A few tiny things I learned about London Underground today that delighted me, a small thread:
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7. Some of the platforms and recently refurbished subway trains come with an interesting visual device: “tiger teeth” (or dragon teeth, or alligator teeth) warning patterns to discourage you from putting your fingers or hands in between closing doors.pic.twitter.com/p5RCgOQsqU
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8. Genuinely impressed by the size of the cable wheels powering the Glasgow Subway before electrification. (San Francisco cable cars power station has some big wheels, but they don’t seem nearly as impressive.)pic.twitter.com/3xmZvAQ8NW
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9. (Back to London.) The Barbican tube station has this cute plaque, celebrating a station cat called Pebbles. (And there’s an entire page dedicated to railway and station cats of Great Britain: http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/featuring/wk-rail04a.html …)pic.twitter.com/jrt4NDscd9
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My favorite tidbit is the official font of the London Underground, Johnston, is one of the strongest font brands in the word. In addition, Edward Johnston's student, Eric Gill, went on to create it's successor, Gill Sans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_(typeface) …
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Oh, yeah. I love it so much. It’s so quirky. I have multiple books dedicated to that font. :·D
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If I may, there are also a number of ‘alternative’ (complementary) tube maps including location of toilets, support for cyclists and my favourite, minutes to walk between each station https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-underground-the-five-most-useful-alternative-tube-maps-a3588286.html?amp …
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It would be fun if you could make your own map by combining things!
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Realized too late!
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Check out
@geofftech ‘s wonderful Secrets of the Underground on the Londonist’s YouTube channel - lots of great info -
I did yesterday! I subscribed after someone else mentioned it, and watched two. So good!
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