Editing Kingsway tramway subway (section)

===1952–1957: Closure===
[[Trams in London|Trams]] were abandoned in London on 5 July 1952, after which street tracks were lifted, but those in the subway mostly remain in place. In 1953, [[London Transport Executive|London Transport]] used the tramway to store 120 unused buses and coaches in case they were needed for the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II |Coronation]] but proposals to convert the tramway subway to a car park or a film studio failed and it was leased out as a storage facility from October 1957.

After closure, a number of [[cartoon]]s appeared in London newspapers based on the closed tramway, with ghostly trams or 'lost' tube trains. On 23 November 1954 an edition of ''[[The Goon Show]]'' entitled 'The Last Tram' featured a driver and conductress (Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister) who hid in the subway for 2½ years in order to ensure they were London's last tram.