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Metallica Banned From Tube

Don’t worry you can still listen to Metallica on your iPod whilst traveling on the tube, the ban relates to a poster for the bands recent collaboration with Lou Reed. TFL ruled the poster could not be displayed on the Underground network as it ‘looks too much like graffiti’ The album cover features a limbless [...]

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New Geo Tube Map

A brand new Geographical London Tube Map has been designed. The new map is the work of Mark Noad and he has posted the map online and plans to launch an iPhone app in the coming days. We think the map is genius! It greatly improves on the original tube map. You can view the [...]

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New Pocket Tube Map Cover

The latest art commission by ‘Art on the Underground’ for the front cover of the Pocket Tube Map, is now available from Tube stations. The work is a tracing of the artist’s own hand in pencil; the creases and lines of the hand are represented by lines drawn in the various colours of the Tube [...]

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Tube Drivers Pay Rise

London Underground Tube drivers are set to see their pay increase by 5%. In a deal negotiated by the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and London Underground, Tube drivers can expect to see their average pay rise from £46,000 to over £50,000. The Four-year deal gives London Underground staff a 5% rise in the [...]

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