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English: Geographic Map of the London Underground, Overground and DLR showing all stations. Travelcard zones for London Overground may be inaccurate. Travelcard zones for London Overground may be inaccurate.
A geographic London Underground map showing the extent of the current network (Amersham and Chesham stations, top left, are beyond the extent of the map.)
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.
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 ...
Geographic Map of the London Underground showing all stations with travelcard zones indicated: Date: 31 May 2009, 01:10 (UTC) Source: File:London Underground Zone 1 Highlighted.svg, File:Docklands Light Railway.svg; Author: Ed g2s File:London Underground full map.svg; derivative work: DavidCane (talk) Permission (Reusing this file)
Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974) was an English technical draughtsman who created the first diagrammatic London Underground Tube map in 1931. [1] Beck drew the diagram after being laid off by the Signalling Department of Underground Electric Railways of London.
A geographical map of the London Underground, showing the proportional spread of the network over the city (except for Amersham and Chesham stations, which are not in the field of view in the top left) Six of the 32 London boroughs are not served by the Underground.
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