tessellationappreciation:

Victoria Station, London

(Source: quatrainheifer)

Still the same, then. :P

(Source: vanian)

carmenalt:

Platform 3

transitmaps:

Historical Map: Circular London Underground Map Sketch, Harry Beck, c. 1964

For those who thought that the two circular London Underground diagrams I featured earlier this year — by Jonny Fisher and Maxwell Roberts — were a completely modern twist on an old classic, here’s a reminder of just how forward-thinking Harry Beck really was.

This is a sketch, dated to 1964 at the earliest (due to his adoption of Paul Garbutt’s dot-in-a-circle device for main line interchange stations), that presents the Circle Line as a perfect ellipse. Quite a stunning contrast to his usual rigidly rectilinear diagrams, if perhaps ultimately not a huge improvement — much as the two modern maps are exercises in design, rather than a replacement for the original. Note also that this beautiful sketch is entirely hand-drawn: not a computer to be seen in it’s creation.

(Source: Scanned from my personal copy of Mr. Beck’s Diagram by Ken Garland, Capital Transport Publishing, 1994)

distorted-arts:

MacDonald Gill - London Underground

carmenalt:

Backstreet

penneydesign:

Abandoned/Ghost Stations on the London Underground

Updated as one post with redesigned background.
See more at - Penney Design

unknown photographer, a spot of december sun filtering onto the platform of victoria station, 1934

from london: portrait of a city by reuel golden; p. 164-165

(Source: m3zzaluna, via neato-bandito)

carmenalt:

Through the keyhole

alainpress:

London Transport’s (glamourised and slightly surreal) vision of travel on the Central underground line in the early 1960’s

This publicity photograph shows a view down the interior of a ‘lightly loaded’ Central line 1959-tube stock driving motor car. Longitudinal seating with fixed armrests can be seen in the foreground, whereas the next bay beyond the doors contains transverse seats. A London Transport recruitment poster for bus staff is pasted onto the glass screen by the doors on the left; the young woman standing by the doors on the right is presumably about to get off at the next station.

The journey of the first tube train took place on 9 January 1863, which means that in 2013, the Tube celebrates its 150th birthday.

The “Tube” became a proper name for the first time in the early 1900s, after the Central London Railway (now the Central Line) was nicknamed the “Twopenny Tube” by the Daily Mail newspaper, five days after it opened.

The first-ever day of public service was enjoyed by 40,000 passengers. During 2011/12, London Underground carried a record number of passengers, with 1.171 billion journeys made.

The longest journey you can take without a change is 59.4km from West Ruislip to Epping on the Central line.

A single cash journey in Zone 1 now costs £4.50. Paying a full cash fare  between Covent Garden and Leicester Square (0.16 miles) works out at over £28-a-mile.

Photographed by H K Nolan, 20 June 1961

Image source: http://bit.ly/Z7ZCez

cheaplife-blog:

Don’t cry because its over, smile because it happened

(Source: cheaplifeblog)

(via aneasierwayofremembering)

jackod:

London Underground poster art. Full post at Creative Review http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2013/february/poster-art-150

Design and Creativity Blog
www.jackod.com

scavengedluxury:

Beech Street underpass, Barbican, London, 13/12/2011.

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