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whenthiswasfields

New York is great, but have you seen the rats?

Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago 10 responses

Just come back from first trip to New York and while I’m now sort of guiltily in love with that city (like having an affair behind my beloved London’s back) I have to say I thought the Subway was shocking. Ok, so it’s pretty efficient and runs all night – but my God, the smell, the drippin...

MattFromLondonistpremium

Anyone know the point of those blue number labels in Tube stations?

Posted by MattFromLondonist about 1 year ago
Last active 5 months ago 15 responses

In any Tube station you go to, you can find little number tags all over the place. They’re small and blue with white numerals. Usually presented like fractions e.g. 1/250 They appear on walls, stairs, platforms…everywhere. Anyone know what the hell I’m talking about? Been wondering this for a...

zcrookesy

So, like, what's the windiest tube station?

Posted by zcrookesy about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 17 responses

And by windy i don’t mean: a) bendy passageways or curving corridors b) windypops windy, like the kind humans create as a byproduct. I mean ‘windy’ as in ’’yikes, hold onto your hat, that’s a strong wind…’‘ The warm, polluted, sudden kind that is oh so particular...

themanwhofellasleep

Which celebrities have you spotted on the tube?

Posted by themanwhofellasleep about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 53 responses

I’m always quite impressed when I see celebrities (even minor ones) on the Tube. Despite their fame, they choose to suffer like the rest of us scumbags. So, which celebrities have you spotted on the London Underground. And did you give them a hearty handshake and say “Well done, you’re down with...

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