The London Underground, 150 years
10/01/2013.
Underground [LON] UK
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
The London Underground is 150 years old this week. On 9 January 1863 the Metro service opened to the public and now the system transports over 1000 million passengers each year.
Click above to see larger image - London Underground tube map, 2013.
Click above to see larger image - The Chromatic London Underground Map. By F. Dans. 2012
Click above to see larger image - London Underground tube map, by Mark Noad. 2011
Click above to see larger image - London Underground tube map, 1994. The official Underground map has been diagrammatic, with horizontal, vertical, and 45-degree diagonal lines, since 1933.
Click above to see larger image - London Underground tube map, 1965.
Click above to see larger image - London Underground tube map, 1938.
Click above to see larger image - London Underground map - H Beck diagram, first public version, 1933.
Click above to see larger image - London Underground tube map, 1927.
Click above to see larger image - London - Metropolitan Railway / Underground Map 1923.
Click above to see larger image - London Underground tube map, 1908.
Sistema Eisenhower Interstate según el estilo del plano de H.C. Beck para el esquema del Underground de Londres.
Click above to see larger image - Posters about Underground, London. The official Underground map has been diagrammatic, with horizontal, vertical, and 45-degree diagonal lines, since 1935.
Not only is the London Underground one of the busiest public transport networks in the world, it's also one of the most iconic, with a rich visual language that includes the infamous roundel logo and the diagrammatic map designed by harry beck in 1933.
To mark the anniversary of the 'tube' we've collected some playful reinterpretations of beck's iconic design...
