The Strand 'ex-Underground' station - Piccadilly Line

I am not sure which line the 'Strand' underground station was on but it was closed at some point and now all that is left on the surface is this facia. There was once a cigarette called 'The Strand' with the advertising byline "You're never alone with a Strand" but since people thought that only lonely sad-oes smoked the Strand brand then it didnt sell and so vanished as a successful brand.
Also known as Aldwych tube station. Go to Google and type in "Strand Station" for more information. (Someone commented that the Strand was on the Northern Line) but when I went to Google and had a look this is what they said. There have been two stations on the London Underground network called Strand station, both sites are located close to Strand.

The first was on the Piccadilly Line and opened as "Strand" in 1907. It was renamed Aldwych station in 1915. Aldwych tube station was closed in 1994 but the surface building can still be prominently seen.
The second station was on the Northern Line. It opened as Charing Cross station in 1907 before being renamed as "Strand" in 1915. The station was closed between 1973 and 1979 when it reopened as a combined station with the former Trafalgar Square station on the Bakerloo Line and the new terminus platforms for the Jubilee Line (the latter of which has since been rerouted away from the station) on 1 May 1979. From the reopening the combined station was called "Charing Cross".

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[Shuttlefield]

Strand station that was on the Northern Line closed in 1976 I believe and was combined with Trafalgar Square on the Bakerloo to become the new Charing Cross. I am lucky enough to have one of the original station platform roundels from Strand station too that has a good place on the wall in my kitchen!

[JackBarnett21]

@Shuttlefield Wow - that is very impressive.

[bakedbeanishdragon]

thats aldwych on the piccadilly line. it was it opened as strand and was renamed aldwych

[JackBarnett21]

@bakedbeanishdragon Excellent - thank you.

[Cookycookcook]

you're not sure which line it was on? 0:20 einstein... :S

[JackBarnett21]

@Cookycookcook When it comes to the lines going and coming out of Charing Cross it is difficult to be certain which ones went where. Now obviously if you had an old underground map you could tell then - someone has said Piccadilly Line. Ok. I'll take that. But with the Central, Piccadilly, Northern, Jubilee and District going around this area it is not difficult to be uncertain. Thank you for your interest.

[butiamthedoctor]

This was the station formerly known as Aldwych, which closed in 1997 due to the cost of having to replace the lifts. With the number of passengers that used it, there was no justification in spending that amount of money. Ironically, the run off tunnels from Charing Cross on the old Jubilee Line terminus, ran out as far as Aldwych, the plan was for the original route to go on to take over that station, then go on along Fleet Street, then out to Docklands , then to Lewisham.

[slant40]

A waste of a good station. LUL should have kept it open, put in the new lifts and created a free transfer to Temple on the District/Circle lines.

[filipblazevski]

On YouTube search type the secret station and there is a documentary about this station. It is very interesting much watch!!!!

[butiamthedoctor]

@raakone You already pointed that out to me 3 months ago, after I'd already left a comment to correct my original post when someone else had pointed that out to me over a year ago!

[butiamthedoctor]

@raakone You already pointed that out to me 3 months ago, after I'd already left a comment to correct my original post when someone else had pointed that out to me 5 months ago!

[raakone]

@butiamthedoctor Actually, it closed in 1994....the same day the Epping to Ongar branch of the Central line closed. Modernizing the lifts for so few people was deemed uneconomic. Had either the Jubilee line been extended here as planned, or the Picadilly branch been extended down to Waterloo, maybe it would still be open.