The
Victoria line is part of the
London UndergroundThe London Underground, Underground or Tube is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK. The first section opened in 1863, and was the first underground railway system in the world, and, starting in...
system and is a deep-level line running from the south (Zone 2) to the north-east (Zone 3) of
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
. It is coloured light blue on the
Tube mapThe tube map is the schematic diagram representing the lines and stations of London's rapid transit rail system, the London Underground ....
and, in terms of the average number of journeys per mile, is the busiest line on the network. It is the only line on the Underground, except for the two-station
Waterloo & City lineThe Waterloo & City line is a short underground railway line in London, which was formally opened on 11 July 1898. It has only two stations, Waterloo and Bank...
, which is operated entirely underground, with the only section of track to emerge above ground being the route to the depot from Seven Sisters to
Northumberland ParkNorthumberland Park Depot is the service and storage area for trains on the Victoria Line of the London Underground, the only part of the line not in tunnel...
. The line has hump-backed stations which allow trains to store gravitational potential energy as they slow down and release it when they leave a station. This provides an energy saving of 5% and makes the trains run 9% faster. 174 million passengers use the Victoria line each year. Each platform constructed specifically for the Victoria Line from new is 132.6 metres long.
History
A new tube railway running from
VictoriaVictoria is an informal area of inner city London, lying wholly within the City of Westminster, and named after Victoria of the United Kingdom....
to
WalthamstowWalthamstow is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, North East London, England, located north east of Charing Cross. Walthamstow is bordered to the north by Chingford, south by Leyton and Leytonstone, east by the southern reaches of Epping Forest at Woodford and west by Tottenham and...
was first proposed by a Working Party set up by the
British Transport CommissionThe British Transport Commission was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain...
in 1948. The main purpose of the line was to relieve congestion in the central area. The Private Bill necessary for construction was introduced into Parliament in 1955. The Bill described a line from Victoria to Walthamstow (
Wood StreetWood Street railway station is in Walthamstow, now part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest in north east London. It is in Travelcard Zone 4, and the station and all trains are operated by National Express East Anglia...
). There was also a proposal, although this was not included in the Bill, for a subsequent extension from Victoria to Fulham Broadway station on the
District LineThe District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels. It is the busiest of the sub-surface lines and the third busiest overall on the Underground network. Out of the 60...
.
Construction work began in 1962 on the Walthamstow — Victoria section and continued until 1972, when Pimlico station was opened. A test tunnel from
TottenhamTottenham is an urban area of North London, England in the London Borough of Haringey, situated north-east of Charing Cross.-History:There has been a settlement at Tottenham for over a thousand years...
to
Manor HouseThis article is about the district in North London. For the building in Soho see Manor House, 21 Soho SquareManor House is a district of North London.-Location:...
under
Seven Sisters RoadSeven Sisters Road is a road in north London, England.It is an extension of Camden Road, running from Holloway Road at the Nags Head crossroads then on to another crossroads with Blackstock Road and Stroud Green Road...
had been constructed in 1959 and this was later integrated into the running tunnels.
Barbara CastleBarbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT was a British left-wing politician, born Barbara Anne Betts in Chesterfield, Derbyshire , who adopted her family's politics, joining the Labour Party.Elected to Parliament in 1945, she rose to become one of the most important...
, the Minister of Transport, gave approval on 4 August 1967 for the Brixton extension to be built. Preparatory work had already started at a site at Bessborough Gardens near Vauxhall Bridge Road in May 1967, and on 28 June 1968
Richard MarshRichard William Marsh, Baron Marsh PC is an English politician and business executive.Marsh was educated at Woolwich Polytechnic and represented Greenwich as a Labour Party Member of Parliament between 1959 and 1971...
, then Minister of Transport, approved the proposal to build a station at
PimlicoPimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster. Like Belgravia, to which it was built as a southern extension, Pimlico is known for its grand garden squares and impressive Regency architecture....
.
