Story 1. Ghosts of the London Underground

The Underground has been at the centre of London's transport infrastructure for almost a century and a half.

During that time, it has played host to many historical events,

from sheltering civilians in the Second World War

to being a target of the 2005 London terrorist attacks.

Many people have lost their lives in these tunnels.

Could their souls remain as ghosts of the London Underground. And then So, Work had been fairly relaxed for Steve Coates. His shift had started at 10 p.m. and besides the inevitable rush of commuters in the last stretch

before the tube station closed, the early hours of this midweek morning had been quiet.

As the supervisor of Liverpool Street Station in central London, he now busied himself in the ticket office, cashing up the

tills and carrying out any number of other mundane administrative tasks.

Steve much preferred the relative peace and quiet of the night shifts compared to the hustle

and bustle of the daytime, even if they did seem to pass by more slowly.

There was a strange sense of priviness in having such a large public space all to himself,

a tranquility he otherwise rarely got to experience.

On the desk in front of him, the phone began to ring,

shattering the silence.

Picking up the receiver, the familiar voice of the line controller, who was stationed off site,

told Steve that he was looking at the CCTV feed from the Eastbound platform of Liverpool Street and that he could see a man

down there standing near to the tunnel entrance. The station's supervisor

checked his watch. It was just after 2 a.m. The gates to the station had been closed and padlocked

almost three hours beforehand so there shouldn't have been anyone besides him inside the station

itself.

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