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Quiz about Abandoned London Underground Stations

Abandoned London Underground Stations Quiz

London has many deserted tube stations. Some of them are can be seen to this day, visible as dark chasms to the side of a train as it speeds through them on its way to the next station.

A multiple-choice quiz by Flapjack44. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Flapjack44

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
107,231

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which station, near to the Victoria & Albert museum and Brompton Oratory, closed in 1934 after a long decline during which a vicious cycle of low passenger numbers and reduced services took its toll? A play was written by Jevan Brandon-Thomas which referred to the tendency of trains to pass through without stopping. Hint

Brompton Road

British Museum

Victoria

Wood Lane

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Question 2 of 10

2. South Kentish Town was a station situated on what is now called the Northern Line.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. What happened to the overground building of St Mary's Whitechapel Road (although the station itself closed years before in 1938)? Hint

It was destroyed by a World War II bomb

Nothing - the station is still open

It was destroyed by a World War I bomb

It was turned into a network of underground waterchutes

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Question 4 of 10

4. Why did the Jubilee Line branch of Charing Cross station close in 1999? Hint

Prince needed it for a party

The platforms were too short for modern trains

People stopped using it so it closed through lack of use

The Jubilee Line extension took the route away from Charing Cross

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Question 5 of 10

5. What two abandoned underground stations are featured in the book and television programme "Neverwhere" written by Neil Gaiman? Hint

Down Street and British Museum

Wimbledon and Park Royal

Spring Grove and King's Cross

South Acton and Parliament Hill

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Question 6 of 10

6. A station on Aldwych started its life as 'Strand', was renamed in 1915, temporarily closed between 1940-1946 and then closed permanently in 1994. What was it renamed as in 1915? Hint

Marlborough Road

Aldwych

North End

Darn St.

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Question 7 of 10

7. The original terminus of the Metropolitan & St John's Wood Railway opened in 1868, was reduced in importance when Finchley Road station opened, and was finally closed in 1940. Since its closure, Metropolitan Line trains travel directly from Finchley Road to Baker Street. What was the name of this abandoned Metropolitan Line Branch station? Hint

Swiss Cottage

Dover Street

Wood Lane

New Cross

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Question 8 of 10

8. A working station used to exist between King's Cross and Caledonian Road on what is now the Piccadilly Line. It was closed in 1932. If you were to go and find the site now, it would be on the corner of Bingfield Lane and York Way. What was the station called? Hint

York Road

Hounslow Town

New Road

Osterly Park

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Question 9 of 10

9. What station, between Golders Green and Hampstead, was partially constructed but then abandoned in the early 20th Century and became known by locals as 'The Bull and Bush' despite the fact that that particular public house was situated at least a quarter of a mile away? Hint

Bloomsbury

North End

South Acton

City Road

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which station was opened east of Tottenham Court Road and west of Chancery Lane, and was the subject of rumours that it was haunted by the ghost of an ancient Egyptian from a nearby exhibition? Hint

British Museum

Earl's Court

South Kensington

Twyford Abbey

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Brompton Road

The play was called "Passing Brompton Road" - a phrase shouted by Underground staff before the doors closed at the previous station - the train then sped through Brompton Road without stopping (much to the annoyance of passengers standing there... no wonder people stopped using the station!). Today, Brompton Road is shielded from passing trains by a brick wall but behind that brick wall a huge number of its original features and decor survive.

2. South Kentish Town was a station situated on what is now called the Northern Line.

Answer: True

It was situated between Camden Town and Kentish Town on what was then called the Charing Cross Euston and Hampstead Railway (nifty name!).

3. What happened to the overground building of St Mary's Whitechapel Road (although the station itself closed years before in 1938)?

Answer: It was destroyed by a World War II bomb

St Mary's Whitechapel Road was situated on the south side of Whitechapel Road opposite what is now Davenant Street and was part of the Metropolitan Line. Due to the effectiveness of the bomb, nothing of the overground station remains, but underground some of the ironwork is still present.

4. Why did the Jubilee Line branch of Charing Cross station close in 1999?

Answer: The Jubilee Line extension took the route away from Charing Cross

The Jubilee Line was extended to Stratford in the East End of London and opened in 1999 bringing to an end a massive �3.5 billion project which changed the route of the line away from Charing Cross towards Westminster. Charing Cross still exists but the Jubilee Line section is now closed to the public. Its tunnels are often used in filming.

5. What two abandoned underground stations are featured in the book and television programme "Neverwhere" written by Neil Gaiman?

Answer: Down Street and British Museum

"Neverwhere" was about the experiences of an ordinary Joe who finds himself embroiled in a fantasical underground London. Down Street was featured as a street arranged around steep spiral staircase. The real-life steep spiral staircase at Down Street Station is (wonderfully) still there, complete with original enamelled tiles!

6. A station on Aldwych started its life as 'Strand', was renamed in 1915, temporarily closed between 1940-1946 and then closed permanently in 1994. What was it renamed as in 1915?

Answer: Aldwych

The closure of Aldwych between 1940-1946 was due to World War II, during which it was used as an administrative centre, storage for the treasures of the British Museum and air raid shelter for members of the public. Before its permanent closure in 1994, use of the station was so low that it was often used by film crews, for example "Superman 4" - if only it had closed down earlier!

Answer: Swiss Cottage

Travelling from Baker Street to Finchley Road you can still make out the Swiss Cottage platforms in the darkness surrounding the carriage. An exit to ground level has also been retained from those darkened platforms in case of emergencies. A different building and separate Tube system now exists a short distance from the old Metropolitan Swiss Cottage which is served by the Jubilee Line.

Answer: York Road

The old overground building was tidied up in 1989 and the shop front stripped down. Amazingly they found the remains of the old station facade underneath, including the station's name 'York Road Station'.

Answer: North End

In the 1950s, the tunnels and rooms underground at North End were converted into a control centre for activating the Tube's floodgates in the event of a nuclear attack on London. A passing train on the Northern Line can still see the long gaps at the side of the train where the North End platforms were to be situated.

Answer: British Museum

A film called "Bulldog Jack" starring Fay Wray was set in an abandoned Tube stop which looked suspiciously like British Museum station. It had a secret passage leading directly to a sarcophagus in the British Museum... obviously the rumour caught people's imagination!

Source: Author Flapjack44

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