British Museum tube station, former station on the London Underground, located in Holborn; now mostly demolished
British Museum tube station was a small stop on the Central Line in London near New Oxford Street. It served travelers visiting the museum and the surrounding area before closing in the early 1930s.
The station opened in 1900 but closed in 1933 shortly after a new Holborn station opened nearby. During World War II, the disused station served as a shelter during air raids.
The station building was demolished in 1989, and a Nationwide Building Society branch now stands on the site. Passengers on the Central Line can sometimes glimpse traces of the old station through train windows between Tottenham Court Road and Holborn stations.
The station was only about 250 yards from the nearby Holborn station, requiring passengers to exit one station, walk along the street, and enter another to change lines. The new Holborn station that opened in 1933 featured seven escalators, among the longest in the world at that time.
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