Gants Hill
The lower concourse between the platforms at Gants Hill station, on the eastern extension of the LUL Central Line between Leytonstone and Newbury Park, on 5th January 2013. This opened on 14th December 1947 in the last month of the LPTB and was an attempt to liken it to the stations on the Moscow Underground. The tunnels on this section were more or less complete at the outbreak of World War Two but were converted into a secret underground factory, three miles long, for the manufacturing of aircraft components by the Plessey Company. A narrow gauge railway was laid to transport the materials. Work resumed on the Central Line extension almost immediately the war finished and the concrete flooring and narrow gauge tracks had to be removed.
Location: Gants Hill
Original line: Central Line Extension (London Passenger Transport Board)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Central Line + 1992 stock 2012-2022
Date: 05/01/2013
Image number: 73145
