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Take a steam train on the Metropolitan Line
With Tube Guru, a trip on the world's oldest underground railway system will never be quite the same - the affectionately-named 'Tube' is so much more than just a metropolitan transport system. Way2GoGuides digs up indispensable Tube facts, figures and fables such as the train tug of war at South Kensington, the Northern Line's secret tunnels, why tube drivers grew beards and why you never hear 'PLEASE mind the gap'.
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SEE
The Tube website
Free interactive Tube map
Works on most mobile handsets, available from TFL
World’s largest work of decorative art
For several years Douglas Rose spent his nights uncovering the original tiling on Tube station platforms then painting over it before morning. He reconstructed how stations looked when first opened in his book on Amazon and his website DougRose
Tube map for Tube Gurus
It shows Tube stations in relation to London’s streets and tells you which train carriage is nearest the station exit. Amazon
Confusing early Tube maps
This website shows the development of the Tube map since 1889 and the challenge faced by Harry Beck.
Tube fonts for your computer
Print your own “Way Out” signs with the Johnston font from P22
London Underground posters
Reproductions of many of the Tube’s iconic posters are available from London Transport Museum
HEAR
Mornington Crescent
Perhaps the most famous game inspired by the Tube and a vital part of British culture. The rules are too complex to explain here but to hear it played by professionals, a CD from Amazon
WATCH
An unusual occurrence on the Tube
See how passengers react on YouTube
Driver’s eye view
A DVD filmed from the driver’s cab and passing through Brunel’s tunnel of 1843. Amazon
Thunderbirds in the Tube
International Rescue use the long-disused network to save a man locked in the Bank of England vault. The Tube scene on YouTube, full episode on YouTube
London traffic
Congestion is nothing new as shown by this 1903 film on YouTube
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Way2Go lights up the tube
Reviewed by: Nigel
A very useful and interesting guide in a modern format that will allow the listener to take the facts literally 'online'. A must for tourists trying to make sense of it all, it will even break up the journey for the most hardened of commuters.
Date Posted : 23/03/2009 22:45:00
