Londoners will soon get a rare chance to go into disused Jubilee line tunnels

We know you lot love a bit of subterranean action, so listen up. Next month there will be a rare chance to travel into some of the disused tunnels of London’s Jubilee line at Charing Cross station. 

If you didn’t know, the original plan for the Jubilee line was to have it extended from Charing Cross and through the City of London. Extra tunnels were built towards Aldwych, with plans for them to extend to Fleet Street and Fenchurch Street, but that never come to fruition. Instead, the Jubilee line extension went south of the river and the Charing Cross Jubilee branch never saw the light of day. This unused tracks became a storage facility for extra trains, which are often sent to Wembley when big events are on. 

Now there is an exciting opportunity to see inside these tunnels that never were. For one day only, on Thursday June 12 the London Transport Museum will operate a passenger carrying 1996 Jubilee line train into the overrun tunnels. This is part of a 10-year celebration of the museum’s popular Hidden London tours. 

What visitors will see is basically just another tube tunnel, but its an out-of-the-ordinary chance to lay your eyes on some tracks that are rarely seen by the public. If the sound of this floats your boat, you can book tickets online here. This rare opportunity won’t come cheap, as tickets cost £99 for the standard carriages and £125 for the driver’s cab photo carriage. 

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