Beck was an electrical draughtsman who based the Underground map on the circuit drawings ... is between Epping and West Ruislip on the Central Line, with 34 miles between them.

READ MORE - Central line trains will not stop at east London station platform for two months Over the coming weeks, we’ll be using maps to tell you the story of each of London’s Tube lines.

Early tube maps often omitted stations further ... preserved on the southbound platform at Finchley Central station, on the Northern line. He died in 1974 at the age of 72.

Checking your feed has just become easier as phone signal will soon be available across large swathes of the London Underground ... lines, with more to follow in central London later ...

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