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The first diagrammatic map of London's rapid transit network was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. [1] [2] He was a London Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were largely irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get from one station to another; only the topology of the route mattered.
This page contains a list of colours used in previous/next station boxes on UK railway station (and related/similar) articles, believed to be up-to-date as of 26 December 2023.
The colour for the East London line, when it was part of the London Underground, is Pantone 137. [2] The colour for the Fleet line was Pantone 431: Pantone 432 was too easy to confuse with the Northern line.
For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city's Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. Now, London Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to bring some clarity to the ...
The six lines will be called Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette and Liberty. Mayor Sadiq Khan launches new London Overground lines and colours Skip to main content
Individual names and colours for London Overground railway lines will be introduced from Wednesday. Transport for London (TfL) said it will update 6,000 station direction signs as well as maps ...
The early tube lines, originally owned by several private companies, were brought together under the Underground brand in the early 20th century, and eventually merged along with the sub-surface lines and bus services in 1933 to form London Transport under the control of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB).
The Hammersmith & City line is a London Underground line that runs between Hammersmith in west London and Barking in east London. Coloured pink on the Tube map , it serves 29 stations over 15.8 miles (25.5 km).