Five underground lists that Time Out didn't use
1) Tube station apostrophes
with: Earl's Court, King's Cross St Pancras, Queen's Park, Regent's Park, St James's Park, St John's Wood, St Paul's, Shepherd's Bush
without: Barons Court, Canons Park, Gants Hill, Golders Green, Knightsbridge, Parsons Green, Rayners Lane
2) How many carriages in each train?
four: East London, Waterloo & City
six: Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Piccadilly, Northern
seven: Bakerloo, Jubilee
eight: Central, Metropolitan, Victoria
3) Deep level stations with exit by lift or stairs only: Belsize Park, Borough, Caledonian Road, Chalk Farm, Covent Garden, Edgware Road (Bakerloo), Elephant & Castle, Gloucester Road (Piccadilly), Goodge Street, Hampstead, Holland Park, Holloway Road, Kennington, Lambeth North, Lancaster Gate, Mornington Crescent, Queensway, Regent's Park, Russell Square, Shadwell, Tufnell Park, Wapping
4) Stations where Metronet have just this week started ripping off all the tiles in preparation for an 18 month refurbishment programme: Mile End (god help us)
5) 100-year-old tube stations (first opened in mid-December 1906): Arsenal (as Gillespie Road), Caledonian Road, Finsbury Park, Green Park (as Dover Street), Holborn, Holloway Road, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Leicester Square, Russell Square
[which may give you a clue to what I'm writing about tomorrow...]
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