Interesting how some of the station diagrams look like Escher drawings -- something about the crossover of escalator/stairs is drawn with a funny perspective?
3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
11–20 of 59 posts
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#12I look at these and still don't understand some stations :D I swear there isn't really a tube - you just walk to your destination underground and the train is an illusion.
> the train is an illusion.
It's just there to hide the level loading.
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#13Many aren't very detailed. I could do with more detail on e.g. King's Cross, a station where it's easy to be suckered into a much longer walk to / from your platform if you don't know some of the shortcuts.
Yes, that's one of the most confusing. http://leewoodprojects.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2955... is a more useful diagram (unfortunately I can't find the original source)
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#14There are several 'ghost' station that are missing from this list:
https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/hidden-london
More details here: https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/hidden-london
Angel is a fascinating station - it used to be an island platform like Clapham Common and Clapham North, but was rebuilt in the early 90's due to safety concerns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_tube_station#Station_reb...) and until Terminal 5 opened, had the longest escalators in the UK.
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#15Bethnal Green is the site of a horrific ww2 bombing incident. Belsize Park may be one of the deep shelter stations?
Belsize Park has a deep shelter which is connected to the station but has been used as a storage facility for a while.
Semi-accessible currently and is known within the urbex community
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/belsize-park-deep-leve...
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#16[deleted]
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#17Bethnal Green is the site of a horrific ww2 bombing incident. Belsize Park may be one of the deep shelter stations?
Belsize Park has a deep shelter which is connected to the station but has been used as a storage facility for a while. Semi-accessible currently and is known within the urbex community https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/belsize-park-deep-leve...
There’s a few tours of the deep level facilities on YouTube now - fascinating from a Cold War civil defence perspective (things you thought you’d never see, even second hand):
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#18Bethnal Green is the site of a horrific ww2 bombing incident. Belsize Park may be one of the deep shelter stations?
The incident:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35938274
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#19My sister used to draw pedestrian maps of the Paris metro, to discover the “One way” paths that you can take upstream (can, but may not!). Sometimes a 100m walk can become 5m. Very uncitizenly of her, but very amusing.
Re: 3D Diagrams of London Underground Stations
#20Slightly disappointed by the absence of Stratford (which has its own tube-style map for navigating the station, although does include national rail, etc.) but otherwise very cool.