The Metropolitan Railway once reached deep into Buckinghamshire with rural stations serving remote villages and hamlets with train services to the heart of London. In this episode Chris, Laura and Alex follow the Hidden London book on a road trip in search of surviving stations and infrastructure, finally locating the fabled source of Metropolitan Elixir – sloe bushes.