Abandoned Tube Stations



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London had the first underground railway, the first deep level underground railway and the first electric underground railway. The London Underground as it is known today, is full of history. Part of that history is its catalogue of dismantled, abandoned and disused stations; all closed for varying reasons. Within these pages are photos and details of most of them, for you to explore.






All photos ©2000-2024. Reproduction prohibited.

CENTRAL LINE British Museum Deep level
  Buckhurst Hill Surface
  Epping - Ongar:
Epping - North Weald
Blake Hall - Ongar
Surface
  Loughton Surface
  Wood Lane:
Surface
Sub-surface
 
Surface
Sub-surface

DISTRICT LINE Aldgate East Sub-surface
  Mark Lane Sub-surface
  St. Mary's Sub-surface
  South Acton - Acton Town Surface
  South Kensington Surface

BAKERLOO LINE Trafalgar Square Deep level

JUBILEE LINE Charing Cross Deep level

HAMMERSMITH & CITY LINE Kings Cross Sub-surface
  Shepherd's Bush Elevated
  White City Elevated

METROPOLITAN LINE Lords Sub-surface
  Marlborough Road Sub-surface
  Swiss Cottage Sub-surface
  Preston Road Surface
  Aylesbury - Verney Junction:
Aylesbury - Winslow Road
Winslow Road - Verney Junction
Surface
  Quainton Road - Brill Surface

NORTHERN LINE Angel Deep level
  City Road Deep level
  Euston Deep level
  King William Street Deep level
  North End (aka Bull & Bush) Deep level
  South Kentish Town Deep level
  Stockwell Deep level
Northern City Line Moorgate Deep level
  Highbury & Islington Deep level
  Drayton Park - Finsbury Park Sub-surface
Deep Level Shelter Clapham North: 2007
Clapham North: 2009
Deep level
  Clapham South Deep level

PICCADILLY LINE Aldwych - Holborn branch Deep level
  Brompton Road Deep level
  Down Street Deep level
  Holloway Road Deep level
  Hounslow West Surface
  Osterley Park & Spring Grove Surface
  Park Royal & Twyford Abbey Surface
  Strand (Aldwych) Deep level
  York Road Deep level

  Misc tube Various
  Lost station names Deep level
  Kingsway tram tunnel Sub-surface

DLR Pudding Mill Lane
Elevated
  South Quay
Elevated

EAST LONDON LINE New Cross depot Surface
  Shoreditch Surface





DISUSED LONDON OVERGROUND LINES



NORTH LONDON NORTHERN HEIGHTS:
Finsbury Park - Stroud Green
Stroud Green - Crouch End
Crouch End - Highgate
Highgate station 1
Highgate station 2
Highgate - Park Junction
Highgate Woods - Muswell Hill
Alexandra Palace
Mill Hill East- Edgware
Edgware - Brockley Hill
  MIDLAND RAILWAY:
Camden Road/Haverstock Hill/Finchley Road
  Palace Gates - Seven Sisters
 
LNWR: Chalk Farm/South Hampstead/Willesden Junc/Hatch End
  Rickmansworth Church Street - Watford Junction
  CROXLEY GREEN - WATFORD HIGH ST:
Croxley Green station
Croxley Green - Ascot Road
Ascot Road - Watford West
Vicarage Rd - Watford Stadium
Watford Stadium - Wiggenhall Road
Wiggenhall Road - Watford High St
  Harrow & Wealdstone - Stanmore Village
  Gospel Oak - Barking (station closures)


EAST LONDON
NORTH LONDON RAILWAY:
Camden Road - Victoria Park
Victoria Park - Bow
Broad St - Great Eastern St
Shoreditch
Kingsland Road - Haggerston
Dalston Junction
  GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY:
Bishopsgate Low Level/Coborn Road/Globe Road/Bow Road
  FENCHURCH STREET LINE:
Fenchurch St - Upminster (LT&SR)
  NORTH WOOLWICH LINE:
Lea Bridge
Stratford - Stratford Market
West Ham - Canning Town
Tidal Basin - Custom House
Connaught Tunnel
Silvertown
Silvertown - North Woolwich
North Woolwich
North Woolwich Pier
  Newbury Park - Ilford
CENTRAL LONDON
 
 
SOUTH LONDON
WIDENED LINES / THAMESLINK:
Kings Cross York Road / Suburban
Kings Cross Thameslink
Farringdon/Barbican/Moorgate (3 pages)
Farringdon/Holborn Viaduct/Ludgate Circus
Blackfriars - Loughborough Junction
  CRYSTAL PALACE - NUNHEAD:
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace - Upper Sydenham
Sydenham Hill Wood - Nunhead
  NUNHEAD - GREENWICH PARK:
Lewisham Road
St. John's - Blackheath Hill
Blackheath Hill - Greenwich Park
WEST LONDON West London Line
  Addison Road - Hammersmith Grove Road
  South Acton - Hammersmith & Chiswick
  STAINES WEST - WEST DRAYTON:
Staines West - Moor Lane/Wraysbury River bridge
LSWR bridge - Staines Moor
Yeoveney Halt - M25
M25 - West Drayton
  West Drayton - Uxbridge Vine Street
  Uxbridge High Street - Denham




DISUSED LONDON OVERGROUND STATIONS



NORTH LONDON Primrose Hill
  Holloway & Caledonian Road
EAST LONDON Shadwell
CENTRAL LONDON Grosvenor Road
SOUTH LONDON Spa Road
  Southwark Park
  Eltham Park
  Blackfriars Road
  East Brixton
  Battersea Park Road
WEST LONDON Kew Bridge
  Royal Windsor

  Misc overground







OTHER ABANDONED STATIONS NOT FEATURED



There are other stations on London Underground that have been abandoned but due to a lack of substantive remains or photographic evidence available, they are not featured on this website:

Earls Court  1871 - 1878
Hounslow Town  1883 - 1909
Hillingdon  1923 - 1992
New Cross  1876 - 1886
Preston Road For Uxendon  1908 - 1932
Uxbridge  1904 - 1938
Northfields & Little Ealing  1908 - 1932






To download Transport for London's map of the current tube & rail system in London, click here

For a brilliant and geographically correct (French) online map of the tube and tube related lines in London, including the disused stations, click here





A word about this site:

It was originally just a means of doing something constructive with a box of old tube photos re-discovered during a clean out.

However, far from being the 'create and leave alone' website envisaged, it has actually become quite organic; there are an increasing number of (very welcome) third party contributions being submitted and added to it - these are clearly labelled and accredited.

Contributors to this site are listed here.





Most of the factual details were verified or obtained from the following excellent books:


J.E. CONNOR - Abandoned Stations on London's Underground (ISBN 0-947-69930-9)

J.E. CONNOR - London's Disused Underground Stations (ISBN 0-947-69929-5)

NIGEL WELBOURN - Lost Lines: London (ISBN 0-7710-2623-8)

They and many other books of historical interest are available from the bookshop at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, which should be the first port of call for anyone wanting further information about London's abandoned stations.


Other books used for research:

H.G. Follenfant: Reconstructing London's Underground (London Transport, 1975)

Edwin Course: London Railways (B.T. Batsford Ltd, London 1962)




 
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Croxley Green Aug 2020 (2 photos added)
Watford West Aug 2020 (2 photos added)