Friday, October 26, 2007
Tubewatch (25) yet more tube links
• If you love all this tube-related stuff, then you ought to consider joining the London Underground Railway Society. They hold monthly meetings and publish a detailed monthly newsletter (all yours for just two quid a month)
• Here are a couple of wet and wonderful not-quite-tube-maps, one showing London's waterways, the other London's underground rivers and sewers (both splendid)
• Admit it, you've often wondered how many 1930s Grand Union Canal narrowboats share their name with a tube station.
• Everybody has to learn how to use the tube the first time they travel. Luckily there are some animated teaching materials at Transport School (where you can also learn about taking the bus, the DLR, a tram, and even a taxi)
• You thought they were just litter bins and CCTV cameras, but no. According to TfL's offical Product Standards they're an essential element of a "well designed, confident and consistent visual identity". (mmm, see how "the lack of horizontal surfaces" on that bicycle rack can "discourage the build up of litter and prevent the concealment of suspect packages")
• The capital's latest public transport projects are regularly updated at London Connections (where else are you going to find details of the new pedestrian subway at Kings Cross, or see photos of the over-narrow platforms at the new Shepherd's Bush station?)
<< click for Newer posts
click for Older Posts >>
click to return to the main page
