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Expensive plan for hospital under Lord's cricket ground
Disused railway tunnels under Lord's cricket ground are set to be converted into London's first underground hospital, the Standard has revealed.
- Evening Standard
- Published: 23:05 July 19, 2008
London: Disused railway tunnels under Lord's cricket ground are set to be converted into London's first underground hospital, the Standard has revealed.
The Wellington Hospital is in talks with the MCC to create a £100 million (Dh733.8 million) subterranean care centre.
The Victorian tunnels - the size of car parks and which once stored Metropolitan and Jubilee line trains - would house a suite of operating theatres, intensive care facilities and hi-tech scanning equipment three storeys down.
They would be part of the existing hospital, which is already Europe's largest private healthcare facility.
Plans are also being drawn up to build a world-class sports medical centre as part of a £200 million redevelopment of Lord's.
Other proposals for the tunnels include an entertainment complex and a Lord's cricket academy.
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