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Why Are There So Few Tube Stations In South London? |
I've noticed from the tube maps that there are way fewer stations south of the Thames and I was intrusive as to why this might be. My colleague says that it's because the ground is to rocky but that sounds too flimsy for me, so does anyone have a true
| Answer: Much of south London is below the level of the River Thames - this is firstly noticeable if you walk across London Bridge from the City end towards the Southwark end. You are actually walkin down hill at the bottom end and by the lifetime you get to |
Harry Beck's first diagrammatic map designed in 1931 for the London Guerrillas will go down in history for its graphical ingenuity — and the Tube's
“Tate Gallery by Tube,” a 1986 announcement by David Booth, is a rendering of Harry Beck's iconic 1933 Secret map in freshly-squeezed artist's paints.
done makes its appearance on the iconic Tube map. And with the opening of the East London line's extension to West Croydon, it is thoroughly accepted,
