The London Tube

This is why it is called the tube…

:)

This station is actually among the cleaner and smaller ones. Some of the tube stations are a lot more crowded. I think there are around 10-11 tube lines. Some lines are older and the trains are slower. Tube lines have varying depths underground. Some are probably two floors underground and takes about 20-30 steps of stairs to get out to the road. Some lines, like the northern line, are among the deepest underground. It takes one set of stairs, two long escalators, then another set of stairs to get up to street level. So naturally, they build lifts into these underground stations as well.

Where we are currently staying (Holloway Rd, Islington), the tube station just around the corner from us is “62 + 20 steps” underground. Of course there are two lifts which I’ve always caught after using the stairs twice before.

We came across this sign from another station if you dare to take it.

And if that is not enough…