The name "Victoria line" dates back to 1955; other suggestions were "Walvic line" (
WalthamstowWalthamstow Central is a London Underground and commuter rail station on the Victoria Line and the Chingford branch of the London commuter rail network operated by National Express East Anglia...
- Victoria) and "Viking line" (
VictoriaVictoria station may refer to:Railway stations:* London Victoria station, a National Rail and London Underground station* Manchester Victoria station* Norwich Victoria railway station * Nottingham Victoria railway station...
- King's Cross). Legend has it that a person in the planning department remarked that "Victoria line" sounded "just right" at which point it was adopted as the working title of the new line.
The Victoria line was designed to relieve congestion on other lines, in particular the
Piccadilly lineThe Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the third busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1, with...
, as well as to maximise possible interchanges. It had been intended to build the line past Walthamstow Central to
Wood Street (Walthamstow)Wood Street railway station is in Walthamstow, now part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest in north east London. It is in Travelcard Zone 4, and the station and all trains are operated by National Express East Anglia...
, where it would surface to terminate next to the British Railways station. Proposals were also made to extend the line as far as
South WoodfordSouth Woodford tube station is a London Underground station on the Central Line, between Snaresbrook and Woodford in Zone 4.-History:The station opened as South Woodford on 22 August 1856 as part of the Eastern Counties Railway branch to Loughton, which was eventually extended to Epping and...
or
WoodfordWoodford is a London Underground station in Woodford in the London Borough of Redbridge, United Kingdom.The station is on the Central Line between South Woodford and Buckhurst Hill. The station is also a terminus for services from Hainault via Chigwell....
, to provide interchange with the
Central lineThe Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Out of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...
. However, a late decision in 1961 saw the line cut back to Walthamstow (Hoe Street) station which was renamed Walthamstow Central in 1968.
Each Victoria line station apart from
PimlicoPimlico is a London Underground station in Pimlico, City of Westminster. It is on the Victoria Line between Victoria and Vauxhall in Zone 1. The station opened on 14 September 1972 more than a year after the rest of the line had become fully operational....
was built as an interchange station, and several existing stations were rearranged to allow for
cross-platform interchangeA cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly so named...
with the new line. In some cases this was achieved by placing the Victoria line platforms on either side of the existing station, while in others the Victoria line uses one of the older platforms and the existing line was diverted into a new platform.
At
EustonEuston tube station is a London Underground station served by the Victoria Line and both branches of the Northern Line. It directly connects with the Euston mainline station above it. The station is in Travelcard Zone 1....
, northbound Victoria and
Northern line (Bank branch)The Northern line is an underground railway in London, United Kingdom that is coloured black on the London Underground Tube map. The line's two branches carry 206.734 million passengers per year—the highest on the London Underground system. For most of its length it is built as a deep-level...
trains run along adjacent platforms, although they travel in opposite directions. "Same-direction" cross-platform interchanges are available at
StockwellStockwell tube station is a London Underground station in Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated between Clapham North and Oval on the Northern Line, and between Vauxhall and Brixton on the Victoria Line. It is also the only station on the Morden branch of the Northern line...
(with the Northern line),
Oxford CircusOxford Circus is a London Underground station serving Oxford Circus at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, with entrances on all four corners of the intersection. The station is an interchange between the Central, Victoria and Bakerloo Lines...
(with the
Bakerloo lineThe Bakerloo line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. It runs partly on the surface and partly at deep level, from the Elephant and Castle in south-east to Harrow & Wealdstone in north-west of London. The lines serves 25 stations of which 15 are underground...
),
Highbury & IslingtonHighbury & Islington station is a National Rail, London Overground, and London Underground station in the London Borough of Islington in north London. It serves the suburbs of Highbury and Islington....
(with
First Capital ConnectFirst Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006...
, originally the
Northern City LineThe Northern City Line is a railway line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line. It should not be confused with the City branch of the Northern line, nor with the North London Line....
) and at
Finsbury ParkFinsbury Park Station is a busy transport interchange in North London. The interchange consists of an interconnected National Rail station, London Underground station and two bus stations. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place...
