Collecting for 2013 – Underground Staff Initiatives Project
For most Underground passengers, the experience of your local station may be little more than entering, touching in your Oyster card, descending to the platform and then boarding your train. You may...
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Collecting for 2013 – Angel station’s Thought for the Day
Staff at a busy London tube station who display humorous ‘Thought for the Day’ quotes have followed it up with a popular web site – and can boast of being featured on Japanese television! It all began...
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Collecting for 2013 – High Barnet’s Station Garden
It’s not every station on the Underground network that has an award-winning garden complete with sculptures, hanging baskets, fruit trees and a pond! Nevertheless this is exactly what staff have...
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Collecting for 2013 – Hampstead’s Hidden Garden
Green-fingered staff at Hampstead station have transformed a derelict piece of wasteland into an award-winning garden. Hampstead is the deepest station on the Underground network, with platforms 192...
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Collecting for 2013 – Clapham North’s Thought for the Day
Tube staff that put up ‘Thought for the Day’ messages at Clapham North station say the project has been an overwhelming success. “Our customers really love them,” said station supervisor Gary...
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Collecting for 2013 – Oval Station’s Thought for the Day
Passengers using Oval station on the Northern line have come to appreciate the ‘Thought for the Day’ quotations put up by station staff in the main concourse. The innovative project began in 2004 and...
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Collecting for 2013 – Finchley Central’s Platform Garden
Mark Kirwin, a supervisor at Finchley Central, has created a colourful, award-winning garden on one of the station’s platforms. Practically single-handed he has transformed a derelict piece of ground...
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