The London Underground E-Book

Geoff Marshall

• Herausgeber: September Publishing
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

Experience the tube like never before and discover the top 50 unusual things to do and see on the London Underground. Explore the rarest routes, take historic rides, visit abandoned stations, uncover secret shortcuts, discover letter-based odysseys and embark on unique Tube challenges with this lively, interactive book. You can: - Find secret staircases. - Take an escalator expedition. - Race the Tube between stops. - Find the Tube's strangest station.Bursting with facts and activities from YouTube train expert Geoff Marshall with additional sights to see from his co-creator of All the Stations, Vicki Pipe, this book will inspire children – and adults – to seize the moment and explore the hidden world of London's Underground.

Leseprobe

Thanks to Dave Green

- G.M.

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First published in 2020 by September Publishing

Copyright © Geoff Marshall 2020

The right of Geoff Marshall to be identified as the author of this work has beenasserted by him in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, storedin a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permissionof the copyright holder

Illustrations by Grace HelmerDesigned by Emily Sear

Printed in Poland on paper from responsibly managed, sustainable sourcesby Hussar Books

ISBN 9781912836260

September Publishingwww.septemberpublishing.org

Geoff Marshallwith Vicki Pipe

CONTENTS

Introduction9

Historic Underground10

Stations and Platforms26

People of the Tube48

Letter Tube Challenges52

Unusual Journeys58

Ticketing and Fares70

Staircases, Escalators, and Lifts84

On the Surface96

Just for Fun106

Tube Challenges114

Seeing the Future122

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50 THINGS TO SEE & DO

1 Ride the Same Route as the First 1863 Tube Train

2 Visit the Transport Museum’s Acton Depot

3 Ride the Tube’s Oldest Rolling Stock

4 Ride Like the Queen!

5 Take a Train to Ongar

6 Visit all the Tube’s Single-Platform Stations

7 Secret Shortcuts at King’s Cross Station

8 Shopping on the London Underground!

9 The Busiest Tube Station

10 The Mysterious Middle Platforms at East Finchley

11 Ride a Train on the Wrong Side!

12 Visit an Abandoned Station

13 Who Can You Spot on the Underground?

14 The Z Challenge

15 The R Challenge

16 Ride in Alphabetical Order

17 Ride the ‘Secret’ Curve of Track

18 The Tube’s Strangest Station

19 The Northern Line's Least Used Station

20 The Middle Platforms at Turnham Green

21 Take a Train from Roding Valley to Zone 1

22 Ride the Kennington Loop

23 The Last Remaining Ticket Offices

24 The Tube for Free

25 Buy a Platform Ticket!

26 Use a Pink Oyster Pad

27 Off-Peak Treats

28 Bypass the Ticket Barriers

29 Escalator Expedition at Waterloo

30 Lift Off at Greenford Station

31 Walk the Original Fifteen-Storey Staircase

32 How Far Down Can You Go?

33 Secret Staircases

34 Race the Tube

35 Walk Between Covent Garden and Leicester Square

36 The Best Tube Spotting Spot

37 No Man’s Land at Southwark

38 Walk the Length of a Tube Line

39 The Victoria Line’s Amazing Tile Patterns

40 Under the River Thames

41 The Tube’s Longest Journey

42 All Tube Lines Challenge

43 All Rail Lines Challenge

44 The Park Challenge

45 Royal Challenge

46 The Circle Line Challenge

47 Visit All 270 Stations Over a Year

48 The Zone 1 Challenge

49 Visit All 270 Stations in a Day

50 London’s Newest Railway

CHECKLIST

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

For most people, the Tube is only a mode of transport –a means to an end. People get on, plug into their smartphone,and get off at the other end. Until the end of the day whenthey make the same journey home, but in reverse. Welcometo the working world of Monday to Friday, a place of nine-to-five jobs, where the Tube is often endured rather than enjoyed!

There are of course (as with nearly all train networks in the