(with the Piccadilly line).
All Victoria line stations were originally tiled in a nondescript cool blue/grey colour fashionable at the time. Each station was decorated with tiled motifs in seating recesses to help identify the station. During the construction of the
Jubilee lineThe Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground , in the United Kingdom. It was built in two major sections - initially to Charing Cross in Central London, and later extended in 1999 to Stratford in East London. The later stations are notable for their larger size and safety features...
in the late 1970s, the original motifs on
Green Park stationGreen Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park, close to the intersection of Piccadilly and the pedestrian Queen's Walk...
were replaced by motifs matching the new design for the
Jubilee lineThe Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground , in the United Kingdom. It was built in two major sections - initially to Charing Cross in Central London, and later extended in 1999 to Stratford in East London. The later stations are notable for their larger size and safety features...
platforms. These were in turn also replaced in 2009 by replicas of the origin design.
Opening
The first section to be opened was between Walthamstow Central and
Highbury & IslingtonHighbury & Islington station is a National Rail, London Overground, and London Underground station in the London Borough of Islington in north London. It serves the suburbs of Highbury and Islington....
. There was no initial opening ceremony, instead the normal timetable started on Sunday September 1, 1968. The first train left Walthamstow Central for Highbury & Islington at about 6.30am. Later that year, the section between Highbury & Islington and Warren Street was opened, again without ceremony.
The official opening ceremony took place at
Victoria stationVictoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a major London Underground, National Rail and coach station in the City of Westminster. It is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo. It is in Travelcard Zone 1...
on 7 March 1969: The Queen unveiled a commemorative plaque on the station concourse. After a short ceremony, she purchased a 5d ticket (five old pence = 2.08p) and travelled to
Green ParkGreen Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park, close to the intersection of Piccadilly and the pedestrian Queen's Walk...
.
Princess AlexandraPrincess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy , is a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She is the widow of Sir Angus Ogilvy. Prior to her marriage she was known as Princess Alexandra of Kent...
opened the
BrixtonBrixton is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is predominantly residential with a prominent street market and substantial retail sector...
extension on 23 July 1971, making a journey from
BrixtonBrixton tube station, a station on the London Underground opened on July 23 1971, is the southern terminus of the Victoria Line.It is located in Brixton Road, and is about 100m from Brixton railway station . From the ticket hall, three escalators take passengers to and from the platforms...
to
VauxhallVauxhall station is a National Rail, London Underground and London Buses interchange station. It is at the Vauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach to Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames in the London district of Vauxhall...
. The
Prince of WalesCharles, Prince of Wales is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1952, he has been heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. After earning a bachelor of arts from Trinity College, Cambridge, Charles served a tour of duty with Royal Navy...
and the
Duke of EdinburghThe Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Philip was originally a royal prince of Greece and Denmark, and thus a member of the Danish-German House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, but renounced these titles shortly before his marriage and adopted the...
had previously made a visit to the line during its construction. In July 1968, they visited tunnel workings under Vauxhall Park.
Service and rolling stock
Trains run every two minutes during peak periods. In normal service, all trains run from
BrixtonBrixton tube station, a station on the London Underground opened on July 23 1971, is the southern terminus of the Victoria Line.It is located in Brixton Road, and is about 100m from Brixton railway station . From the ticket hall, three escalators take passengers to and from the platforms...
to
Seven SistersSeven Sisters station is a National Rail and London Underground Victoria Line station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London.The station is in Travelcard Zone 3....
, roughly three out of five continuing to Walthamstow Central.
The Victoria line is served by a fleet of 43
1967 Tube Stock trainsThe 1967 Stock is the deep-level tube stock currently in operation on the Victoria Line. It is currently the oldest type of deep tube stock in service on London Underground....
. Each is made up of two four-car units. These are due to be replaced by the 2009 Tube Stock from late 2009 onwards (see below). In the early planning stages of the line, an articulated type of rolling stock was considered, but the idea was dropped because of difficulties in transferring the stock to Acton Works for heavy overhauls. Due to it's wider profile, the new 2009 tube stock will also be line-bound, with all maintenance work taking place at Northumberland Park.
