TUBE TREASURE TROVE (A-B)
TUBE TREASURE TROVE (A-B) This is an A–Z of London’s most interesting Underground stations. In an age where we are often looking down at our phones, Tube Treasures is an invitation to look up and discover the architecture, history and oddities hiding in plain sight - on what might otherwise be a mundane journey, perhaps one made many times before. Preface : London's Metropolitan line was the world’s first underground (1863), older than any practical electric light bulb . It was a 3.5-mile Victorian steam railway with seven stations. The London Underground began life as a practical solution to Victorian London's traffic congestion. When the first trains ran, passengers travelled through smoke-filled tunnels between simple brick stations lit by gas lamps. More than 160 years later, the network has grown into a living museum of architecture, engineering and graphic design. Few could have imagined that ...