Tube Facts 2: Belsize Park
Another Tube Facts for you. Here is Belsize Park. Did you know that Belsize Park is the only London Underground station with a ‘z’ in it? If you don’t believe me, check a Tube Map and the station index and you won’t find any other station with one! (Photo credit – taken by me in…
Least Used Tube entrances: Tower Gateway
We now check another least used Tube entrance on the network although strictly speaking this is not a London Underground station but a rather a Docklands Light Railway station. Here at Tower Gateway station, there is actually two entrances. Most use the main entrance based on Minories. However, there is actually another entrance and exit…
ABBA Albums: ABBA Gold
It is now time to look at another compilation album, but probably the most popular and well known – ABBA Gold. ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits was a compilation album by ABBA and was released in 1992 by Polygram (who acquired Polar Music and rights to ABBA’s back catalogue). The album contains all of ABBA’s well known…
Overground Facts: Canonbury
Time for another Overground Facts. Here is Canonbury. Did you know that Canonbury station was resited? The original station was called “Newington Road and Balls Pond Road” in 1858 by the North London Railway and sited east of the present station. The station got its present name in 1870 and when it was resited to…
Tiles On The Underground: Tower Hill
We now continue the Tiles On The Underground blog series. This one was meant to have gone up last month but I didn’t get the opportunity to take photos of the tiling work until this month. So here is Tower Hill. The tiling here is mainly white squares. But there are some elements of black…
Tube Facts 2: Becontree
Here is another round of Tube Facts for you! Here is Becontree. Did you know that Becontree station used to be called Gale Street? When the station opened in 1926 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, it was named after the street. But due to the building of Becontree Estate, one of the largest…
Labyrinth – #198: Swiss Cottage
We now check go back to the Jubilee line to continue the hunt for more Labyrinths. Here is Swiss Cottage. It once had an interchange with the Metropolitan line (when the station was part of the Bakerloo line) when the deep level station opened in 1939, however this was short lived and the Metropolitan line…
The Name Of The Game: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Time to look at another classic computer game! And this is a great title, Donkey Kong Returns! Donkey Kong Country Returns was originally released by Nintendo in 2010 on the Wii. But the one I’m looking at is the version released on the Nintendo 3DS in 2013. The game was a great release and a…
The Tube stations with different level platforms – part 2
Most London Underground station platforms are at the same level, especially island platforms. But there are some stations are at different levels for several reasons. Here is a complete list of these stations. We have the second and final part here. If you missed part 1 of this blog series, click here. Oval (Northern line)…
Tube Map Interchanges 9: Piccadilly line
The Tube Map is quite clear what stations have interchanges with other lines, DLR, National Rail, Trams, pier connections and out of station interchanges within walking distances. This short blog series will examine each London Underground line, London Overground line, Docklands Light Railway, Trams and the Elizabeth line that has an interchange with other transport…
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