All of these photographs were taken in tube stations.
Tube station tiles.
Tube tiles in pictures.
When it was built it was the first underground railway in the world and its iconic design features have endured.
The tiles appear to represent london landmarks and associations with the counties served by the london underground.
If you can t easily call to mind the tiling of your local tube station you might want to spare a minute to take.
M how many tube stations can you recognise from the tiles.
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Instantly recognisable the red tiled tube station is an icon of london.
The first tile is a rather good representation of london underground s head office at 55 broadway.
On a station platform with tiled walls many difficulties may arise in attempting to preserve all of the tiling over a long time period.
These much loved stations on the bakerloo northern and piccadilly lines are the work of leslie green 1875 1908.
Matthew chattle alamy hovering over the ground like an art deco flying saucer southgate is the most futuristic of the many underground stations charles holden.
But what we never realised until the nice people over at mental floss pointed it out is how idiosyncratic the tiling and designs on platforms can be.
Metro tiles originally got their name from the distinctive ceramic tiles which were used on the walls of both the london underground and the many new york city subway stations built around the turn of 20th century.
This article covers only ceramic glazed tiles used on walls inside stations mainly in underground passages there being very little that survives above ground.