An alternative TfL Tube map: Designer creates ‘grid-like’ London Underground plan using Beijing Subway as guide. A London Underground enthusiast has combined the Tube map with a plan of the Beijing Subway to create a new ‘grid-like’ city plan. Alastair Carr created the quirky design by taking both maps, aligning Tiananmen Square in the Chinese capital […]
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 […]
Yet more ways TfL should change London’s tube and rail maps to make them less irritating. Some things on the tube can be irritating or just plain odd, have a look at the article linked below to read a few solutions outlined by Jonn Elledge od CityMetric. Source: Yet more ways TfL should change London’s […]
Six Fascinating Images Of The Early London Underground. The Londonist delved into the British Newspaper Archive to tease out some long-lost images from the early days of the London Underground. A dip into transport history. Source: Six Fascinating Images Of The Early London Underground | Londonist
How Frequently Will Crossrail Trains Run? With Crossrail’s launch fast approaching, we’ve been thinking about the practicalities of the service. How often will the trains run at each station, and when? What’s the difference between the peak and off-peak service? Pieced together from the information released so far. Source: How Frequently Will Crossrail Trains Run? […]
There’s A Handy Way To Get Money Back From Your Delayed Tube Journeys. Another day, another delay… Cheese and wine, bread and butter, tube journeys and delays – all things that are synonymous with each other. And whether it’s the overly optimistic voiceover telling you “the Northern line is experiencing severe delays” or the overground […]
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The psychological tricks TfL uses to make London’s tube feel faster. Commuters are difficult animals to herd – a fact learned the hard way by Transport for London (TfL), which runs the Underground network as well as buses, trams and boats in the British capital. In 2016, in an effort to battle station congestion, the […]
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 […]
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 […]