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GOING UNDER GROUND

BENEATH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS

PICCADILLY CIRCUS 1906-PRESENT

As the station for one of the most visited landmarks in London, Piccadilly Circus is a major hub for the Underground network. It averaged around 40 million passengers annually in the years prior to the COVID pandemic. During WWII its disused tunnels acted as a shelter not only to the public, but to art from the London Museum and Tate Gallery. Modernised in the 1920s, the station has been opened up in unique ways to visitors who can see some of the Grade II listed building’s secret doors, passages and original features. The entire story of London’s Underground and how it has

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