01 — Carriage
Hold the pole, mind the door.
160 years below the city — Est. 1863
Mind the gap
between here
and
there.
Eleven lines, 272 stations, and 402 km of tunnels threading through London's clay. A field guide to the network that moves five million people every weekday.
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§ 02 — The Network
Six lines that built the city.
§ 03 — Piccadilly Line, westbound
Scroll the line.
From Heathrow's terminals to the leafy sprawl of Cockfosters — 71 km, two branches, one carriage at a time.
02 — Platform
The quiet between stations.
03 — Bond Street
Five million of us, every weekday.
04 — The Rush
17:42, Oxford Circus.
§ 04 — Field note
“The Underground is not transport. It is the connective tissue of a city that built itself in three layers — and the only one we share with strangers.”
Edward Thomas
London Transport Museum, curator
§ 05 — Plan a journey
Where to,
and from where?
The next station is yours.
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