This question relates to the opening of the modern Charing Cross tube station in 1979, comprising the Bakerloo line platforms (formerly Trafalgar Square station), Northern line platforms (formerly Strand station) and Jubilee line platforms (new construction, closed to the public in 1999).
My question is simply this. Strand station closed down in 1973 to allow for the new construction. Trafalgar Square, on the other hand, never closed down at all and was simply renamed. Why did the conversion take six years in one case and no time at all in the other?
My question is simply this. Strand station closed down in 1973 to allow for the new construction. Trafalgar Square, on the other hand, never closed down at all and was simply renamed. Why did the conversion take six years in one case and no time at all in the other?