The line is equipped with an
Automatic Train OperationAutomatic train operation ensures partial or complete automatic train piloting and driverless functions.Most systems elect to maintain a driver to mitigate risks associated with failures or emergencies....
system (ATO); the train operator (driver) closes the train doors and presses a pair of "start" buttons, and if the way ahead is clear, the ATO drives the train at a safe speed to the next station and stops there. This system has been in place since the line opened in 1968, making the Victoria line the world's first full-scale automatic railway.
The future
The
1967 stockThe 1967 Stock is the deep-level tube stock currently in operation on the Victoria Line. It is currently the oldest type of deep tube stock in service on London Underground....
is due for replacement over the next few years as part of
Transport for LondonTransport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England...
's 5-year £10 billion redevelopment project. The replacement for the line's
1967 Tube StockThe 1967 Stock is the deep-level tube stock currently in operation on the Victoria Line. It is currently the oldest type of deep tube stock in service on London Underground....
will be the
2009 Tube StockThe 2009 stock is a type of London Underground train built by Bombardier Transportation as part of their Movia family at their Litchurch Lane Works in Derby, England. Bombardier Transportation UK was formerly ADtranz, and before that ABB Asea Brown Boveri, who built the 1992 Stock currently used...
built by
Bombardier TransportationBombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier Inc.. Bombardier Transportation is the world’s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters is in Berlin, Germany....
. The first prototypes were built in 2006 and have been tested out of service from 2008, with the main fleet due to enter service between 2009 and 2012. The signalling will also be replaced with a more modern ATO system from Westinghouse Rail Systems during the Victoria line upgrade.
When the Victoria line was constructed, severe budget restrictions were imposed and as a result the station infrastructure standards were lower than on older lines and on later extension projects. Examples of these lower standards include narrower than usual platforms and undecorated ceilings at Walthamstow Central, Blackhorse Road and
Tottenham HaleTottenham Hale , is a National Rail and London Underground Victoria Line station in Tottenham, north London. It is on Hale Road near the Tottenham Hale one-way gyratory system...
, adversely affecting lighting levels. At most stations there is still a concrete staircase between the up and down escalators, where an additional escalator could be installed. The lack of a third escalator can cause severe congestion at peak times. However in recent years an additional escalator has been installed in place of the fixed stairway at Brixton (2004) and Vauxhall (2006).
There have been station closures for safety reasons, when both escalators have been unserviceable. Over many years, heavy equipment has been installed in unsightly fenced-off sections at the ends of platforms owing to the lack of anywhere else to install them. It is not clear from
Transport for LondonTransport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England...
's Five-Year Investment Programme whether these shortcomings are likely to be remedied.
Supporters of Tottenham Hotspur (and the club itself) have campaigned for a surface station to be opened next to
Northumberland Park StationNorthumberland Park railway station is located in Northumberland Park, London, United Kingdom. The stations and all trains servicing it are operated by National Express East Anglia.- Overview :...
, adjacent to the line's depot. This would improve the football ground's transport links, seen as essential if the club's wish to redevelop their ground and increase crowd capacity is to become a reality. The idea was looked into, but
Network RailNetwork Rail owns and operates Britain’s rail infrastructure. It is a British "not for dividend" company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares....
own the necessary land and need it for their own expansion plans.
If the
Chelsea-Hackney lineThe Chelsea-Hackney line is a safeguarded route for an underground railway running from south-west London to north-east London. During the early 2000s the plan was developed by Cross London Rail Links Ltd., the developers of Crossrail , and the line is therefore sometimes known as Crossrail...
were to be built then it would relieve a lot of congestion on the Victoria line, offering an alternative route across Central London between Victoria and
King's Cross St. PancrasKing's Cross St. Pancras is a tube station in the London Borough of Camden, on the London Underground network, serving both King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.-Interchange:King's Cross St...
.
