Kingsway tram tunnel to start public tours in August

Rarely opened to the public since it closed in 1952, there will be tours of the Kingsway tram subway in Holborn this summer.
The subway is one of those hidden in plain sight parts of London’s disused transport network, as the slope that runs down to the tunnel is easily seen from Southampton Row to the north of Holborn.
From there, it dips down to the tunnel, which once included a dedicated underground stop for the trams next to Holborn tube station, then down to the Embankment where it po