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Ghost Stations of the London Underground

Posted by chrisd on from the they're-just-waiting-for-gaiman dept.

PinchDuck writes "Check out this site to get a tour of London Underground stations that have been abandoned during the century+ history of the commuter system. You can apparently still get to some of them! (though not by taking the Tube, obviously). I wish I had found this site 2 weeks ago, when I went to London, but now my geeky explorations must wait until my next visit (having just flown back in to Detroit today)."

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  1. Bond by pctainto · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Where else could Bond meet Judy Dench?

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  2. Careful... by Chasing+Amy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > Ghost Stations of the London Underground

    Yes, but be careful if you do try to visit them. Q and Bond might accidentally shoot you during one of those VR simulations.*

    On the other hand, I wouldn't mind finding the simulator unattended and programming it to have a little tryst with Seven of Nine and Xev while Natalie Portman pours hot grits down my pants...

    *: [Die Another Day reference, for those who haven't seen it.]

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  3. dept line by MSG · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I would have posted something funny here, but chrisd beat me to it without even a chance. :-)

    Neverwhere was good... I just finished it for the second time a couple of weeks ago.

  4. Re:There are dark and strange things down there... by meringuoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Umm... I normally ignore 'mods on crack' posts, but I really have to make one now. And it's about one of my own posts. And it's been modded up. Twice.

    The thing is, 'Informative'? I just claimed that there was a railway line from the Millennium Dome past the Thames Barrier through a Neil Gaiman fantasy world on to Cthulhu's undersea mansion and terminating at the capital city of Hell. I also claimed that there was an underground dragon-breeding project, and that the dome robbers knew about it - has nobody seen 'Reign of Fire'?

    There's '+1 Funny' if you want, but Gordon Bennett don't call a stack of 100% made-up rubbish like that 'Informative'!

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  5. Re:Dumbass US-mods strike again by meringuoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Don't mod what you don't understand.

    The mods are sorry, but they hadn't a clue.

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    Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
  6. Re:James Bond: Die Another Day (very minor spoiler by rmohr02 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ok, I like Aston-Martins. I also like BMWs. However, the company has nothing to do with this--the concept of an invisible car is just stupid.

  7. Re:James Bond: Die Another Day (very minor spoiler by isorox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It wasnt that it was invisible that got me, it was the freaking self repair mechanism! What next? Warp engines!