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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3. There is a station called Blackfriars that is on the railway bridge crossing Thames, and it’s recently been updated also – making it the longest of the three “solar bridges” in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge …pic.twitter.com/ocjIu39Re1
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4. Harry Beck, the designer of the famous Tube map, lived by Finchley Central Tube station. Today there’s a little plaque inside that station, and also… his early map. (Must have been weird to use a transit map you yourself designed… unless it’s all in your memory?)pic.twitter.com/aGhXmyf00M
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This particular copy is deliberately showing Beck’s first map, but his design survives up to this day and is constantly updated.
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