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Post by imec on Jul 30, 2009 17:34:13 GMT
Ever wonder what happens to Tube stations which close? kerouac's post about the Dummy House reminded me of this site about Abandoned Tube Stations
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2009 17:44:48 GMT
The first time I went to Berlin, I was astounded by all of the abandoned stations -- because the U-Bahn passed under quite a bit of East Berlin, and all of the stations had been walled off, of course. I haven't been back to Berlin since then, but I presume that all or most of the stations reopened. That must have been so strange after so many years.
In Paris there are half a dozen stations that are closed. One of them is actually an 'extra' station that got cut off from the main line when the line was extended in a different direction. You have all seen it plenty of times, because it is the station that is used in movies -- they change the signs for the name of the station as necessary, but it is always the same station.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2009 14:43:07 GMT
I never knew there were so many abandoned Tube Stations. I wonder what is above them? Houses? Office buildings? They look really creepy.
There are also many underground tunnels that were used for various reason once, still in London isn't there?
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Post by tigronette on Aug 6, 2009 8:11:54 GMT
There are several in Paris that I think you can visit during the 'journées du patrimoine' (national heritage days) in september if my memory serves me right. There's the 'Temple' station in the centre of Paris, 'Haxo' in the esat of Paris and I few others I can't recall right now. There's also an abandoned train line that circles central Paris (la petite ceinture) and they have a party every year where you can take a train on this defunct line for a few miles. I think it's around this time of year too. It's roumored to be a real community affair with locals originally from all over the world bringing food and drink from their native countries for a picnic on the train.
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