Fictional underground stations

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are many instances in popular culture in which fictional Underground stations appear. In many cases for film or television, actual Underground stations are used for the purpose of filming.

[edit] List of fictional London Underground stations

See also: Closed London Underground stations

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Bloomsbury – 1934 film Bulldog Jack.
Camden Road – Appeared in a 1969 ITV television programme.
Charnham – TV soap Family Affairs.
Hanover Street – 1979 film Hanover Street, starring Harrison Ford.
Hayne Street – Mock-up found in the Disneyland Paris Disney Studios "Studio Tram Tour" inspired by the film Reign of Fire (2002); the film did not include a completed/named station.

Hickory Road tube station – in Hickory Dickory Dock, Agatha Christie novel.

Hickory Dickory Dock, one of Agatha Christie's detective stories featuring Hercule Poirot, is set in Hickory Road in London. A version of the story was made by Carnival Films for London Weekend Television's "Poirot" series. First broadcast in February 1995, the start of the programme sees the main characters alighting from an underground train and exiting from Hickory Road station. The climax of the programme also involves a chase around the fictional station.

High Holborn – 1934 film Bulldog Jack.

Hobbs End – 1967 feature film Quatermass and the Pit.

The film and BBC TV serial Quatermass and the Pit featured a tube station called Hobbs End. The station is located at the end of the non-existent 'Hobbs Lane'. A shot in the TV serial showed a new street nameplate reading "Hobbs End", with next to it a much older nameplate reading "Hob's End". Hobbs is the name of a well-known English cricketer; Hob is an old name for the Devil.

Museum – 1972 film Death Line. (See also: the real British Museum tube station)
Park Street – 1948 film The Passionate Friends.
Queens Arcade – Doctor Who episode.
Sun Hill – Long-running ITV police drama, The Bill.
Vauxhall Cross – James Bond film Die Another Day (2002).

Walford East – BBC TV soap Eastenders.

The BBC soap opera EastEnders created Walford East tube station [1], which replaces Bromley-by-Bow on the EastEnders tube map, to allow the locals to escape "up West" for a night out. Neither Walford nor the tube station exists - except on the EastEnders set. Most of the platform and train shots are filmed at East Finchley.

Wells Lane – BBC Spooks Series 5 Episode 7

An episode of the BBC series Spooks (broadcast 23 October 2006) featured a fictional disused Underground station called Wells Lane.