Then, the Metropolitan District Railway – the precursor to the District line – opened on Christmas ... This paved the way for the first London Tube map as we know it to be produced in 1908.

The London Underground map almost looked very different this year. There were at least 27 new names considered for the London Overground lines before being dropped. The rebranding project was part ...

on modified London Underground 1960 Stock. And those trials initially took place on the District line. A 1960 stock tube train, the kind that was first equipped with ATO, to allow automated running.

But it’s not the only London Underground map out there ... you are allowed to take a big old regular bike on the District and Circle lines, apart from between 7.30-9.30am and 4-7pm on weekdays?

Morning rush-hour disruption continues with delays on Bakerloo and District lines - The Bakerloo and District line is facing ...

The biggest gap at Piccadilly Circus station is a hair-raising 35cm. This is found at the north end of the Bakerloo line’s ...

If the Tube is how people get around London, the Tube map is how many conceive ... Garden in the theater district; after all, they're a stop apart on the Piccadilly Line. But walking takes less ...

Hurtling deep underground in ... Central London's linguistic diversity is brought into relief by the map below. Along many stretches of the Victoria Line more than 11 different languages are ...

Top: The Improved ‘District Railway’ Map of London (2nd Edition), WJ Adams and Sons, 1880; Above: Unpublished Proof of Harry Beck’s 1933 First Edition Tube Map, 1932. All images courtesy The Map House ...

Then, the Metropolitan District Railway – the precursor to the District line – opened on Christmas Eve 1868 ... This paved the way for the first London Tube map as we know it to be produced in 1908.