This haunting tale has cemented Elephant and Castle’s reputation as one of the most eerie stations (Image: Getty)
Known as The Girl on the Train, an eerie figure is said to haunt the Bakerloo line near Elephant and Castle station, according to the .
Drivers have reported spotting a young woman stepping onto the train, but the woman reportedly vanishes moments after boarding.
While she’s never seen again, her presence lingers through strange occurrences.
Drivers have reported hearing footsteps echoing through the carriages, unexplained tapping sounds, and the terrifying noise of doors slamming shut also when the station is closed.
A London Underground employee, on duty at Bakerloo Line’s Elephant and Castle station, previously told the about a chilling encounter when a young woman boarded the train, walked past him, and mysteriously disappeared moments later.
Known as The Girl on the Train, this figure is said to haunt the Bakerloo line (Image: Getty)
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Another underground station that is said to be haunted is Covent Garden.
William Terris, a renowned 19th-century actor, met a grisly end in 1897, when he was fatally stabbed by a jealous colleague, Richard Archer Prince, outside the Adelphi Theatre near Covent Garden.
After the Covent Garden Bakery, one of Terris’s favourite haunts, was replaced by Covent Garden Underground Station, sightings of his ghost began to emerge.
The ‘haunted’ London Underground station whose ghost terrifies drivers and passengers alike (Image: Getty)
Often described in an opera cape and gloves, his spirit is said to haunt the station, unsettling both commuters and staff.
The London Underground is home to many ghostly tales, with stations like King’s Cross, , and all reporting their own eerie encounters.
The haunting at Elephant and Castle adds to the many intriguing layers of London’s history, showing that the city’s stories are not only found above ground but also beneath it.