SiteName: Aldwych - Holborn branch (Picadilly Line)Strand Sub Brit site visits October 1992, September 1994 & August 1995 [Source:
Nick Catford] Both Platform 6 at Holborn and Platform 1 at Aldwych have changed little since closure in 1994 and have been kept clean and tidy for the film companies and public tours. On the platform at Aldwych the original 'Strand' name in the tiling was cleared of numerous posters (by the author and webmaster of this site) a few days before closure and is still clearly visible. Some of the posters on the wall are not original but have been put there to depict a particular period during filming. A train is stored on the line awaiting scrap but it is available for filming and is sometimes to be seen in the platform. 
Photo:Looking
north along Platform 6 at Holborn from the tunnel in August 1995 Photo by Nick Catford On the surface, Leslie Green's original; frontage has been restored and removing the canopy overhanging the pavement has revealed the original 'Strand' name. Leslie Green's ticket office has also been fully restored to its original condition partly as a museum exhibit and partly for use as a film set. Platform 2 at Aldwych still retains evidence of the experimental tiling and paintwork. There have however been recent changes to Platform 5 at Holborn. This is accessed through an inconspicuous grey door at the end of Platform 4 from where a short corridor leads directly onto the old bay platform. 
Photo:Looking
south along Platform 6 at Holborn in August 1995 Photo by Nick Catford The stub end of the bay has recently been repainted and one section has been taken over by the National Grid as a sub station. Moving down the platform the war time offices and dormitories with the narrow corridor along the platform edge are still there and beyond these it is possible to walk through the old workshop and out into the running tunnel. 
Photo:Narrow
corridor along the edge of the bay platform (5) at Holborn in August 1995 Photo by Nick Catford The future of the line is unclear but it seems likely that London Underground has earned more revenue from the line in the five years since closure than the five years before it and this unlikely anachronism is likely to survive as a monument to folly.
Further information and pictures about this site continues here [Source:
Nick Catford] 
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