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Symmetry and serenity in the London Underground – in pictures

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Symmetry and serenity in the London Underground – in pictures. Instagrammer Jess Macdonald captures quiet moments on the tube, showing another side to the capital’s transport system ‘Every station on the Underground has a different look and feel.’ Photograph: Jess Macdonald/@missundergroudFor most Londoners the tube is an unpleasant hotbed of stress to be avoided whenever possible,

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A Tube Map That Never Happened, Based On Plans From The 1940s

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A Tube Map That Never Happened, Based On Plans From The 1940sm BY WILL NOBLE. This is the tube map that could have been. Click to enlargeAlastair Carr painstakingly created the map, using details from sweeping proposals published in January 1946. The plans set out to improve and extend the underground rail network across London.

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London’s emptiest Tube stations revealed

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London’s emptiest Tube stations revealed. You may recall that we shared back in April that Waterloo had lost the top spot as the busiest Tube station last year to King’s Cross St Pancras. Source: London’s emptiest Tube stations revealed: The least busy spots on the London Underground network include Chorleywood and Croxley | City A.M.

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Revealed: London’s new busiest tube station is…?

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Revealed: London’s new busiest tube station. Every year, Transport for London publishes data showing the total annual passenger numbers at each tube station (thanks to Diamond Geezer for the tip-off this time around) and every year, we get pretty into it. Especially when there’s a new reigning champion as London’s busiest tube station. Source: Revealed: London’s new

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The Tube Map, Redesigned By A Tooting Resident

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The Tube Map, Redesigned By A Tooting Resident. Londoners are a creative bunch. Barely a day goes by without another alternative tube map appearing. Today’s offering comes courtesy of Jonathan Farrow, a Tooting resident whose main aim was to make the tube map a little less kinky (ooer), doing away with unnecessary bends and twists,

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This London Tube map shows the busiest morning times for passengers using Zone 1 and Zone 2 stations

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This London Tube map shows the busiest morning times for passengers using Zone 1 and Zone 2 stations. While many don’t have much choice on what time they have to get into work in the mornings, Transport for London (TfL) says if you can tweak your journey Source: This London Tube map shows the busiest

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This interactive tube map shows which bits are actually underground

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This interactive tube map shows which bits are actually underground. Every tube geek knows that most of the Underground is actually overground. (Bonus points if you can name the station where the Overground goes under the Underground) Source: This interactive tube map shows which bits are actually underground

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There’s A New Tube Map And It’s Got A ‘Brand New’ Line

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There’s A New Tube Map And It’s Got A ‘Brand New’ Line. There’s a brand new tube map that’s leaking onto platforms across the capital, and what’s more, it’s got a brand new line on it. Sort of. We’re unbelievably excited for Crossrail. Source: There’s A New Tube Map And It’s Got A ‘Brand New’

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Apparently, These Are London’s Most Dangerous Tube Stations…

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Apparently, These Are London’s Most Dangerous Tube Stations… We’re all familiar with those posters on the tube telling us to hold onto the handrails and Mind the Gap. But which tube station is most of need of such a caveat? Turns out West Ham is London’s most injury-prone tube station — with 11.27 injuries* for

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Britain’s most popular train stations… and two London hubs top the list

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Britain’s most popular train stations… and two London hubs top the list. REVEALED: Britain’s most popular train stations… and two London hubs top the list London boasts the UK’s two most popular railway stations, new figures reveal. King’s Cross and St Pancras were voted the best stations in the country, according to Transport Focus. Marylebone

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