#Underground Railway

[haxanbroker]

Old Street Station, London, November 2015.

[sometimeslondon]

A beautiful vintage London Underground roundel sign at Bethnal Green Tube station

[enighui]

Munich Underground Series

[thegreatyin]

while we're here, let's update the aesthetics a bit. the scoundrel... is probably surprisingly uncomfortable with the whole "remembered" look. maybe a change of pace will help him warm up to it?

oh hello

[dubmill]

Boston Manor station, London; 16.4.2023

[wikipediapictures]

Escalator

[londonedge]

An empty Lambeth North underground station with its peeling tunnel roof

[vagonca-rigo]

You like trains, I like trains, I wanna share with you a train that connects us more than one would think!

This little adorable 2' Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk locomotive, built in 1940!

One of the final locomotives built by CKD before it became BMM during the occupation.

And somehow, it made its way from Europe, to California, then over to Indiana. And when it arrived at the Hesston Steam Museum in Indiana in the 80s or 90s, they checked it over and found chalk marks on the inside of the boiler from when it was built.

It had never been steamed before!

Anyway hehe wanted to share an adorable little loco Ive seen and ridden behind

RIDDEN BEHIND?? I'M INCREDIBLY JEALOUS!! AND SUCH PRETTY LIVERY....

And it was THAT fresh? Sounds like a successful attempt at saving it from use/dismantling by the nazis, though I see that the story behind it is a complete mystery with only speculations around...still, very interesting!! :3c

[synthetic-rust]

Not very fresh news but!! They’ve fully(?) switched over to the New Glasgow Subway trains… very sleek, round, almost like a sci-fi caterpillar :3c (with all those continuous segments)

Haven’t been on them yet but they look good at least. A minor shame they’re not so orange anymore; I liked the previous orange livery.

The third generation (the new white ones) have another carriage segment than the second gen (orange and grey) so they have 4 instead of 3 - to have more platform space I think? The gangway is also open, so you can look right down the train like a double bus. The whole loop is meant to switch over to a driverless system too at some point.

I’m so curious to see what they’ve done with the old carriages now that they’ve all been sold or scrapped by now. (One of em was put on display)

[touhoutunes]

Title: Cylinder Fox

Arrangement: Tsuyo-B

Vocals: つぅ

Album: TOHO EURO TRIGGER VOL. 22

Circle: K2E†Cradle

Original: The Great Fantastic Underground Railway Network

[vintage-london-images]

'London Transport' the name many remember came about over many years, so here we go with a brief look. Although the history of transport in the capital is complicated, I will try to take us through the earlier developments of public transport in London. This began with official horse-drawn services in 1829, which were gradually replaced by the first motor omnibuses around 1902.

Over the years the private companies which began these services amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) to form a unified London bus service.

The Underground Electric Railways Company of London, also formed in 1902, finally unified the pioneering and private underground railway companies which built the London Underground. Then in 1912 the Underground Group took over the LGOC and in 1913 it also absorbed the London tramway companies. The Underground Group then became part of the new London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) on 1st July 1933, which also took over the Metropolitan Railway. Eventually underground trains, Green Line coaches, trolleybuses and trams then began to operate under the umbrella of London Transport, although the name 'General' continued to be seen on buses and their timetables for a while longer. So the name London Transport was eventually born! Phew, I hope that made sense.

Bringing us fairly up to date and privatisation the London Transport name continued in use until 2000 and 2003 on the Underground.

This film takes us on a little journey from the fifties to the eighties, educating us on the expansion and modernisation of transport, both buses and trains, and taking us out to the new post war towns around London and showing us how transport can change our lives.

Please check out other posts with hashtag #video on @vintage-london-images

[haxanbroker]

Southwark station, London, July 2024.

[faggotfungus]

筒石駅の上り・下りホームへの分岐点

Junction to the up and down platforms of Tsutsuishi Station. Taken by Rsa on 7 March 2010.

[enighui]

The Rainbow Station, Munich

[life-spire]

@ cherenkevich

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[sometimeslondon]

The entrance to Piccadilly Circus underground station