A BUSY UK train station’s ultra-modern looking walkways and vast network of tunnels and escalators have left many people comparing it to something far creepier.
Canary Wharf tube station in London is known for its sprawling size underneath the capital’s major financial district.
And the station’ s striking futuristic design boats shiny silver metal, that looks as if it could have been stripped off a cyborg.
The Observer even wrote: “Stepping into Canary Wharf is an almost religious experience.
“At 300 metres long, the tower it shares its name with could be laid flat inside with room to spare.
“It’s like a cross between Canterbury cathedral and the set of Aliens.”
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In fact, it isn’t just The Observer that has noticed the destination’s other-worldly look.
Back in 2016, the station was used as a set in the Star Wars spin-off film Rogue One, stepping in for a “totalitarian state somewhere in the future“.
The film used the Jubilee line platforms and concourse to represent a research facility on the planet Scarif.
The station is so striking that it has appeared in a number of films including 28 Days Later (2002) and 28 Weeks Later (2007).
In the two sci-fi zombie thrillers, the station appeared as a safe haven and part of an abandoned London.
Then in A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), the streets surrounding the station were used to represent an alien-ravaged New York.
One person said on Reddit: “Canary Wharf being windy here and I remembered my visit to the place, and how weird it was.
“Honestly the structure of that place is so.. alienlike.”
Another added: “I’m convinced they re-arrange all the corridors in the underground mall overnight to confuse us all.”
A third person said: “Stay away at all costs or risk being turned into a office zombie.”
The station was designed by famous architect Norman Foster, the same person who designed the Gherkin in Central London.
The station then opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension.
Unlike older tube stations with lots of cream coloured walls and pale yellow floor tiles, Canary Wharf features a variety of greys and chrome.
It also features vast ceilings, that reach up to 30 metres high.
Concrete is a key material throughout and glass panels feel like a nod to the buildings that surround the station.
There are also seven columns which run the length of the structure and half-egg-shaped glass dome lights littered across the station.
For those heading out of the station into Canary Wharf, the futuristic look continues.
Unlike the pretty mews and Victorian terraced houses found elsewhere in London, the financial district is full of towering skyscrapers, including the famous One Canada Square building which used to be the tallest in London before the Shard was built in London Bridge.
Most of these buildings are filled with offices of top firms like JP Morgan and Chase Bank.
But there are still a number of things for tourists to see and do in the area.
For example, you could head to the Crossrail Place Roof Garden, which is full of tropical plants and is free to visit.
In the warmer months and up until October, you can enjoy a dip in the water with Love Open Water.
Prefer to stay on the water, rather than in it? Then choose to go on a Skuna Boat ride, which “transforms Canary Wharf into a floating playground”.
Different options include a BBQ boat, hot tub boat and igloo boat.
There is also a waterside sauna where you collect the boats from.
If you prefer to stay on dry land then Canary Wharf also has a number of activity bars, such as Fairgame – which is like an adult’s playground with retro fairground games – and Electric Shuffle – a modern spin on Shuffleboard.
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