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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.
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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:London_Underground_full_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0, GFDL 2009-05-31T00:05:06Z DavidCane 1000x570 (292205 Bytes) Stations added (in non visible section of map): Wood Lane, Woolwich Arsenal, Langdon Park. Station renamed: Shepherd' Bush to Shepherd's Bush Market
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 ...
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Transport for London (TfL) has released a new Tube map with the Elizabeth line included for the first time. The new east-west railway has been added to the map ahead of its opening on May 24.
Northern line trains will begin serving Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station from around 5.30am on Monday.