London Underground
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The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Hertfordshire in England. It is part of the network
The name "Tube" comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile (deep tube) trains travel. Northern line 1995 Stock train approaching Hendon Central.
A sub-surface Metropolitan line S8 Stock train at Amersham
Sign on wall beside Marylebone Road beyond station entrance
The Metropolitan Railway opened in 1863 using GWR broad-gauge locomotives.
Frank Pick
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Frank Pick Hon. RIBA was a British transport administrator. After qualifying as a solicitor in 1902, he worked at the North Eastern Railway, before moving to the Underground Electric Railways Company
Frank Pick, 1939
One of the early red disc station "bulls-eyes" introduced by Frank Pick, still in place at Ealing Broadway
South Wimbledon station (1926), one of Charles Holden's new stations on the C&SLR extension to Morden
Sudbury Town station (1931), the first of Charles Holden's stations on the Piccadilly line