Is the London Underground haunted? TfL reveals recent 'ghost' sighting on the Tube

ALDWYCH STATION IS ONE OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND'S FABLED ‘GHOST STATIONS’

‘Distressed’ passenger the on Metropolitan line at King’s Cross reported ghosts

Are there any ghosts on the Tube?

It may seem an improbable question, but a recent sighting has been reported on the Metropolitan line.

Transport for London has been searching its records for sightings of ghosts, spirits, ghouls, poltergeists and banshees on the London Underground – in fact anything that may qualify as part of the “paranormal”.

It follows one of the most unusual freedom of information requests received by TfL.

One unnamed person asked TfL to publish “any reports of paranormal activity at Tube, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth Line and Tram locations made to TfL since January 1, 2022”.

The request, which was submitted on January 2, also requested the name of the station nearest to any sightings – and “a copy of any internal staff logbooks/documents for ghost sightings at the Aldgate East station”.

Aldgate East station, which is served by the Hammersmith and City and District lines, opened on October 6, 1884 – eight years after nearby Aldgate station.

Aldgate East was moved a short distance in 1938 to solve signalling problems associated with the track curving sharply as it approached the station.

The reason for the interest in Aldgate East could be its close proximity to the area where the five “Jack the Ripper” murders took place in the East End, four years after the station’s opening.

In her reply to the request, Gemma Jacob, TfL’s senior FOI case officer, said: “I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require.

“We have carried out a keyword search of all London Underground incident reports over the requested timeframe using the following words: ghost, paranormal, spirit, apparition, ghoul, phantom, poltergeist, banshee.

“The search returned 156 results, but only one of them related to paranormal activity.

“This related to a distressed 15-year-old boy at King’s Cross on the Metropolitan line in December 2023, who also mentioned that he had seen ghosts.

“The remainder of results were records talking about being in ‘good spirits’ (typically a customer or train driver after an incident) or spirit as in alcohol (customers who were intoxicated/carrying a bottle of spirit).”