Tube tiles in pictures.
Tube station tiles.
M how many tube stations can you recognise from the tiles.
Whatever your feelings about the commute the london underground is a fairly remarkable system.
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All of these photographs were taken in tube stations.
Instantly recognisable the red tiled tube station is an icon of london.
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But what we never realised until the nice people over at mental floss pointed it out is how idiosyncratic the tiling and designs on platforms can be.
This article covers only ceramic glazed tiles used on walls inside stations mainly in underground passages there being very little that survives above ground.
Matthew chattle alamy hovering over the ground like an art deco flying saucer southgate is the most futuristic of the many underground stations charles holden.
The first tile is a rather good representation of london underground s head office at 55 broadway.
Metro tiles originally got their name from the distinctive ceramic tiles which were used on the walls of both the london underground and the many new york city subway stations built around the turn of 20th century.
On a station platform with tiled walls many difficulties may arise in attempting to preserve all of the tiling over a long time period.
These much loved stations on the bakerloo northern and piccadilly lines are the work of leslie green 1875 1908.
When it was built it was the first underground railway in the world and its iconic design features have endured.