The London Underground map almost looked very different this year. There were at least 27 new names considered for the London Overground lines before being dropped. The rebranding project was part ...

Forget New York and its Subway and Paris with its Métro, the London Tube network is the ... Bob Mazzer The designer of the Underground map was Harry Beck, who based it on an electrical circuit ...

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be using these maps to tell you the story of each of London’s Tube lines. For now, though – here’s a brief history of the entire London Underground told ...

This is an alley that runs alongside some railway arches in west London that is either very useful or if you turn up at the wrong time, a dead-end.

But good news, because one kind graphic designer has created a new cycle map that shows all of London’s cycle paths connected to green spaces and waterways, which means you can avoid cycling ...

Update: Since we published this article on Wednesday, the Mayor of London ... swiftly updated map of bookswaps. Black pins indicate defunct locations, most of which are Tube stations.