Today’s Tube map for the London Underground is clear, obvious, and easy to use. Its semi-abstracted form has been adopted around the world to map subterranean subway tunnels. But it’s useless if you ...

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The London Underground, or “the Tube” as it’s colloquially known, is the oldest metro system in the world. It began its life in January 1863 with a single underground line running between Paddington ...

Scientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to waste fuel. Just as sat-nav did away with the need to argue over the ...

Harry Beck's tube map is a design classic, but is it the most effective representation of the London Underground? Since 2007, Ruth Rosenholtz, principal research scientist at MIT's Department of Brain ...

"Harry Beck's influence is enormous and wide ranging for transport maps. His concept was that when a passenger was underground, it didn't matter to them where they were above ground. As long as they ...

A new map is always a thing to be excited about, particularly one that visualises changes set to impact a city of 8.6 million inhabitants. Transport for London has today unveiled a new version of the ...

There was a time when visitors to London would carry an A to Z map to navigate the city’s Undergound railway system, referring to the iconic London Transport map printed on its back as they did so.

This week, actor and activist Emma Watson and author Reni Eddo-Lodge announced plans to recreate the London Tube map with stations named after historic women and non-binary people connected to the ...

A new version of the London Underground map, created by homelessness charity Shelter, redraws the traditional fare zones to show which areas are affordable if you make an average income. Shelter map ...

Transport for London has created an unexpected version of the legendary London Tube map — a "Walk the Tube" map that shows how long it takes to walk between any two stations. While this might seem ...