The lower concourse of Gants Hill Underground station
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The lower concourse of Gants Hill Underground station
Image: © Marathon Taken: 24 Aug 2016
Construction of Gants Hill originally began in the 1930s but was suspended during the Second World War. The station was designed by Charles Holden. His design for Gants Hill was inspired by many of the stations on the Moscow Metro. During the war, the station was used as an air raid shelter and the tunnels as a munitions factory. The station opened on 14th December 1947. Gants Hill is the easternmost station on the London Underground system to be entirely below ground. Here the London-bound platform is to the left where the next station is Redbridge, and the Hainault-bound platform is to the right where the next station is Newbury Park.
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