The role that women play at Transport for London, and in particular London Underground, was one of the themes the Museum wanted to explore during this year’s collaborative collecting project. TfL graduate trainee Laura Sullivan, who currently works in the planning department at London Underground, signed up to be one of the Museum’s community collectors [...]
Two supervisors at North Acton station have created an award-winning garden that provides all-year-round colour to the delight of passengers. The Central Line station’s glorious displays scooped first place in the Cultivated Garden category, as well as coming runner-up in the Best Overall Garden section, in last year’s annual Underground in Bloom contest hosted by [...]
Mark Kirwin, a supervisor at Finchley Central, has created a colourful, award-winning garden on one of the station’s platforms. Practically single-handed he has transformed a derelict piece of ground into an oasis of colour that regularly scoops top awards in London Underground’s annual Underground in Bloom competition. It all began in 2008 when Mark decided [...]
Passengers using Oval station on the Northern line have come to appreciate the ‘Thought for the Day’ quotations put up by station staff in the main concourse. The innovative project began in 2004 and has been taken up by several other stations on the Underground network. It’s a team effort, started by station supervisor Anthony [...]
Tube staff that put up ‘Thought for the Day’ messages at Clapham North station say the project has been an overwhelming success. “Our customers really love them,” said station supervisor Gary Dorrithy, who was prompted to follow a similar scheme introduced at the nearby Oval station, also on the Northern line. “Lots of peoples take [...]
Green-fingered staff at Hampstead station have transformed a derelict piece of wasteland into an award-winning garden. Hampstead is the deepest station on the Underground network, with platforms 192 ft deep, 310 steps and the longest spiral staircase on the network. A long-neglected concrete area behind the station’s street-level ticket hall contained waste bins and was [...]
It’s not every station on the Underground network that has an award-winning garden complete with sculptures, hanging baskets, fruit trees and a pond! Nevertheless this is exactly what staff have created in their spare time at High Barnet station, on the northern tip of the busy Northern line. The driving force behind the gardening project [...]
Staff at a busy London tube station who display humorous ‘Thought for the Day’ quotes have followed it up with a popular web site – and can boast of being featured on Japanese television! It all began in 2011 when Customer Station Assistant (CSA) Ken Walters, who works at Angel Station on the Northern Line, [...]
For most Underground passengers, the experience of your local station may be little more than entering, touching in your Oyster card, descending to the platform and then boarding your train. You may pay little attention to the station around you and not know very much about the staff who work there. Some Underground staff however [...]
Back in October, the Museum worked in partnership with Transport for London’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff network group to collect new staff stories as part of Black History Month. The brilliant contribution from staff on the day means that our finished edited film is now ready to showcase. Thank you so much to [...]
