The London Tube Map

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Travelling on the Tube is the best way to get around London. The authority has also provided comprehensive maps of the entire Tube network to make travelling less hassle for tourists. Let’s read more about London Tube Maps.

The London Tube map is a type of topographical map represented in a schematic diagram. This diagram represents lines and stations of London public railway system, the London Underground or known by Londoners as The tube.
About- In the schematic representation, the several lines and railway stations connecting each other in different zones are being display, but not only the topographic presentation.

Features

The first map was made by UERL in 1908, known as Underground Electric Railways Company of London. The map was made with the help few others private railway companies. Harry Beck in 1931 designed the first diagram of the transit system of London. The London Tube Maps were then moved for design to Harold Hutchison. He was not a designer but presented his own views in the map by removing the smooth corners and introducing areas which were highly cramped near Liverpool Street ...
... station. Paul Garbutt then took the design. He opposed Hutchison's design. The tube maps had a very interesting feature designed by Beck. It was the tick marks for representing stations. The complicated network of the London transit system is easy to understand with the help of tube map. Every detail and description of the station is still not possible to be represented in the map.

A person walking on the streets of London will be oblivious feel the tube trains whizzing under the feet. Most of the Greater London is being covered by the London Underground. It is a hugely convenient public transport system with a huge number of trains running at any one time. It is being called London Underground though almost 55% of the transport system is now above ground. The name 'tube' came from the shape of the tunnel. The London Tube is the first of its kind, built in 1863. Before it there was no other underground railway transport system in the world. The London Underground network has lines built by several individual private companies in the beginning but these companies had regular fallouts and disputes.

To find some sort of progress the London Passenger Transport Board was formed in 1933. It controlled all the separately lines into one central line. In 1985, the lines were made independent by the UK Government as London Underground Limited or LUL. Since 2003 LUL was controlled by Transport for London (TfL). TFL controls all the transport system of London. TFL is run by a board whose commissioner is appointed by London's mayor. In the present time London has about 270 stations and a track of around 250 miles. The London Underground system is the longest in the world and has the most number of stations.

About billion journeys were made in the London metro system in 2007. This makes London Underground one of the busiest in the world. Several additional services has been added to the tube maps like oyster railway services in London, standard map showing all DLR lines, underground and lines and every stations on the ground. For complete London tourist map, look at this page.

Conclusion

Use this link to see the London Tube maps. London Tube Maps has become so popular that it is being presented in T-shirts, several post cards and many more. 'TheTate Gallery by tube 'is a series of poster for Underground by David Booth made in 1986. The tube map is a masterpiece and a proper and perfect plan for London transit system.

The author of the article is associated with Officially London, the city travel guide providing information about hotels, restaurants, and sightseeing places. You can also book theatre tickets and find hotel deals on the website.