The Kingsway Exchange tunnels were built in the 1940s to protect Londoners from bombing during WWII
Plans are in the works for a spectacular underground tourist attraction in London which aims to transform a series of miles of World War Two tunnels into a place for the public at a cost of 268 million dollars.
It’s about secret tunnels once protected by the UK Secret Service.
The tunnel conversion plans are to be reworked by a team including the architects whose projects are Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay and London’s Battersea Power Station.
The tunnels Kingsway Exchangeapproximately 40 meters below Chancery Lane tube station in High Holborn, they were built in the 1940s to protect Londoners from bombing during the Second World War.
It was the last time they were open to the general public. Subsequently they housed Britain’s Special Operations, an offshoot of MI6 and the true inspiration for James Bond’s Q Branch.
It then operated as the Kingsway Telephone Exchange, which in the 1950s during the Cold War it handled internal communication between officials. He even hosted her “hot line” that directly connected the leaders of the United States and the USSR.
THE installation included one large network of 5,000 wires and a busy community of 200 workers manning the telephone lines.
THE British Telecom in the 1980s, he set up bars there for government staffwith a games room and a tropical fish aquarium.
Fund manager Angus Murray and CEO of The London Tunnels, wants to bring the history of the tunnels to life for visitors with high-resolution screensinteractive activities and accurate technology.
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“The history of the tunnels, their scale and their location between London’s Holborn and the historic Square Mile, could make these tunnels one of London’s most popular tourist destinations,” Murray said in a statement.
The plan is to invest $170.5 million in restoration work, followed by another $97 million in luxury decoration.
The London Underground also organizes occasional trips to Hidden London in the abandoned subway stations and tunnels of the city. Guided tours are always extremely popular, with tickets selling out instantly.
Source :Skai
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