One of the many benefits of being a London Transport Museum volunteer is that from time to time one gets invited to events that aren’t normally open to the public. Recently the Corporate Archives Unit at Transport for London ran an internal event at 55 Broadway as part of the Underground 150th anniversary celebrations. Invitations [...]
What does your Oyster card holder mean to you? Did you get it for free, buy it especially, or receive it as a gift? Do you use it as a wallet or just to keep your Oyster card safe? Oyster wallets come in all colours, patterns and styles, from simple plastic holders to fancy leather [...]
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 [...]
