Explore Green Park station on new Hidden London tour

Opened in 1906, Dover Street station was built to serve the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway – the Piccadilly Line as we know it today.

Located on the edge of Mayfair and in the vicinity of three of London’s Royal Parks, it became one of the busiest stations on the line and was quickly renamed to its current name, ‘Green Park’ in 1933.

This 80-minute guided tour takes you into Dover Street, a station hidden within a station. You will discover Dover Street’s fascinating story - complete with tales of wartime intrigue - former passageways and lift landings that have been closed to passengers for decades, along with vast ventilation shafts and corridors.

Tickets are set to be released at the end of February for groups, with tours running on select days from April to October.

Highlights to look out for on the tour

Groups can spot the original vintage signs and tiles that still adorn the walls in early 20th century passageways which were last seen by the travelling public in the 1930s.

Guides will explain how Dover Street played a pivotal role during World War Two, offering a place for the London Transport Executive Board to safely meet during air raids and helping ensure that the Underground’s operations continued to run - you will even see where Lord Ashfield, then chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board, had his bedroom fitted at the heart of the station.

The tour also allows groups to step foot into the ventilation tunnels behind the platforms of Green Park, peer down on the Tube trains through a secret ventilation shaft and view the stations’ platforms from a space usually closed to the public. 

The London Transport Museum is based in Covent Garden and helps guests uncover the stories of those who have travelled and worked in London over the past 200 years. Profits from the Hidden London ticket helps the team continue to conserve and share London’s transport and design heritage.

There are a number of other Hidden London tours through the museum which take groups into a range of secret spaces within the city’s tube network.