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jayjones 3:54 Thu Feb 25
Abandoned/derelict train stations

Im looking to have a look around any disused/abandoned etc trains stations/lines in London for a photography course I am currently undertaking, does anyone know of any that you can get to have a look around in the next few weeks?

Mike Oxsaw 12:33 Sat Feb 27
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Does planned but not built count?

Read on here/the Internet of a planned station at Jutsums Lane (between Chadwell Heath & Romford) but never ever heard of it whilst living in the area.

On my commute (albeit many years ago) I used to drive past the remains of the viaduct built to carry the planned extension of the Northern line to/through Elstree (on the left if driving south on the A41 past M1 J4 exit slip). There is/was also evidence of the same as a bridge under a residential road (who's name slips my mind) that runs parallel to the A5 at Edgware.

Is a similar bridge on the old route of the Seven Kings - Newbury Park line. Again, being an old git, I can't recall the street name.

For more recent disuses, try the Farringdon - Moorgate spur of what is now the Thameslink route through Snow Hill Tunnel, or old Shoreditch Station that was on what is now the East London Overground line. Then there's the old King's Cross Thameslink platforms.

How far does your definition of "London" extend?

Tomshardware 10:39 Fri Feb 26
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Ongar tube station, said to have a colony of scorpions there.

johnyrotten 10:31 Fri Feb 26
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Terry-h
My Grandad used to work down there after the war think he done maintenance on the signals

riosleftsock 10:26 Fri Feb 26
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Apparently the old British Museum station (may have been called bloomsbury too) is still used for archives and filming. Supposed to be amazing down there.

terry-h 7:16 Fri Feb 26
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You can see more info about this post office railway at MailRail.co.uk

mashed in maryland 7:15 Fri Feb 26
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terry-h 7:10 Fri Feb 26

Honestly didn't know that existed. That's pretty cool. Haha

terry-h 7:10 Fri Feb 26
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The Post Office railway line between Whitechapel and Paddington was closed in 2003. Mail was transported between various sorting offices in central London on miniature driverless trains through narrow tunnels which apparently still exist and are in good condition.

Stranded 7:05 Fri Feb 26
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Far. I always think of it as being Strand Station, just because that's what it says above the entrance. The one I used to go past as a kid, at least. Though from the looks of the interior you're right, all the platform signs say Aldwych.

Just seen WCW's post. Looks like the usual English way of keeping things simple, haha. I'm getting out of here before someone asks where Essex starts.

WorldCupWilly 6:56 Fri Feb 26
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Originally the station by Aldwych was called the Strand. It got renamed to Aldwych when the station by Charing Cross rail station got renamed the Strand. Later this Strand station got renamed to Charing Cross after Charing Cross underground got renamed to Embankment!

mashed in maryland 6:53 Fri Feb 26
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Wandering around Covent Garden station late at night and a few others was quite surreal sometimes, loads of tunnels and no one about, and a lot of original décor.

Dunno what it's like now tbf, I'm talking 5+ years ago, may have been done up by now.

Far Cough 6:49 Fri Feb 26
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Strand is Aldwych isn't it, although there was another Strand station, near where Charing Cross is now

Stranded 6:46 Fri Feb 26
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jayjones. Didn't occur to me yesterday, but if you're thinking of going somewhere with permission, rather than just jumping over a wall, try the Strand station. It's used in a lot of films, and they open it up for tours sometimes..

http://britmovietours.com/bookings/aldwych-strand-station-tour/

Some nice shots of it here..
http://www.urban75.org/blog/take-a-photo-tour-of-the-abandoned-aldwych-tube-station-in-central-london/

Far Cough 6:38 Fri Feb 26
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SoA, Aldwych?

mashed in maryland 6:36 Fri Feb 26
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That "Derelict London" website is probably your best friend here.

Son of Anarchy 6:31 Fri Feb 26
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There an abandoned tube station at the bottom of Kingsway in London

Robson 6:29 Fri Feb 26
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There are plenty of train museums around with working track and old stock which look derelict. Not sure they're open at this time of year but would be pretty quiet if they were.

mashed in maryland 6:13 Fri Feb 26
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If that triple bolted and locked door with the "KEEP OUT" sign on it at Plaistow station, when you can literally walk around the wall to get to the other side of the door is still there, that would make a good photo.

jayjones 6:11 Fri Feb 26
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Cheers all, had no real luck but some things
To look at there

Crazy In Cremonese 10:25 Thu Feb 25
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I often amuse my dinner party guests my telling them of the time I caught the train from Stratford Low Level station to LEA BRIDGE. This station closed a month after I went there, so I am probably the last living soul to have used it.

Bromley Reject 6:21 Thu Feb 25
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My mate went to visit Crass once wearing a blue suit

joe royal 6:15 Thu Feb 25
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North Weald

Say hello to. Crass when you get there.

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