Dara O'Briain Maths Tube Ad

I was always rubbish at algebra and probability type tests at school.  So no matter how many times I stared at Dara O'Briain's ad on...

London Underground style map for Scotland's Munros

A new map of Scotland's highest mountains has been inspired by the layout of  the London Underground map. Peter Burgess, a former geogra...

Adult Toys & Underwear found on Trains for Sale

Those of you who watched BBC2's The Tube documentary may remember an episode on London Underground's Lost Property Office , where a ...

Tube cleaners may strike over pay

While Tube maintenance staff on some lines are in a 72 hour strike over pensions & other benefits, the RMT are getting Tube cleaners to...

Bob Crow believes Tube have Secret Privatisation Plan

Maintenance staff from Tube Lines began a 72 hour London Underground strike from 4pm on 24th April 2012 in a row over parity of pensions &a...

Music from Train Tickets - Sound of the Underground

Ever wondered whether the act of putting train tickets into gates could be turned into a musical experience? Millions of tickets go through ...

TfL Publish Tube & Train Stations to avoid during Olympic Games

London Bridge, Bank, Earl's Court, Waterloo, Mile End, Greenwich, Charlton, Blackheath and Stratford  stations are on a hit list of Lond...

Mail Rail Open Day - Post Office London Underground Railway

Fans of abandoned & disused London railways have a special treat this Saturday.  There's a free Mail Rail open day on Saturday 21st...

Tube Toilet Seats?

Have the London Underground decided to offer priority seating for people who get caught short on the Tube? When going out last night, I gla...

Underground Overground : A Passenger's History of the Tube - Book Review

I get sent a lot of press releases of books about the London Underground or railways to review.  Most of the time they're variations of ...

72 hour Tube Strike from April 24th 2012

Following yesterday's votes, the RMT have confirmed they will be holding a 72 hour Tube strike from 4pm April 24th 2012 in a row over pe...

Book Swaps for London coming to the Tube

Last week I heard about the new " Book Swaps for London " campaign which has the ambitious aim of a London-wide book sharing schem...

Is Brompton Road Tube even closer to Re-Opening?

The Mayor and Transport for London have said for a while now that in principle they are in favour of Ajit’s proposals to reopen abandoned &a...

Tardis or Tube? Alex Kingston spotted on the London Underground

There's been quite a lot of press recently about celebrities using the London Underground. Rihanna's been spotted several times no...

Would infusing Cleaning Smells on the Tube lead to Cleaner Carriages?

Could this be the answer to less litter on the London Underground? A team of Dutch social psychologists have proposed a solution to the lit...

Real Inspector Sands Spotted on the Tube

Finally I think I have spotted the real Inspector Sands on the London Underground. We hear calls for this character quite a lot on the PA sy...

Windows 8 Metro inspired by London Underground Signs

The upcoming Windows 8 operating system was in some way inspired by London Underground signs. Sam Moreau, who oversees the new Windows desig...

More 3D London Underground Cutaway Diagrams

Following on from my post about  3D cutaway diagrams of London Underground , a number of you seemed to really like the diagrams and Ed found...

Only 23% of Tube adverts with QR codes work on mobiles

What's the point of QR codes on Tube Ads ? This was something that Ged Carroll @r_c covered on this blog a while back.  Now both The ...

Walk the Tube Lines Central Line Walk - 8th April

Fancy a stroll along the Central Line this Sunday afternoon?  Well not actually walking along the Tube Line itself.  Following part of the r...

Latest Figures show Tube Delays at their ‘lowest since 2003′

The latest figures on the Tube's performance were published last week by TfL. The figures, covering the period from 8th January to 4th F...

Weightlifting Tube Ad for London 2012 Olympics Re-created

Life imitating ads? Last week a number of people went along to a re-creation of the latest ‘ Get Ahead of the Games ’ poster on the London U...