2012-04-05
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I’m usually picky about London tube map re-renditions (especially on black), but this one kind of works.
(via an-arrow-in-the-knee)
2012-03-16
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Martin Wainwright in The Guardian: Manchester’s tube train that never was (h/t Chris; thanks).
Just another 1960s utopian scheme that hit the buffers of the early 1970s financial crisis. Ah well.
2012-02-15
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Minimal map of London. The original poster captioned this ‘1930s’, but the turnaround loop on the then Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (now the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line) is clearly shown, but was made obsolete in 1926, when the line was extended to Waterloo and Kennington, so this is either from the early 1920s, or the mapmakers were using some old information. (The existence of the other tube lines places and Aldwych places it later than 1910.) (via)
As Ian Visits reported, this loop was the victim of bombing during the war and remains sealed off to this day. Previously: Charing Cross rebuilding posters and Which Way To Charing Cross?, covering the varying naming of stations in the area.
2012-01-28
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Lineposters, prints of city transit systems around the world, for sale at Etsy.
(Source: lineposters)
2012-01-07
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stml:
The red structure is the remains of the original Greathead shield used to tunnel the Waterloo & City. It was left in place in 1898 and rediscovered in 1987.
Nice tube geekery there.
2011-06-30
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Door plate on a car of the ‘67 Tube stock. The last train in public service comprised of this stock ran on London’s Victoria line today. Photo from Phil Wieland; more coverage at Londonist, London Reconnections, and a review of the recent farewell tour by Ian Visits.
2011-06-07
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An axonometric drawing of the new Tottenham Court Road ticket hall, complete with art by Daniel Buren, from the page for the project on Art on the Underground. (thanks, Chris.)
2011-05-16
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2011-03-04
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Tube upgrade chart 2011 (by Darren)
I quite like this graph of the various upgrade programmes.
2011-02-28
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The Tube map’s depiction of the East London Line’s extension to Highbury and Islington, which opened today. There’s pictures and analysis at Londonist. As they put it, “not good news for those who favour a less cluttered approach”.
