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The Tube map (sometimes called the London Underground map) is a schematic transport map of the lines, stations and services of the London Underground, known colloquially as "the Tube", hence the map's name. The first schematic Tube map was designed by Harry Beck in 1931.
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.
The Tube map is based on a design by London Underground electrical draughtsman Harry Beck in 1931. The first published version was released in 1933.
The railway infrastructure of the London Underground includes 11 lines, with 272 stations.There are two types of line on the London Underground: services that run on the sub-surface network just below the surface using larger trains, and the deep-level tube lines, that are mostly self-contained and use smaller trains.
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.
Map of Zone 1 Underground stations, pre 2021. London is split into six approximately concentric zones. Zone 1 covers the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London, as well as Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East, Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo.
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]