Every abandoned station on London’s Piccadilly line

If you look around London, you’re likely to spot ghosts from the city’s past. Many of these spectres come in the form of closed-down tube stations.

From Aldwych on the Strand (which you can now tour, btw), to Down Street in Mayfair, many of these former stations were once part of the Piccadilly line. You can probably spot them from their red tile façade – there are quite a few around the city. 

Opening in 1906, originally the Piccadilly line only served 10 stations between Finsbury Park and Hammersmith. Back then it was called the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, and it stayed that way until the 1930s when it was majorly expanded.

Today, the dark blue line has 53 stops, however it has lost a few along the way, with stations including York Road in King’s Cross, South Harrow and Down Street closing in the early ‘30s. At one point closing Manor House was even contemplated, but that lived to fight another day. 

If you’re interested in finding out about the ghosts of Piccadilly’s past, we’ve listed them all below here. 

The full list of closed Piccadilly line stations

• Aldwych – closed 1994
• Brompton Road – closed 1934
• Down Street – closed 1932
• Hillingdon – closed 1992
• Northfields & Little Ealing – closed 1932 
• Osterley & Spring – closed 1934
• Park Royal & Twyford Abbey – closed 1931
• South Harrow – closed 1935
• Uxbridge – closed 1938
• York Road – closed 1932

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