Short Essay About London Underground

Underground London - secret cellars and disused tube stations (and how to get there!)

London is a thriving city full of commerce and culture. Crowds bustle to and from business, lights shine at the tops of high buildings … but hidden in the city, there are also dead places where no one treads, left as worthless but full of secrets waiting for you to uncover.

The London Underground is one of the most renowned transportation systems in the world, but it has many stations either closed down or never opened. Being the first underground rail network ever built, the Underground has accumulated a vast system of serene and spooky ruined stations few people dare tread.

These stations are hidden under the burgeoning surface of the city, some locations more than 150 years old. Rarely seen, they still have an influence on residents and

Up through the 1960s, this station was utilized by the government as a military administrative office and a command center for emergency situations.

No train has passed through this tunnel in more than 80 years. Rumor has it the British Museum Station is haunted by the ghost of an Egyptian deity, Amun-ra. The magnitude of rage that haunts this ghost is what terrifies visitors and makes this station eerily infamous. The evil spirit was believed to be responsible for the vanishing of two women in 1935 at the nearby station of Holborn.

This is the legend: a hidden tunnel connects the station in Holborn with the room housing the Egyptian exhibit in the British Museum. The spirit of Amun-ra, disturbed by his remains being used as a tourist attraction, travels through the tunnel and will capture unwitting passengers into his dark abode.

Finding your way to the empty tube stations

Unfortunately, the tours of London’s abandoned places are very expensive. It would serve you well to save money in any way that you can