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Posted 5 days ago
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itswillstuff: “40 metres below ground in Stepney Green, our tunnellers mark 4 years since start of Crossrail construction”

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“40 metres below ground in Stepney Green, our tunnellers mark 4 years since start of Crossrail construction”

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Posted 3 weeks ago
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Studio-X NYC: Today in subway atmosphere news, we learn from WNYC that the NYPD is...

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imageToday in subway atmosphere news, we learn from WNYC that the NYPD is partnering with Brookhaven National Laboratory to study how chemical weapons might disperse through the city’s underground tunnels. The researchers plan to release a “non-toxic, odorless gas that mimics how chemical,…

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Posted 1 month ago
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blech: I previously posted this map of King’s Cross St Pancras as part of my review of the then-new Northern Ticket Hall, but it seems relevant to the previous post. It also seems useful to post since a video of the secrets of the Victoria line was recently posted, and it contained the (apparently little-known) fact that the best way to the platforms is definitely not to follow the signs. If you look at the diagram, from above it’s always easier to walk to the eastern (“existing”) ticket hall, and from the Northern and Piccadilly line you should head towards the cluster of staircases where the three platforms meet. (The image used to be hosted on TfL’s site as part of their information about the station’s upgrade, but now it’s done it’s been taken down. Instead I took this from Leewood Projects, who worked on the western ticket hall.)

blech:

I previously posted this map of King’s Cross St Pancras as part of my review of the then-new Northern Ticket Hall, but it seems relevant to the previous post.

It also seems useful to post since a video of the secrets of the Victoria line was recently posted, and it contained the (apparently little-known) fact that the best way to the platforms is definitely not to follow the signs.

If you look at the diagram, from above it’s always easier to walk to the eastern (“existing”) ticket hall, and from the Northern and Piccadilly line you should head towards the cluster of staircases where the three platforms meet.

(The image used to be hosted on TfL’s site as part of their information about the station’s upgrade, but now it’s done it’s been taken down. Instead I took this from Leewood Projects, who worked on the western ticket hall.)

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Posted 1 month ago
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This entrance to the Frankfurt U-Bahn is amazing. Shows what you can do with a little space and creativity to liven up the everyday. Via Design Taxi. http://designtaxi.com/news/356832/An-Amazing-Subway-Entrance-That-Looks-Like-A-Tram-Burrowing-Underground/

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Posted 1 month ago
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blech: “The underground story of King’s Cross square.” (via)

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“The underground story of King’s Cross square.” (via)

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Posted 1 month ago

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Shiny • #jubileeplacemall #extension #underground #jubileeplace #canarywharf #londondocklands #eastlondon #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #retail #shiny #reflection #steel #glass #acetate #wrapped #doubledoors #front #underconstruction #spring #afternoon #26thMarch #2013 #lofi #lux #st #thest (at Jubilee Place)

Shiny • #jubileeplacemall #extension #underground #jubileeplace #canarywharf #londondocklands #eastlondon #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #retail #shiny #reflection #steel #glass #acetate #wrapped #doubledoors #front #underconstruction #spring #afternoon #26thMarch #2013 #lofi #lux #st #thest (at Jubilee Place)

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Posted 2 months ago
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britishrailways: Piccadilly Line Extension by mister_scantastic on Flickr.

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Piccadilly Line Extension by mister_scantastic on Flickr.

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Posted 2 months ago
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Posted 2 months ago
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Londoners treat the underground not as a stage set, a place where we’re on display, but as a neutral space, one in which we don’t overtly direct our attention at each other.

People sneak glances at each other, of course they do, but the operative word is “sneak”. They don’t look openly, in the way they would elsewhere. The main focus of people’s attention is inward. They go into themselves. Or they go into the world of whatever entertainment they’re carrying.

Once upon a time, that would mainly have been a paid-for newspaper – but nothing has disappeared as fast and as completely from the world of the underground as the paid-for newspaper

John Lanchester rides the London Underground

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Posted 3 months ago
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totalfilm: First official images from sequel The Muppets… Again! The Muppets 2 (AKA The Muppets… Again!) the upcoming sequel to the riotously popular The Muppets, has released a first batch of official images…

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First official images from sequel The Muppets… Again!

The Muppets 2 (AKA The Muppets… Again!) the upcoming sequel to the riotously popular The Muppets, has released a first batch of official images…

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Posted 4 months ago
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Evolution of the London Underground Map,

1889-1964

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Posted 4 months ago

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Stationed • #roundel #sticker #stratford #railwaystation #tubestation #interchange #underground #overground #docklandslightrailway #hub #stratford #newham #eastlondon #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #architecture #glass #steel #reflection #overhang #winter #afternoon #10thJanuary #2013 #lofi #lux #st (at Stratford Railway Station (SRA))

Stationed • #roundel #sticker #stratford #railwaystation #tubestation #interchange #underground #overground #docklandslightrailway #hub #stratford #newham #eastlondon #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #architecture #glass #steel #reflection #overhang #winter #afternoon #10thJanuary #2013 #lofi #lux #st (at Stratford Railway Station (SRA))

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Posted 4 months ago
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The Hidden posters of Notting Hill Gate Tube station

A 2010 upgrade to Notting Hill Gate tube station revealed a series of vintage posters dating to between 1956 and 1959.  The posters, which will be left intact once the modernisation work is completed, include advertising for Pepsodent Toothpaste and the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, as well as films like Around the World in 80 Days and The Horse’s Mouth, starring Alec Guinness.

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See more photos from the original set of images on Flickr Here

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Posted 4 months ago
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bittersweetdisdain: Happy 150th birthday, London Underground

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Happy 150th birthday, London Underground

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Posted 4 months ago
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London underground celebrates its 150th birthday! We’ve got a g2 special including Stephen Moss on a trip on the central line, the timeline of the underground,

and a gallery going the best underground posters including these from 1911, 1927 and 1987 

(can you guess which is which?)

Photographs: London Transport Museum

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