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The first diagrammatic map of London's rapid transit network was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. [1] [2] He was a London Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were largely irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get from one station to another; only the topology of the route mattered.
An unofficial topological tube map of the London Underground system. Also included are the London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, the Tramlink and Elizabeth line systems for integration purposes. The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and ...
The tube map came second in a BBC and London Transport Museum poll asking for a favourite UK design icon of the 20th century [274] and the underground's 150th anniversary was celebrated by a Google Doodle on the search engine. [275] [276]
For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city's Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. Now, London Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to bring some clarity to the ...
The London Underground is a rapid transit system in the United Kingdom that serves London and the neighbouring counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Its first section opened in 1863. Annualised entry/exit counts were recorded at 270 stations in 2023.
Fare zone 3 is an inner zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway [1] and, since 2007, on National Rail services. [2]
Since 2004, Art on the Underground has commissioned artists to create covers for London Underground's pocket Tube map. [1] These free maps are one of the largest public art commissions in the UK. [2] Over 35 different designs have been produced, with designs from a wide variety of British and international artists. [3]
This year’s theme is ‘Never March Alone’ in support of trans and non-binary allyship