Tickets have already sold out for a pop-up underground cinema at Charing Cross Station at the end of May, run by the Underground Film Club and supported by the British Film Institute.

The disused station, which has been closed to the public since 1999, will be transformed into a cinema complete with popcorn, hotdog stands and directors’ chairs.

A number of classics are on the bill including Cinema Paradiso, Some Like it Hot, Casablanca, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, as well as newer films like Paddington.

This event, which will run from 29-31 May, is to celebrate the launch of a 24 hour tube service in September.

“These screenings will engage London’s many film lovers in the possibilities that the night tube will bring and highlight the role the Underground plays in supporting the city’s cinema industry,” said Gareth Powell from London Underground.

“The introduction of the night tube will open up new possibilities across the night time economy and is a historic step in our modernisation of the underground.”

This is the latest in a line of underground events. A cultural performance space is being created at Rotherhithe in an entrance shaft to the Thames Tunnel and last year the tunnels under Waterloo Station were transformed into an art gallery, cinema, music venue and skate park.

It is also rumoured that Transport for London has invited companies to bid to take part in the transformation of several disused underground stations.