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.b...maps/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!

I don't think there are any prisons in that vicinity - perhaps the
producers thought HMP Clink was still in operation? Or, more
geographically but less comically, Marshalsea or Horsemonger Lane.

Anyway, it's a decent enough film, so if you're stuck for something to do
and like fairly well-acted crime capers, give it a go.

tom

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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.b...maps/1941.html

Which is utterly distinctive because of the way interchanges are shown.

Indeed. I saw this film on Sunday and commented to my companion
"that's definitely a WWII-era tube map" and she thought I was bonkers
:-)

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!

I don't think there are any prisons in that vicinity - perhaps the
producers thought HMP Clink was still in operation? Or, more
geographically but less comically, Marshalsea or Horsemonger Lane.

The letter that Perry receives names the prison - though I can't
recall now what it was, it was fictitious, though I remember it did
have an SE1 postcode.

The actual prison used for the set is in Dublin, FWIW.

Anyway, it's a decent enough film, so if you're stuck for something to do
and like fairly well-acted crime capers, give it a go.

Agreed. I loved it, which surprised me as the reviews have been
generally positive.

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.b...maps/1941.html

Which is utterly distinctive because of the way interchanges are
shown.

Indeed. I saw this film on Sunday and commented to my companion
"that's definitely a WWII-era tube map" and she thought I was bonkers

....or just needed to get out more!

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:53:19 +0100, "Stephen O'Connell"
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
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.b...maps/1941.html

Which is utterly distinctive because of the way interchanges are
shown.

Indeed. I saw this film on Sunday and commented to my companion
"that's definitely a WWII-era tube map" and she thought I was bonkers

...or just needed to get out more!

She already knew that

"Stephen O'Connell" wrote in message
...
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.b...maps/1941.html


There apparently is such a station in New York City.

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, wrote:

"Stephen O'Connell" wrote in message
...
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:

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?216:2870

There's also a Union Squa

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?203:2866

But, unusually for a US city, no Union Station! Although it seems one was
mooted, in the Bronx:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstrac...9C94 6397D6CF
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstrac...9D94 6397D6CF
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstrac...9D94 6397D6CF

The 2nd of november article has a map which puts it he

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=40.8...=UTF8&t=k&z=17

tom

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"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
.li...
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, wrote:

"Stephen O'Connell" wrote in message
...
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
out in Brooklyn, the existence of which the relevant authorities have
denied.

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
.li...
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, wrote:

"Stephen O'Connell" wrote in message
...
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 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

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GODZILLA PLEASE EAT THE ****IN COLDPLAY -- a poster in Bergen

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.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
with that.

wrote:
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.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
with that.


I think you are referring to the *76th* Street station:

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/76st.html

After reading the page be sure to look at the date.

It would have been the stop after Euclid had the line stayed underground
instead of using the BMT el to Lefferts. The NY Division of the ERA had
published proposed track layout back in 2004.

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