A few tiny things I learned about London Underground today that delighted me, a small thread:
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1. There’s a station called Farrington that was recently massively upgraded, but it’s been done in a way that the new entrance is opposite the preserved old entrance, so the past and the future are literally staring each other in the face:pic.twitter.com/lIoa6bU8bs
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2. Interestingly (but unsurprisingly) given the “London Underground” name there is a separate map denoting which parts of it are in tunnels, designed to help users with claustrophobia or other anxiety conditions. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/tube-map-with-tunnels.pdf …pic.twitter.com/iDv3igm7WZ
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(The white-within-orange line is called London Overground, and of course also runs underground at times as seen on the map.)
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I think that’s what I said above…? And yeah, something with that name that my brain keeps misspelling.
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