--- title: Police Shut Down a Rave on London Train description: A DJ and MC hosted a pop-up disco on the Bakerloo line—until the transport police intervened. canonical: https://time.com/4736037/train-rave-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-12T16:10:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:44.250Z og:title: Police Shut Down a Wild Rave on This Train og:description: The tube was transformed into a club. og:url: https://time.com/4736037/train-rave-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf000ea6dff0b6b7/6988c26e656a3f32ebbcf83c/rave-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Group of people having fun at music concert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Police Shut Down a Wild Rave on This Train twitter:description: The tube was transformed into a club. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf000ea6dff0b6b7/6988c26e656a3f32ebbcf83c/rave-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Police Shut Down This Wild Rave on a Train: 'There's a Time and a Place.'  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 12, 2017 4:10 PM UTC  Flashpop—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 12, 2017 4:10 PM UTC It was a party on public transportation Monday night when a DJ and MC took to a crowded London subway car to set up a “fully-fledged” [rave](http://time.com/4473185/lightning-strikes-berghain-berlin/), in the words of the police who arrived to shut down the fun. An internet prank group [called Trollstation](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzN%5FQwrNpAMWxVIjZKKSkPQ), a DJ who styles himself as DiscoBoy, and a [lauded MC](http://www.fantazia.org.uk/DJs/harryshotta.htm) by the name of Harry Shotta were behind the pop-up nightclub experience on the Bakerloo line. Flashing lights, drums and bass, and dancing revelers were all part of the scene as the train traveled from the downtown Embankment to Paddington stations, as documented in a YouTube video. It’s about a [15 minute ride](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Embankment+Station,+Villiers+Street,+London,+United+Kingdom/Paddington+Station,+Praed+Street,+London,+United+Kingdom/@51.5153874,-0.1844841,13z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x487604c932e79bf3:0xaa9377d35ca1318b!2m2!1d-0.1221937!2d51.5072554!1m5!1m1!1s0x48761ab2af518be7:0xb5624b60849f0408!2m2!1d-0.1766506!2d51.5165177!3e3). But, as it turns out, throwing a disco on the tube is not exactly legal, even if it was set up by a “light hearted” and “cooperative” group of troublemakers. “Whilst officers relish any opportunity to experience underground drum and bass, we’d kindly ask DJs to refrain from using the Tube as a pop-up club,” a spokesman for the British Transport Police [explained of the situation.](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-break-up-fully-fledged-rave-london-tube-carriage-bakerloo-line-paddington-a7679296.html) “It may be the Easter Holiday, but there is a time and a place and we’d ask everyone to consider other passengers using the network.” > [](https://twitter.com/DiscoBoyUk/status/851613806698659842) > [](https://twitter.com/BTPPaddington/status/851561716232179716) London’s tube is known as an orderly place for commuters. 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