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The deep, dark depths of the London Underground are an obvious place for ghosts to lurk, not just because of the empty tunnels but because of the things that have happened there.

Many stations are built on the sites of historic horror stories or exhumed graves, or saw deaths during the blitz and fatal accidents over the years.

One rather strange tale is the haunting of Ickenham Tube station, which has a very specific story behind it.

And what's more, she has only ever been spotted around the festive period.

Here is everything you need to know about the ghost that roams Ickenham station:

Ghost waves frantically at Tube passengers

While many ghosts come and go regularly this female spectre is only seen around Christmas time.

She first appeared in the 1950s, and has been spotted every Christmas since then, and is said to the the ghost of a woman who fell onto the track and was electrocuted.

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Wearing a bright red scarf she has been seen to appear at the end of the platform, close to where she fell to her death, and wave frantically at people on the platform as if to attract their attention, before vanishing before their very eyes.

We think this is the tortured soul of the poor woman who's desperately trying to save herself again and again, hoping she can get home in time to celebrate Christmas with her family.

Have you ever seen a ghost in London? Let us know by emailing ellie.mckinnell@reachplc.com