London Underground

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[lonelyroommp3]

okay i’ve done this poll before but want to see if opinions have changed. inspired by alex’s train station poll of course

favourite london underground line

bakerloo

central

circle

district

hammersmith & city

jubilee

metropolitan

northern

piccadilly

victoria

waterloo & city

none/don’t know/no opinion

Voting ended onSep 19, 2025

there is no OTHER option because 🤓☝️ the lizzy line, overground lines, and DLR are not tube lines strictly speaking. i will do those in another poll but you HAVE to choose an underground line for this specific poll sorry

[underlondon]

[45percenterthen]

nothing makes me cry like the embankment tube station voiceover story !!! nothing !!!!!!!

[45percenterthen]

embankment tube station voiceover story ❤️

[eleganteloquentdelicate]

I wanted to hear his voice too

[underlondon]

(Adding a link to a BBC article with the same story, in case anyone is using a screenreader, can’t read the screenshots, etc.)

[kingjaffejoffer]

Boss shit

[lady-feral]

Literal actual goals

[argumate]

that was intensely satisfying

[sushinfood]

WELL DONE!!!

[jezi-belle]

I watched the first few seconds, said “is this motherfucker actually,” AND THEN THE MOTHERFUCKER ACTUALLY

[underlondon]

The London Underground mosquito is a genetically distinct subspecies. It was first reported during the Blitz of World War Two, when the Tube's tunnels were used as overnight bomb shelters.

The unique mosquito that lives in the London Underground

[underlondon]

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[underlondon]

[mapsontheweb]

London Piccadilly Tube Station, amazing sectional drawing from 1928.

[underlondon]

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[nevver]

Liam Devereux

[misanthrope1993]

Paul on the tube, London, 1969.

Photo by Linda McCartney.

[archiemcphee]

Cats are so awesome that they’ve taken over all the advertisements in the Clapham Common Tube station of the London Underground. The Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (aka C.A.T.S.) is the first project by a collective called Glimpse. After running a successful Kickstarter campaign they photographed cats from two animal rescue charities, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and Cats Protection, and posted those photos in place of all 68 ads in the subway station.

For the two weeks that the cat photos are up, Londoners who pass through the station are given a break from advertising and all those cute kitties in the photos have a greater chance of finding homes.

“We hope people will enjoy being in the station and maybe think a bit different about the world around them.”

Visit the Glimpse website to learn more about them and their other projects.

[via My Modern Met and Colossal]

[underlondon]

Tunnel vision: Harry Beck’s first Tube map sketch goes on show

A simple drawing that changed how Londoners travel takes pride of place in a new exhibition about maps. The 19cm by 24cm original sketch of the first Tube map was made by London Underground employee Harry Beck in 1931. His radical idea was to put aside strict geographical accuracy. Tom Harper, curator of the show at the British Library, said: “The Tube was expanding and you had new stations in the suburbs and new lines.

Wish I could go! I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic.

[relaxedtigerdoeslondontransport]

sort of looks like they forgot how to use the train