Fake Tube station in Greenwich

[fandroid]

I see on the My London website that a fake London Underground (dark red tile style) station entrance is being created in Greenwich's Nevada Street. Apparently it's part of a set for a new film "Blitz. Are we aware of any other fake railway infrastructure created similarly?

 

[DelW]

I see on the My London website that a fake London Underground (dark red tile style) station entrance is being created in Greenwich's Nevada Street. Apparently it's part of a set for a new film "Blitz. Are we aware of any other fake railway infrastructure created similarly?

Well, there was the "bridge" (or part of one) built above a quarry, for filming the demise of the Britannia-lookalike "continental" locomotive 18 months ago.

Visible on the left of the still photo in post 43 here, along with a lot of discussion:

Replica French/German/Swiss/British (delete as appropriate) locomotive produced and destroyed for new Mission Impossible film.

The Wensleydale Railway had a 92xxx they could have had for a few bob. They might even have paid them to take it away.

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[Snow1964]

Eastenders has a fake tube station

A fake station front, or more strictly a mock up of the station designs on the Morden extension was built about 1925 in a warehouse type building

 

[Basil Jet]

There is a fake tube platform and track in Ashfield House (West Kensington) for staff training purposes.

 

[vic-rijrode]

One the best fake tube stations on film is Hobbs End (great name) for the 60s picture Quatermass and the Pit - both externally and internally.

 

[YorksLad12]

Eastenders has a fake tube station

Eastenders also has a fake tube bridge crossing one of the roads (Bridge Street? Makes sense), onto which a fake tube train was inserted via CGI for one of the special episodes.

 

[matt_world2004]

There is a fake tube tunnel near stonebridge Park Station

 

[Atomix330]

The Paddington films used Maida Vale station as a fictional Westbourne Oak station.

 

[Amos]

There is a fake tube station on an industrial estate in Leighton Buzzard.I believe it was built to test the construction materials for the new jubilee line stations.

 

[gordonthemoron]

Watch out for Paul Weller

 

[Revilo]

Coronation Street has a fake Metrolink tram stop at ‘Weatherfield North’. The show was sponsored by them at one time too, I think. Roy is also a train enthusiast with a totem sign in his cafe!

 

[Steddenm]

Coronation Street has a fake Metrolink tram stop at ‘Weatherfield North’. The show was sponsored by them at one time too, I think. Roy is also a train enthusiast with a totem sign in his cafe!

Corrie has never been sponsored by Metrolink, but there is a product placement deal in place with them to place their branding on the station.

It's also the only Metrolink station to have a ticket office!

 

[Deepgreen]

The fake Georgian-style house frontages over the Circle line near Bayswater in London perhaps counts here? https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-underground-fake-houses-tube-23379263

 

[pdeaves]

The Paddington films used Maida Vale station as a fictional Westbourne Oak station.

That's a genuine station, though, just redecorated a little for a film. As opposed to a 'station' that isn't even on an Underground line built specifically for other reasons than passenger travel.

 

[ThameslinkUser]

Ashfield House (West Kensington)

For clarity, the fictional station is called West Ashfield, and Ashfield House is located next to West Kensington station.

 

[DanNCL]

There’s two such examples in the North East. The building at the Nexus Training Centre in South Shields has a passenger-spec platform, working ticket gates, smart card validators and TVMs. Real Metro units can pull up there for training but cannot run there in passenger service.

There’s also a mock up Metro station and Metro car at a special educational needs school in North Tyneside - the mock up station has functioning TVMs and the mock up metro car has functioning passenger doors.

The fake station in South Shields is unnamed, whilst the fake station in North Tyneside is named after the school it’s located at - Beacon Hill.

Railway training facilities also exist in Washington for use by the fire service, including an above ground tunnel and a carriage of LU 1983 stock. I don’t know if there’s a fake station on that site or not.

 

[Deepgreen]

For clarity, the fictional station is called West Ashfield, and Ashfield House is located next to West Kensington station.

Indeed, and when an LU employee, my wife abseiled down it!

 

[AM9]

Corrie has never been sponsored by Metrolink, ...

They probably didn't like the bad publicity in the episode where the tram dived off the track and killed two locals.

 

[pdeaves]

There’s also a mock up Metro station and Metro car at a special educational needs school in North Tyneside - the mock up station has functioning TVMs and the mock up metro car has functioning passenger doors.

That's interesting. Are you aware of any pics online? (Yes, I know you say it's in a school and that may create some issues with pics).

 

[DanNCL]

That's interesting. Are you aware of any pics online? (Yes, I know you say it's in a school and that may create some issues with pics).

They’ve got a couple of photos on their website but it doesn’t really show the full scale of what they’ve got. https://beaconhill.org.uk/independent-travel-training/

The mock up Metro unit appears to be a small brick building, decorated externally to look like a metro car, fitted with an operational set of metro car doors, and with a replica metro car interior.

 

[Spartacus]

For the filming of 'Value For Money' starring John Gregson and Diana Dors a number of fake frontages were created at Pinewood Studios as Diana didn't travel to the location of Batley for filming. This included Batley railway station. The likenesses in all cases are remarkable, especially considering the real counterparts never actually appear on screen, except at a distance, only subtle differences giving the same away. There's a number of shots of the railway side of the station, but none of the real front.

 

[MotCO]

They’ve got a couple of photos on their website but it doesn’t really show the full scale of what they’ve got. https://beaconhill.org.uk/independent-travel-training/

The mock up Metro unit appears to be a small brick building, decorated externally to look like a metro car, fitted with an operational set of metro car doors, and with a replica metro car interior.

Reading the attachment, it says it has a mock tram with 'exact replica seating'. I assume this will have to be updated to reflect the new trams in order to give ' a real experience'.

 

[PeterY]

The 1968 Doctor Who story, The Web of Fear, also used a fake tube station made in a studio. It looked quite convincing in Black and White.

Off Topic: that story scared the the living daylights out of me as a child.

 

[Mojo]

There is a fake Leicester Square at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, USA.

It’s actually a very good duplicate of the facade on the north side of Cranbourn Street.

Redirect Notice

 

[sefyllian]

The 1968 Doctor Who story, The Web of Fear, also used a fake tube station made in a studio. It looked quite convincing in Black and White.

It was very convincing indeed…

Aiming for the utmost authenticity, [director Douglas] Camfield hoped to carry out some location filming in the London Underground itself -- specifically, the Aldwych platform on December 15th, and the entrance to Covent Garden on the 17th. Production assistant Gareth Gwenlan duly wrote to London Transport on November 7th seeking the appropriate permissions. Unfortunately, London Transport demanded an exorbitant fee, and indicated that filming would be restricted to just a handful of overnight hours. Instead, the decision was made to replicate the Underground in the studio, on sets designed by David Myerscough-Jones.

[…]

Midway through the broadcast of The Web Of Fear, the BBC received a complaint from London Transport. They accused Camfield of having somehow contrived to film in the Underground, without permission or payment. Eventually, London Transport was persuaded that what appeared on screen was, in fact, the result of Myerscough-Jones' convincing set design, rather than the fruits of any mischief on the part of the Doctor Who team.

(source: A Brief History of Time)