London underground tube
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the oldest but the best transit system in the world
Piccadilly Circus station 1950's
Piccadilly Circus station with 1938 Stock seen in the 1950's. Post Card.
91261 London Underground 1992 Stock EMU at London, United Kingdom by D201@EAL
High quality photograph of London Underground 1992 Stock EMU # 91261 at London, United Kingdom.
Piccadilly line express trains - London Underground poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1932
The 1932 western extension of the Piccadilly line, beyond Hammersmith, utilised the improved '4 track' section of lines to Acton Town - with the District (long established on this section) using the 'slow' and stopping services and the Piccadilly running 'non-stop' - thus allowing London Underground to sell these as 'express trains'. This wonderful poster, by the great poster artist and graphic designer Edward McKnight Kauffer, is bold and striking - it is mostly lettered in the artist's…
Going underground – in pictures
Photographer Bob Mazzer has taken pictures on the tube in London for 40 years – as a 60s schoolboy, carrying a twin-lens Rolleiflex, then as a commuter in the 80s, wielding a Leica M4. His vivid photos reveal a mostly gone world of mischief-making mods and tungsten-lit platforms
'Ghost swore at me in a Tube station which has been abandoned for 40 years'
Our features editor Emma Jones joined ghostbusting duo Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman to investigate spooky goings on in the abandoned Aldwych tube station in London
Double Tube Roundels
Robert Lordan is an author, tour guide and blogger specialising in London. Robslondon.com explores the best of the city's secrets, sights and history through Rob's personal and bespoke tours, articles and books.
London Underground in the 1970s/80s
Photographer Bob Mazzer spent two decades commuting to work and back on the tube. As he travelled, he used his Leica M4 and his own unique perspective to capture Londoners, commuters and tourists as they journeyed through the capital's network of tunnels. Here is a small collection of his work, some of which was first shown in a GLC exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall in the 1980's.
1063 - VIEW SUBTERRANEA: PADDINGTON by Rebecca Coleman
Explore the 2019 Summer Exhibition - The Royal Academy of Arts
How Tube stations got their unusual names
The names of stops on the London Underground can seem nonsensical: think Elephant & Castle or Shepherd’s Bush. But they actually hide 2,000 years of odd anecdotes and historic quirks.
Marble Arch tube station - westbound... © Mike Quinn
Shows the location of [[4757724]]. See [[4757719]].