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Title: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: johnneyw on September 26, 2020, 21:23:44
Just like New York Grand Central, there's a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the passengers feet but.....

https://news-sky-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/rail-workers-suspended-after-man-cave-found-under-railway-12082010?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Frail-workers-suspended-after-man-cave-found-under-railway-12082010


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: CyclingSid on September 27, 2020, 08:17:00
There were beneath Charing Cross, which have been turned to commercial use.


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: Western Pathfinder on September 27, 2020, 08:33:51
Having had the opportunity to go for a look see underneath Temple Meads,it's a right old rabbit warren down there, including a number of wine cellars,goods lifts ,a dumb waiter and a skittle alley,bomb shelter,and an ARP control area to name a few
Also lots of empty tunnels leading right across the site both from north to south and east to west ,it's damp and dark ,has a great deal of Rats droppings and not so much these days, but used to be problems with human waste discharged from trains in the platforms above, it's quite like an iceberg in that most of the buildings are in fact under the surface.


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: Reginald25 on September 27, 2020, 08:46:37
As well as the main BTM basement, under the disused original station is also fascinating.


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: 1st fan on September 27, 2020, 10:19:20
Just like New York Grand Central, there's a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the passengers feet but.....

https://news-sky-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/rail-workers-suspended-after-man-cave-found-under-railway-12082010?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Frail-workers-suspended-after-man-cave-found-under-railway-12082010

Hardly Lex Luther in Superman but  looks comfortable.


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: Worcester_Passenger on September 27, 2020, 13:30:13
If ever you're in Glasgow, there's a tour behind the scenes of Central station.  Alas, cancelled at the moment, but their website is at https://www.glasgowcentraltours.co.uk/index.aspx (https://www.glasgowcentraltours.co.uk/index.aspx), with some pictures. I've been on it and I thoroughly recommend it. The tour guide is brilliant.


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: johnneyw on September 29, 2020, 10:00:04
I gather there were once suggestions to redevelop these tunnels and spaces as part of a general Temple Meads upgrade (a bit like St Pancras?) but that seems to have been quietly forgotten about.


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: Electric train on September 29, 2020, 12:29:58
If you want a station with a warren of underground rooms and tunnels try Waterloo its vast and complex.

Much of Paddington's basements and passageways have over the years been trashed, WW2 damage quite a number, and HEX severed / sealed off a large number of others


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: ellendune on September 29, 2020, 20:31:43
Much of Paddington's basements and passageways have over the years been trashed, WW2 damage quite a number, and HEX severed / sealed off a large number of others

Sealed off for a baggage system that was used for no time at all before being scrapped!


Title: Re: Could there be hidden secrets beneath Temple Meads too?
Post by: Electric train on September 29, 2020, 20:51:50
Much of Paddington's basements and passageways have over the years been trashed, WW2 damage quite a number, and HEX severed / sealed off a large number of others

Sealed off for a baggage system that was used for no time at all before being scrapped!

911 put paid to that



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