“Ghost-stations are those which are closed and disused. Many remain fairly intact and some even feature time capsule-like qualities, such as WWII propaganda posters hanging from the platform walls.”
- Penney Design
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Delightful! I have always been fascinated by ‘ghost stations’- or even just the closed off tunnels that I glimpse when travelling on the Tube.
please, someone show us photos of the ghost stations themselves, with the old posters you allude to
Brilliant! Love it. Perfectly executed!
Just total wow! Had absolutely no idea about Ghost Stations….are there any photos around of the stations themselves?
This is a good site for further information about ghost stations, including photographs and quite detailed histories:
http://underground-history.co.uk/front.php
I can’t breathe that was so good, thank you!
Wow! These are great! Being from Essex, I never knew stations at Onger & North Weald ever existed. I might check them out.
Aldwych is often used for films.
Reminds me of the book “Neverwhere”, by Neil Gaiman. It’s a good book, if you can find a copy.
I suppose these were to let folks know where the stations ended, so they could get off at a different stop.
Kaitlyn
Are there plans to make these into prints? I’d love to buy one if so
Can the stations be accessed by the public, or do you need some sort of special permission?
Brilliant feature, thanks so much!
Always been fascinated with the idea of ghost stations & would love to go down into one, but sadly I think that stupod bloody ‘health & safety’ madness has rendered them all allegedly too dangerous to go down into – yeah right, as if, bloody nanny state etc
Ghost tours would be amazing & hugely popular i reckon… Anyone from tfl got any sway??
These are great maps, cheers. We snuck into most of these stations between 2008 and 2011. My favourite was Down Street, which is here: http://www.placehacking.co.uk/2011/03/29/hacking-london-underground/
I hope you don’t mind this tiny bit of criticism, but Gotham – the typeface used for the headings – looks out of place in these posters. Gotham personifies the essence of vernacular lettering in New York City, while London is best represented by either P22 Underground/ITC Johnston or the more common Gill Sans.
Also there is:
http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/
for many photographs and stations
These are for sale as posters here – http://store.penneydesign.com/