When these companies were consolidated in the 1960s, a new map was created using a “Beckian grid.” Named after Harry Beck, ...

The base map is printed directly on PCB ... an ESP8266 — and pulling the information about the trains from the London Underground API (it would be virtually impossible to build everything ...

Among the names that didn’t make the cut were the Winton line, referencing Nicholas Winton’s rescue of Jewish children during ...

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 ...

But it’s not the only London Underground map out there. Transport for London (TfL) has actually created 12 different Tube maps over the years – most recently the #TunnelMap, to support public ...

All images courtesy The Map House Victoria Line Interchange Sketches, Harry Beck, 1961-1964 At the heart of this history is Harry Beck, a British engineer who, in 1933, created the first official ...