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London Ghost Stations
By Mark McConville
HAUNTING pictures have revealed the long-forgotten abandoned London Underground stations that lie deep below the city.
![Euston Underground station. Former N/B Northern Line (Bank branch) tunnel north of station. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.com](https://mediadrumworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MDRUM_London_Ghost_Stations-18-e1480274498364.jpg)
The eerie images show the empty dusty Aldwych Underground station, which closed in 1994 and has been used as a film set for several high-profile productions including Sherlock, MR Selfridge and V for Vendetta.
![Aldwych Underground station. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.com](https://mediadrumworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MDRUM_London_Ghost_Stations-11.jpg)
Other shots show other disused platforms and bricked up entrances to the former underground station including at Euston where the entrance closed in 1914 and the graffiti-clad Shoreditch station which closed in 2006.
![Euston Underground station. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.com](https://mediadrumworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MDRUM_London_Ghost_Stations-4.jpg)
The snaps were taken by a London-based urban explorer known as Bowroaduk.
âIâve always been fascinated by the Tube’s âghost stationsâ,â he said.
![Brompton Road Underground station Leslie Green tiling. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.com](https://mediadrumworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MDRUM_London_Ghost_Stations-13.jpg)
âThey can be glimpsed from passing trains if you know where to look but I often wondered how much more there was behind the scenes.
South Kentish Town Underground station. S/B platform looking south. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.comâIt offers a window into the past and I have the privilege of witnessing something that is hidden to most Londoners.â
![Piccadilly Circus Underground station. Former staircase entrance to Piccadilly Line lifts. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.com](https://mediadrumworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MDRUM_London_Ghost_Stations-8.jpg)
Bowroaduk took the photographs with a Canon EOS 500DÂ and made use of a tripod and time exposure.
London Underground can lay claim to being the worldâs first underground railway as the Metropolitan Railway, opened in 1863, is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
![Euston Underground station. Old LT poster in disused passage. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.com](https://mediadrumworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MDRUM_London_Ghost_Stations-20-e1480274378995.jpg)
There are 270 function stations on the tube but there are at least forty over ground and underground stations still in existence that are no longer used for travel.
![Highbury and Islington Underground Station. Bowroaduk / mediadrumworld.com](https://mediadrumworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MDRUM_London_Ghost_Stations-6.jpg)
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