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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Jun 23, 2008 15:34
Evening all,
One for the collectors of fictitious underground stations - and in
particular for the specialists who like fictitious abandoned underground
stations!
There's a film out at the moment called The Escapist, about a prison
break, made by means of underground passages. At some point, the escapees
reach the capital-U Underground, in the shape of an abandoned station,
Union Street. There's WW2 paraphernalia on the floor, and a copy of the
1941 tube map on the wall:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clive.billson/tubemaps/1941.html
Which is utterly distinctive because of the way interchanges are shown.
I didn't spot Union Street on that map, but my companion did, and he said
it was just east of Elephant & Castle. There is a Union Street in
Southwark, but north of Elephant. However, the prison is described as
"south of the river", and they walk through the tunnels to Charing Cross,
so either of those makes sense. I'm afraid i couldn't tell you if it was
on the Bakerloo or the Northern line, though!
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Author: James FarrarJames Farrar Date: Jun 24, 2008 01:29
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:34:28 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:
>Evening all,
>
>One for the collectors of fictitious underground stations - and in
>particular for the specialists who like fictitious abandoned underground
>stations!
>
>There's a film out at the moment called The Escapist, about a prison
>break, made by means of underground passages. At some point, the escapees
>reach the capital-U Underground, in the shape of an abandoned station,
>Union Street. There's WW2 paraphernalia on the floor, and a copy of the
>1941 tube map on the wall:
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clive.billson/tubemaps/1941.html
>
>Which is utterly distinctive because of the way interchanges are shown.
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Author: Stephen O'ConnellStephen O'Connell Date: Jun 24, 2008 18:53
James Farrar wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:34:28 +0100, Tom Anderson
> wrote:
>
>> Evening all,
>>
>> One for the collectors of fictitious underground stations - and in
>> particular for the specialists who like fictitious abandoned
>> underground stations!
>>
>> There's a film out at the moment called The Escapist, about a prison
>> break, made by means of underground passages. At some point, the
>> escapees reach the capital-U Underground, in the shape of an
>> abandoned station, Union Street. There's WW2 paraphernalia on the
>> floor, and a copy of the 1941 tube map on the wall:
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clive.billson/tubemaps/1941.html
>>
>> Which is utterly distinctive because of the way interchanges are
>> shown. ...
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Author: James FarrarJames Farrar Date: Jun 24, 2008 23:44
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:53:19 +0100, "Stephen O'Connell"
fk.u.com> wrote:
>James Farrar wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:34:28 +0100, Tom Anderson
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Evening all,
>>>
>>> One for the collectors of fictitious underground stations - and in...
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Author: hounslow3hounslow3 Date: Jun 25, 2008 10:15
"Stephen O'Connell" fk.u.com> wrote in message
news:Fyh8k.26031$j7.470202@news.indigo.ie...> James Farrar wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:34:28 +0100, Tom Anderson
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Evening all,
>>>
>>> One for the collectors of fictitious underground stations - and in
>>> particular for the specialists who like fictitious abandoned
>>> underground stations!
>>>
>>> There's a film out at the moment called The Escapist, about a prison
>>> break, made by means of underground passages. At some point, the
>>> escapees reach the capital-U Underground, in the shape of an
>>> abandoned station, Union Street. There's WW2 paraphernalia on the
>>> floor, and a copy of the 1941 tube map on the wall:
>>>
>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clive.billson/tubemaps/1941.html
>>> ...
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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Jun 25, 2008 12:04
> "Stephen O'Connell" fk.u.com> wrote in message
> news:Fyh8k.26031$j7.470202@news.indigo.ie...>> James Farrar wrote:
>>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:34:28 +0100, Tom Anderson
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's a film out at the moment called The Escapist, about a prison
>>>> break, made by means of underground passages. At some point, the
>>>> escapees reach the capital-U Underground, in the shape of an
>>>> abandoned station, Union Street.
>
> There apparently is such a station in New York City.
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Author: hounslow3hounslow3 Date: Jun 25, 2008 13:04
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0806251952360.8136@urchin.earth.li...
>> "Stephen O'Connell" fk.u.com> wrote in message
>> news:Fyh8k.26031$j7.470202@news.indigo.ie...>>> James Farrar wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:34:28 +0100, Tom Anderson
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There's a film out at the moment called The Escapist, about a prison
>>>>> break, made by means of underground passages. At some point, the
>>>>> escapees reach the capital-U Underground, in the shape of an
>>>>> abandoned station, Union Street.
>>
>> There apparently is such a station in New York City.
>
> So there is:
>
I didn't clarify myself. Apparently, there was a phantom station somewhere ...
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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Jun 25, 2008 16:00
> "Tom Anderson" wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0806251952360.8136@urchin.earth.li...
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, hounslow3@ yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>> >>> "Stephen O'Connell"
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Author: hounslow3hounslow3 Date: Jun 26, 2008 07:51
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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>>
>> I didn't clarify myself. Apparently, there was a phantom station
>> somewhere out in Brooklyn, the existence of which the relevant
>> authorities have denied.
>
> Ah! I don't think that's analogous to what was in the film. But it's still
> interesting (more so!) - can you tell us any more?
>
> tom
>
> --
I read about it on nyc.transit.
Apparently there was a station that either opened up, but closed a few days
later or it was projected and half built. I'm not sure what the situation is
with that.
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Author: Joseph D. KormanJoseph D. Korman Date: Jun 26, 2008 09:15
> "Tom Anderson" wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0806252359580.28411@urchin.earth.li...
>
>>>I didn't clarify myself. Apparently, there was a phantom station
>>>somewhere out in Brooklyn, the existence of which the relevant
>>>authorities have denied.
>>
>>Ah! I don't think that's analogous to what was in the film. But it's still
>>interesting (more so!) - can you tell us any more?
>>
>>tom
>>
>>--
>
>
> I read about it on nyc.transit.
>
> Apparently there was a station that either opened up, but closed a few days
> later or it was projected and half built. I'm not sure what the situation is ...
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