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Marc Isambard Brunel...hard shell whilst it bores through ships' timbers. Brunel's invention provided the basis for subsequent tunnelling shields used to build the London Underground system and many other tunnels. Brunel was so convinced that he could use such a... In this article: Marc Isambard Brunel, Thames Tunnel, Henry Maudslay, London Underground, Prince Albert, Maximilien Robespierre, and Queen Victoria |
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Guardian | September 29, 2009
London Underground slams tube plans
...that it is not happy with the PPP contract and this addresses some of those issues." London Underground slams Tube Lines' plan for tube overhaul Great balls of fire, acrobatic cavemen and a giant bubble filled with music ... this...
In this article: Tube Lines, Inflation, Piccadilly, Recession, Metronet, and Boris Johnson
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Daily Mail | September 18, 2009
Thames ordered back on London Tube map by Boris Johnson after outrage over redesign
...boundaries - but Boris Johnson has ordered that they be reinstated The London Underground map based on Harry Beck's original design which was first published in 1933. The Thames will now stay - and the decision to scrap zone boundaries is...
In this article: Boris Johnson, River Thames, Transport for London, New York, LBC Radio, Evening Standard, London Overground, and Docklands Light Railway
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | September 15, 2009
River Thames cut from London Tube map
River Thames cut from London Tube map The London Underground map, considered a classic of British design, has been redrawn to remove the River Thames. The latest verion of the Tube map does not show the Thames or zones The previous Tube...
In this article: River Thames, Transport for London, and Flickr
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | September 15, 2009
Ken we fix it? Oh yes, we can
...an hour. Now [it's] up to 12 miles an hour.'' He upgraded the famous London Underground, with new lines, and extended the Docklands light rail south of the River Thames to Woolwich. Next year Boris Johnson, who defeated Mr Livingstone...
In this article: Ken Livingstone, London, Boris Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, and River Thames
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BBC | September 16, 2009
New Tube map 'confusing'
...but you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. Removing zones from a new map of the London Underground network has made it "confusing", a passenger watchdog said. Transport for London (TfL) distributed the map last weekend...
In this article: Transport for London, River Thames, London, and Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Down the tube? London Underground dumps river Thames from its 'cluttered' maps
...because Harry Beck's original 1933 design had become too cluttered. The new London Underground map, which no longer includes the Thames or boundary zones The Underground has seen significant recent expansion including extensions to...
In this article: Thames, London, Transport for London, London Overground, and Docklands Light Railway
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Brunel Locke and Stephenson: the engineering giants who shaped our world
...introduced his talented son to the rigours of engineering with his pioneering tunnel beneath the River Thames in East London, still used by London Underground for its route between Rotherhithe and Wapping. A near-fatal accident while helping...
In this article: Robert Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Joseph Locke, Britain, River Thames, River Conwy, Paddington station, and Yorkshire
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Metro | September 17, 2009
U-turn as River Thames put back on Tube map
...by Tube bosses as Boris Johnson 'howls with derision' London Underground have been forced to scrap the new Thames-less Tube maps after a furious Boris Johnson ordered the u-turn. The historic landmark dividing north and south London was...
In this article: Boris Johnson, River Thames, Transport for London, London, and New York
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Wikipedia | October 19, 2009
Richmond station (London)
Richmond station (London) Richmond station is a London Underground, London Overground and National Rail station in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London. The station is the south-western terminus of...
In this article: Richmond, London, Transport for London, and Thames
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The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK. The first section opened in 1863, and was the first underground railway system in the world, and, starting in 1890, it was also the first to operate electric trains. It is usually referred to as the Underground or the Tube—the latter deriving from the shape of the system's deep-bore tunnels—although about 55% of the network is above ground.
The earlier lines of the present London Underground network were built by various private companies. Apart from the main line railways, they became part of an integrated transport system in 1933 when the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) or "London Transport" was created. The underground network became a single entity in 1985, when the UK government created London Underground Limited (LUL). Since 2003 LUL has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), the statutory corporation responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London, which is run by a board and a commissioner appointed by the Mayor of London.
The Underground has 270 stations and about 400 km (250 miles) of track, making it the longest metro system in the world by route length. It also has one of the highest number of stations. In 2007, more than one billion passenger journeys were recorded, making it the third busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow and Paris.
The tube map, with its schematic non-geographical layout and colour-coded lines, is considered a design classic, and many other transport maps worldwide have been influenced by it.
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