THE BANK JOB

GB
2008
1hr 51mins
Dir: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows

A film based on the 1971 Baker Street robbery

This crime drama has a scene filmed on Platform 1 of London Paddington station with a train formed of EWS maroon-liveried Mk2 coaching stock. The loco used was preserved Class 52 ‘Western’ diesel-hydraulic D1015 Western Champion but it is only just visible at the front end in one shot. There are also some scenes filmed on the London Underground that featured 1972-built tube stock at Aldwych station, masquerading as both ‘Baker Street’ and ‘Tottenham Court Road’ stations, though the frontage of the real Baker Street station is also briefly glimpsed.

Tottenham Court Road. No. This is Aldwych, and the tube train is the 4-car set of 1972 Mk.1 stock that lives in the station for filming purposes.
This is London Paddington, platform 1, and the staff subway is masquerading as an entrance to the Underground. The EWS maroon-liveried Mk.2s are a little unusual.