For many years there have been proposals to extend the line one stop southwards from Brixton to
Herne HillHerne Hill railway station is in Herne Hill, a location in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London, England. Its location is .The station is above road level near the junction of five main roads, between Railton Road and Milkwood Road. There is no entrance in Milkwood Road, but there is a...
. Herne Hill station would be on a large reversing loop with one platform. This would remove a critical capacity restriction by eliminating the need for trains to reverse at Brixton. However this would be expensive and cannot currently be justified on cost-benefit grounds. Because the current line is heavily overcrowded this is considered to be the only extension proposal with any realistic prospect of coming to fruition; but to have any hope of being built, it would have to be seen to be effective in reducing overcrowding (by enabling trains to run more frequently) and not to increase it.
Map
The
TFL line diagram is available online.
Stations
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Walthamstow CentralWalthamstow Central is a London Underground and commuter rail station on the Victoria Line and the Chingford branch of the London commuter rail network operated by National Express East Anglia...
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September 1, 1968 |
Motif: William MorrisWilliam Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, socialist and Marxist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris wrote and published poetry, fiction, and translations of ancient and medieval texts...
pattern by Julia Black. |
Blackhorse RoadBlackhorse Road station is a London Overground and London Underground station in Walthamstow, London, England.The station is on the Victoria Line and the London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking Line, in Travelcard Zone 3 and is the least used station on the Victoria Line with 6.179 million...
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September 1, 1968 |
Motif: A Black Horse by Hans Unger. |
Tottenham HaleTottenham Hale , is a National Rail and London Underground Victoria Line station in Tottenham, north London. It is on Hale Road near the Tottenham Hale one-way gyratory system...
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September 1, 1968 |
Motif: A ferry punt This article concentrates on the history and development of punts and punting in England, for other usages see Norfolk punt and the general disambiguation pages at punt and punter....
by Edward BawdenEdward Bawden, CBE, RA was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. He was also famous for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture...
- referencing the station's location on Ferry Lane and the former ferry crossing. |
| Seven Sisters Seven Sisters station is a National Rail and London Underground Victoria Line station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London.The station is in Travelcard Zone 3....
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September 1, 1968 |
Motif: Seven ElmElm leaves are alternate, with simple, single- or, most commonly, doubly-serrate margins, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. The genus is hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers which, being wind-pollinated, are apetalous. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara...
trees on green background by Hans Unger. |
Finsbury ParkFinsbury Park Station is a busy transport interchange in North London. The interchange consists of an interconnected National Rail station, London Underground station and two bus stations. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place...
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September 1, 1968 |
Motif: Crossed duelAs practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies, a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with their combat doctrines. In the modern application, the term is applied to aerial warfare between fighter pilots...
ling pistols by Tom EckersleyTom Eckersley was an English poster artist and teacher of design.-Early career:Tom Eckersley was born on 30 September 1914 in Lancashire. His artistic training began in 1930 when he enrolled at Salford Art School, where his abilities were soon recognised and he was awarded the Heywood Medal for...
- referencing the park's use as a duelling venue. |
Highbury & IslingtonHighbury & Islington station is a National Rail, London Overground, and London Underground station in the London Borough of Islington in north London. It serves the suburbs of Highbury and Islington....
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September 1, 1968 |
Motif: Manor House on Highbury Hill by Edward BawdenEdward Bawden, CBE, RA was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. He was also famous for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture...
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King's Cross St. PancrasKing's Cross St. Pancras is a tube station in the London Borough of Camden, on the London Underground network, serving both King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.-Interchange:King's Cross St...
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December 1, 1968 |
Motif: Five crowns in a cross on a blue background by Tom EckersleyTom Eckersley was an English poster artist and teacher of design.-Early career:Tom Eckersley was born on 30 September 1914 in Lancashire. His artistic training began in 1930 when he enrolled at Salford Art School, where his abilities were soon recognised and he was awarded the Heywood Medal for...
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EustonEuston tube station is a London Underground station served by the Victoria Line and both branches of the Northern Line. It directly connects with the Euston mainline station above it. The station is in Travelcard Zone 1....
