Gants Hill Underground Station - Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 34.612 E 000° 03.984
31U E 296733 N 5718056
Gants Hill tube station is situated below a large roundabout in Gants Hill. A pedestrian subway runs beneath the roundabout and gives access to the ticket hall with escalators leading to the platforms.
Waymark Code: WMM1JH
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/03/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
Views: 1

The co-ordinates used are for an entrance to one of the northern entrances to the subway and tube station. Wikipedia has an article about Gants Hill tube station:

Gants Hill tube station is a London Underground station in Gants Hill, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is served by the Central line and is in Zone 4. It is the easternmost station to be entirely below ground on the London Underground network.

Construction originally began in the 1930s but was suspended during the Second World War. During the war, the station was used as an air raid shelter and the tunnels as a munitions factory for Plessey electronics. The station was finally completed and opened on 14 December 1947. During planning, the names "Ilford North" and "Cranbrook" were considered.

The station, like many others on the same branch, was designed by notable Tube architect Charles Holden; during the planning period London Underground Holden advised on the construction of the new Moscow Metro, which is why the barrel-vaulted halls of Gants Hill echo many stations on the Russian capital's system. There are three escalators from the ticket office to the platforms.

The station is located beneath Gants Hill roundabout, and reached via the pedestrian subway under the roundabout.

All that can be seen of the station, at street level, are ventilation shafts, electrical sub station and other associated buildings in the centre of the roundabout. 

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