In Pictures: The Crossrail Tunnels Beneath London
A ‘tunnelling marathon’ is underway beneath the streets.
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Londonist Underground: Funnel Of Tunnels
A selection of passages from beneath the capital.
Londonist Underground: A Miscellany Of Tunnels
Mail Rail, Aldwych, Greenwich Foot Tunnel and a little-known road tunnel.
The Friday Photos: London Tunnels
Foot, canal and road tunnels of all shapes and sizes.
Theatre Review: Silent Opera’s “La Bohème” @ Old Vic Vaults
Urban immersive ratpack Heritage Arts brings a crack La Bohème to the Old Vic Vaults. Get in.
London’s Top 10 Tunnels and Catacombs
Everyone loves a bit of underground London. Here are our ten favourite tunnels and catacombs beneath the city.
Book Review: Subterranean City By Antony Clayton
Tubes, tunnels, bunkers and bolt holes. Buried rivers, bank vaults and prison cells. Pneumatic conduits that once funneled capsules at 40 mph, and the disused tube network of Royal Mail. There’s a lot more to London than we ever see, with thousands of miles of …
Preview: Tunnel 228
Image by Che-burashka Things are afoot in hidden arches underneath Waterloo station. Tunnel 228, named for an abandoned British Rail throughfare only recently re-discovered, is the venue for a one-off art installation under the auspices of Kevin Spacey’s Old Vic. Inspired by the chthonic set …
Heathrow’s Tunnel Of Luggage
Photo by Simon Crubellier Stung by the disasters at Terminal 5′s opening, BAA has taken unorthodox publicity methods to regain public trust: after mounting an ad campaign with the humble boast that the airport is “working”, they’re now thrilled about an underground luggage tunnel. It’s …
Digg This: Mayor Announces New Tunneling Academy
Boring news. A new academy for tunnel engineering is to be opened in London in 2010. The academy will support the immense Crossrail project, and will coach workers in skills such as shaft excavation, drilling, blasting, and appeasing balrogs. Possibly. A chthonic workforce of over …
