#london transport

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'Walkers, for a good start use the motor-bus'

London Transport poster featuring a man and a woman dressed in outdoor walking clothes and carrying walking sticks (c. 1920). Artwork by C.R.W. Nevinson.

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The Victoria Embankment on a wet day in the autumn of 1931, and the No.26 tram is making its way to Blackfriars Bridge and then Southwark Street near London Bridge.

It had started its journey at Kew Bridge then along Chiswick High Road, Hammersmith Broadway then over Putney Bridge, Wandsworth High Street, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall Station, Albert Embankment and Westminster Bridge. This route actually crossed the Thames three times on its journey from Kew to London Bridge.

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Poll 6 - London Not-Underground

A part two to the Underground poll, enjoy!

As for the previous poll.... Look, I'm not saying there are wrong answers, but do better (Currently absolute monarchy and presidential republic are in the lead)

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@AllOnTheBoard: 5 Seconds of Summer are at The O2 in London with The 5 Seconds of Summer Show. The @5SOS poem by all on the board is at North Greenwich station.

5 October 2023

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Clare Leighton (1898-1989) “Week-End Walks” London Transport (1938) Source

Clare Leighton (1898-1989) “The Country Now” London Transport (1938) Source

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Some vintage London Transport postcards from my collection.

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I am very much in favour of names for the different London Overground lines, but I do think that some of the ones they've chosen are... a little weird, not especially catchy or descriptive. "Lioness Line" for instance is silly sports mythologization, but I guess in terms of the actual name it is pretty inoffensive?

But really not sure how I feel about them renaming what has historically been the Goblin to the "Suffragette Line". Goblin was already a fucking amazing name, they should have just canonized it. No shade on the suffragettes (except, you know, Some of them) but I can't help but think it's probably the worst pick of the bunch.

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Having recently read a fanfic in which Sherlock and John catch trains to various parts of southern England exclusively from London’s Waterloo station, even when this is not the usual/logical route, I’d like to share this for writers who might not be familiar with the whole business of trains in/to/from London.

Let’s start with the history of how and when rail services came to London. This article explains how and why we have so many terminal stations (short version: because when they were built, the railway companies were privately owned and all needed their own terminus in London).

The main terminal stations are Waterloo (south), Paddington (west), Euston (north-west), King’s Cross (north-east), St Pancras (East Midlands and Eurostar), Liverpool Street (east), Fenchurch Street (south-east) and Victoria (south). There are others (see the article linked above and my husband’s comment below).

As we know, within London and the suburbs, these termini are linked by the London Underground (aka The Tube) network. There is also the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) - a driverless system - and other overground rail services. Here is a map of it all from Transport of London (TfL). Baker Street is served by five tube lines: Bakerloo (brown), Metropolitan (maroon), Jubilee (silver), Circle (yellow), and Hammersmith & City (pink). It’s also only a five-minute walk from Marylebone (the nearest terminal) which itself is just behind the Landmark hotel, which we know as the exterior for The Restaurant Scene.

Aside: I think Sherlock is unlikely to catch a bus unless directly related to a case - they’re just too slow for him. But you can find bus maps and all kinds of other TfL mappy delights here.

If you have characters using public transport in the UK, your best bets for accurate research are:

Google Maps (in public transport mode)

National Rail (see the page footer for all the useful stuff)

Transport for London

All these also have apps available.

I’m happy to do Sherlockian Britpicking (my day job is copy-editing) if that’s helpful for you.

If you want to go the full Howard Shilcott, I still very much enjoy reading the rail enthusiasts’ forums posts about the myriad tube-related continuity errors in TEH. I’ll let you Google those for yourself. 😉

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Ran this past my husband (who is totally the full Howard Shilcott) and he made a few corrections (and a lot of faces!) before I posted: he wishes it to be known that he ‘remains unhappy about [my summary of] Fenchurch Street’ and thinks I should add Charing Cross to the list so people know how to get to Kent. So that’s all clear then. 😂

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London Underground Map but I removed all of the bits that aren’t underground

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London Transport poster for the 1979 Wimbledon Championships.

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Just a little trip on the top deck of a bus in July 1968 as we view the sights off an almost quiet and alien London which most wouldn't recognise today.

Please check out other posts with hashtag #video on @vintage-london-images

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Poll 4 - London Underground

So, I've worked out a plan - I'll do political polls every other day, with some light topics to balance it out

Today: The famous London Underground. It's more influential than you think. Even its map has inspired the designs of many other city transit maps.

As for the other polls:

American Politics - Joe Biden victory

Social Media - Discord, Instagram, Reddit tied

British Politics - Labour ahead

Follow me to receive more polls and reblog to increase turnout!

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[ohdearlordheretheyareagain]

i saw an angel on the northern line

eight glowing eyes outside a darkened window 

a flash of wing 

i made eye contact and it stared 

through my soul 

and the tube screamed on 

in a key of d minor 

the eyes only blinked 

and turned to the next train

[hazel-of-sodor]

Presenting the Great Western Railway's 57xx pannier tank! Duck has appeared before, but was never quite finished, or given a proper release. Now he is here with 8 of his siblings.