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New Tube map encourages families to spend summer in Central London

New Tube map encourages families to spend summer in Central London Dodgem cars at Somerset House and free art classes in Trafalgar Square and Tate Modern are among the events being promoted to encourage families to spend the summer in central London. Mayor Sadiq Khan published a new version of the Tube map, redesigned by

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London’s abandoned underground

London’s abandoned underground. London has been shaped by its railways, ever since the Metropolitan opened as the world’s first underground line in 1863. As the network grew, old stations, tunnels, entrances, passageways and shafts were left behind Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten Underground, photographs by Toby Madden and Andy Davies, is published by Yale University

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World Cup of Tube lines on the TfL Map! Thousands join Twitter game to determine which line is the best

World Cup of Tube lines on the TfL Map! Thousands join Twitter game to determine which line is the best. Thousands of commuters are rallying behind their favourite Tube service on Twitter as they join a rail enthusiast’s game to determine which London Underground line is the best. Tube lines are going head-to-head in the

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Hidden London: London Transport Museum offers chance to explore capital’s secret Tube stations

Hidden London: London Transport Museum offers a chance to explore capital’s secret Tube stations. London’s Underground network is a labyrinth of tunnels, passageways and platforms and, over the years, many stations have been abandoned and then largely forgotten. However, the London Transport Museum is offering guests another the chance to adventure deep into the bowels

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Rangers House – the art collection you’ve probably never seen

Rangers House – the art collection you’ve probably never seen. At the top end of Greenwich Park, away from the tourists is a grand house, called a lodge, and inside is one of the UK’s finest collections of art. And until last week, not the easiest or most obvious one to see. Source: Rangers House

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Hidden London – London Transport Museum

Here’s something really fun to do, go on… get your tickets now! London Transport Museum’s collection originated in the 1920s, when the London General Omnibus Company decided to preserve two Victorian horse buses and an early motorbus for future generations. Source: Hidden London – London Transport Museum

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