The Undergrounds

How one tunnel marked the birth of the Tube

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Support Select this reward. Accessibility for people with limited mobility was not considered when most of the system was built, and before fire regulations prohibited wheelchairs on the Underground. The standard issue tube map indicates stations that are step-free from street to platforms. Access from platform to train at some stations can be assisted using a boarding ramp operated by staff, and a section has been raised on some platforms to reduce the step. During peak hours, stations can get so crowded that they need to be closed.

Passengers may not get on the first train [] and the majority of passengers do not find a seat on their trains, [] some trains having more than four passengers every square metre. In November it was reported that 80 people had died by suicide in the previous year on the London Underground, up from 46 in These were constructed in to aid drainage of water from the platforms, but also halve the likelihood of a fatality when a passenger falls or jumps in front of a train.

Early maps of the Metropolitan and District railways were city maps with the lines superimposed, [] and the District published a pocket map in He presented his original draft in , and after initial rejection it was first printed in Today's tube map is an evolution of that original design, and the ideas are used by many metro systems around the world. The current standard tube map shows the Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, Emirates Air Line, London Tramlink and the London Underground; [] a more detailed map covering a larger area, published by National Rail and Transport for London, includes suburban railway services.

While the first use of a roundel in a London transport context was the trademark of the London General Omnibus Company registered in , it was first used on the Underground in when the UERL placed a solid red circle behind station nameboards on platforms to highlight the name. The words "London Transport" were added inside the ring, above and below the bar.

The Carr-Edwards report, published in as possibly the first attempt at a graphics standards manual, introduced stricter guidelines. Seventy of the London Underground stations use buildings that are on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest , and five have entrances in listed buildings. In the first decade of the 20th century Leslie Green established a house style for the tube stations built by the UERL, which were clad in ox-blood faience blocks.

The buildings had metal lettering attached to pale walls. When the Central line was extended east, the stations were simplified Holden proto- Brutalist designs, [] and a cavernous concourse built at Gants Hill in honour of early Moscow Metro stations. The stations of the s extension of the Jubilee line were much larger than before [] and designed in a high-tech style by architects such as Norman Foster and Michael Hopkins , making extensive use of exposed metal plating.

Many platforms have unique interior designs to help passenger identification. The tiling at Baker Street incorporates repetitions of Sherlock Holmes 's silhouette, [] at Tottenham Court Road semi-abstract mosaics by Eduardo Paolozzi feature musical instruments, tape machines and butterflies, [] and at Charing Cross , David Gentleman designed the mural depicting the construction of the Eleanor Cross. The first posters used various type fonts, as was contemporary practice, [] and station signs used sans serif block capitals.

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The typesetters P22 developed today's electronic version, sometimes called TfL Johnston, in Early advertising posters used various letter fonts. The Johnston Sans letter font began appearing on posters from Numbers of commissions dropped, to eight a year in the s and just four a year in the s, [] with images from artists such Harry Stevens and Tom Eckersley. Art on the Underground was introduced in by Henry Fitzhugh to revive London Transport as a patron of the arts: Similarly, Poems on the Underground has commissioned poetry since that are displayed in carriages.

The London Underground Film Office received over requests to film in Popular legends about the Underground being haunted persist to this day. Modern Warfare 3 has a single-player level named Mind The Gap where most of the level takes place between the dockyards and Westminster while the player and a team of SAS attempt to take down terrorists attempting to escape using the London Underground via a hijacked train. The game also features the multiplayer map "Underground", in which players are combating in a fictitious Underground station.

The London Underground map serves as a playing field for the conceptual game of Mornington Crescent [] which is named after a station on the Northern line and the board game The London Game. The London Underground is frequently studied by academics because it is one of the largest, oldest, and most widely used systems of public transit in the world. Therefore, the transportation and complex network literatures include extensive information about the Tube system. For London Underground passengers, research suggests that transfers are highly costly in terms of walk and wait times.

Because these costs are unevenly distributed across stations and platforms, path choice analyses may be helpful in guiding upgrades and choice of new stations. Since its beginnings in the 19th century, the Tube network has evolved greatly. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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A hour underground service operates on certain lines. For more information, read our Night Tube page. Access to most Tube stations is via numerous steps. The London metro system can become very crowded at peak times and, therefore, difficult for those with mobility problems.

Many deep-level Tube stations have escalators to platforms. When boarding Tube trains, be aware that there is generally a step of up to 8 inches 20cm , either up or down, between the platform and the train. If this is problematic, travel in the first carriage, so the driver can see you more clearly, and allow enough time for you to get on or off.

For more information, visit Transport for London's Accessibility page. The London Underground rail network, or "the Tube" is a great way to travel to and from central London and will be an integral part of most people's stay in the UK capital. The Underground is divided into nine zones: There are 11 Tube lines.