The London Underground station that is haunted every Christmas by a woman in a red scarf

Tai Kolade
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The ghost of Christmas past is supposed to only be a fictitious character in Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'. However, there is a Tube Station in West London that is haunted every Christmas by the same spectre.

Ghosts on the London Underground is no new story. There are rumours of the spirits of those who have passed on haunting many a carriage on the Tube network. This one festive ghost shows up at Ickenham Station every year, reappearing at a place of significance for them.

Ickenham Tube station is a quiet station itself. It serves the Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines, and last year it saw 850,000 entries and exits to the station annually - which is what Waterloo Station gets in a week - and one ghost.

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The woman is spotted at Ickenham Station in North West London -Credit:Google Maps

The ghost is supposed to be a woman who is dressed in a red scarf. The legend goes that she can be seen on the platform near where she's said to have fallen and was electrocuted. She is said to wave at commuters before vanishing before their eyes.

The first sighting of the woman was back in 1952 according to the Mystical Time Blog. They say: "An engineer was working in the sub-station at the end of the platform when he looked up and saw a middle-aged woman, wearing a red scarf, who was looking at him.

"She beckoned him to the huge switchboard, where she indicated he should follow her down the adjoining staircase. He felt compelled to follow her and as he saw her take the last but one step, she completely vanished!"

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Since then, numerous members of staff have said they have seen the festive phantom and share the same story. There are many more eerie tales from the London Underground of ghosts who haunt all year round too.

On the Kennington Loop, there is apparently a ghost that slams the doors when all the passengers leave the train. This ghost is also someone who was electrocuted on the tracks in the 50s whilst he worked there.

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