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December 1, 1968 |
Motif: Doric Arch at Euston station by Tom EckersleyTom Eckersley was an English poster artist and teacher of design.-Early career:Tom Eckersley was born on 30 September 1914 in Lancashire. His artistic training began in 1930 when he enrolled at Salford Art School, where his abilities were soon recognised and he was awarded the Heywood Medal for...
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Warren StreetWarren Street tube station is a London Underground station. It is on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line, between Goodge Street and Euston, and the Victoria Line between Oxford Circus and Euston. It is in Travelcard Zone 1 and is the nearest tube station to University College Hospital,...
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December 1, 1968 |
Motif: A maze or "Warren" by Alan Fletcher Alan Gerard Fletcher was a British graphic designer. In his obituary, he was described by The Daily Telegraph as "the most highly regarded graphic designer of his generation, and probably one of the most prolific"....
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Oxford CircusOxford Circus is a London Underground station serving Oxford Circus at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, with entrances on all four corners of the intersection. The station is an interchange between the Central, Victoria and Bakerloo Lines...
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March 7, 1969 |
Original motif: Abstract pattern in a circle with line colours of BakerlooThe Bakerloo line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. It runs partly on the surface and partly at deep level, from the Elephant and Castle in south-east to Harrow & Wealdstone in north-west of London. The lines serves 25 stations of which 15 are underground...
, CentralThe Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Out of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...
and Victoria lines by Hans Unger, present only on the southbound platform as of summer 2008. Second motif from 1984: Snakes and Ladders, present only on the CentralThe Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Out of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...
platforms as of summer 2008. |
Green ParkGreen Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park, close to the intersection of Piccadilly and the pedestrian Queen's Walk...
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March 7, 1969 |
Original motif: Green dots representing trees in Green Park by Hans Unger. Second motif from 1986: Leaves by June Fraser. Original motif restored in 2009 |
VictoriaVictoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a major London Underground, National Rail and coach station in the City of Westminster. It is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo. It is in Travelcard Zone 1...
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March 7, 1969 |
Motif: Blue cameo of Queen Victoria on pink background by Edward BawdenEdward Bawden, CBE, RA was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. He was also famous for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture...
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PimlicoPimlico is a London Underground station in Pimlico, City of Westminster. It is on the Victoria Line between Victoria and Vauxhall in Zone 1. The station opened on 14 September 1972 more than a year after the rest of the line had become fully operational....
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Motif: A pattern of varied sized spots by Peter Sedgely — modern art at the nearby Tate GalleryThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
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| Vauxhall Vauxhall station is a National Rail, London Underground and London Buses interchange station. It is at the Vauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach to Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames in the London district of Vauxhall...
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July 23, 1971 |
Motif: Old Vauxhall Pleasure GardensVauxhall Gardens /vɒks'ɔ:l/ was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London, England from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Originally known as New Spring Gardens, the site was believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660 with the first...
by George Smith. |
| Stockwell Stockwell tube station is a London Underground station in Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated between Clapham North and Oval on the Northern Line, and between Vauxhall and Brixton on the Victoria Line. It is also the only station on the Morden branch of the Northern line...
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July 23, 1971 |
Motif: The Swan by Abram GamesAbram Games , British graphic designer.Born Abraham Gamse in Whitechapel, London on the day World War I began in 1914, he was the son of Joseph Gamse, a Latvian photographer, and Sarah, a seamstress born on the border of Russia and Poland. His father anglicized the family name to Games when Abram...
- references the name of a pubA public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises in countries and regions of British influence. Although the terms often have different connotations, there is little definitive difference between pubs, bars,...
nearby. |
BrixtonBrixton tube station, a station on the London Underground opened on July 23 1971, is the southern terminus of the Victoria Line.It is located in Brixton Road, and is about 100m from Brixton railway station . From the ticket hall, three escalators take passengers to and from the platforms...
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July 23, 1971 |
Motif: A ton of Bricks by Hans Unger. |
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