Alternative London Tube maps
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Alternative London Tube maps
The 1908 London Tube map, presented with geographical accuracy, resembled a confusing, tangled ball of knitting:
![Alternative London Tube maps 752px-Tube_map_1908-2](https://2img.net/h/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Tube_map_1908-2.jpg/752px-Tube_map_1908-2.jpg)
The 1908 London Tube map.
It took the genius of Harry Webb to realise that geographical accuracy is not necessary for passengers travelling underground- all they needed was a topographical impression of the relative position and sequence of the various stations and information about the interchanges from line to line. He arrived at something resembling an electrical circuit diagram- hardly surprising since he was an electrician by trade:
![Alternative London Tube maps Beck_map](https://2img.net/h/britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/beck_map.jpg)
Harry Webb's original 1931 design, the basic principle of which has been adopted by transport systems around the world.
![Alternative London Tube maps Tube_map_thumbnail](https://2img.net/h/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Tube_map_thumbnail.png)
The April 2011 Tube map, much expanded from Beck's original but based on the same topographical principle.
![Alternative London Tube maps 752px-Tube_map_1908-2](https://2img.net/h/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Tube_map_1908-2.jpg/752px-Tube_map_1908-2.jpg)
The 1908 London Tube map.
It took the genius of Harry Webb to realise that geographical accuracy is not necessary for passengers travelling underground- all they needed was a topographical impression of the relative position and sequence of the various stations and information about the interchanges from line to line. He arrived at something resembling an electrical circuit diagram- hardly surprising since he was an electrician by trade:
![Alternative London Tube maps Beck_map](https://2img.net/h/britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/beck_map.jpg)
Harry Webb's original 1931 design, the basic principle of which has been adopted by transport systems around the world.
![Alternative London Tube maps Tube_map_thumbnail](https://2img.net/h/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Tube_map_thumbnail.png)
The April 2011 Tube map, much expanded from Beck's original but based on the same topographical principle.
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![Alternative London Tube maps Patterson_great_bear85](https://2img.net/h/www.olivercloke.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/patterson_great_bear85.jpg)
The Great Bear Tube Map by Simon Patterson.
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![Alternative London Tube maps 15742_declutteredtubemap_2009](https://2img.net/h/londonist.com/wp-content/uploads/new1/15742_declutteredtubemap_2009.jpg)
Ultimate uncluttered Tube map by M@.
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![Alternative London Tube maps Musictube](https://2img.net/h/ni.chol.as/media/geoff-files/sillymaps/musictube.jpg)
Musical Tube map, framed and hanging on my living-room wall.
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![Alternative London Tube maps Rude_map](https://2img.net/h/ni.chol.as/media/geoff-files/sillymaps/rude_map.jpg)
Rude Tube map, with station names replaced by filth.
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![Alternative London Tube maps Tubegeo](https://2img.net/h/ni.chol.as/media/geoff-files/sillymaps/tubegeo.jpg)
Aerial view of London with Tube map superimposed.
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![Alternative London Tube maps Anagrammap](https://2img.net/h/ni.chol.as/media/geoff-files/sillymaps/anagrammap.gif)
Anagrams: station names rearranged.
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![Alternative London Tube maps 5217896496_526fab9663_b](https://2img.net/h/farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5217896496_526fab9663_b.jpg)
Flooded Tube map showing potential effect of sea-level rise by 2100.
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![Alternative London Tube maps Hdmputneydistrict](https://2img.net/h/londonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hdmputneydistrict.jpg)
Gail Townsley's hand-drawn map of the Wimbledon branch of the District line.
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It was Paul Middlewick who first spotted that the Tube map conceals a number of animals:
![Alternative London Tube maps Bat_1](https://2img.net/h/www.animalsontheunderground.com/images/bat_1.gif)
Bat.
![Alternative London Tube maps Bat_1](https://2img.net/h/www.animalsontheunderground.com/images/bat_1.gif)
Bat.
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Cockerel.
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Elephant.
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Polar Bear.
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![Alternative London Tube maps Stellatube](https://2img.net/h/londonist.com/attachments/Matt/stellatube.jpg)
Samuel Arbesman of Harvard university came up with this handy Tube map of the Milky Way.
I wonder if he'd let us use it for our new logo?
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