The London Underground is 150 years old this week. On 9 January 1863 the Metro service opened to the public and now the system transports over 1000 million passengers each year.

Not only is the London Underground one of the busiest public transport networks in the world, it's also one of the most iconic, with a rich visual language that includes the infamous roundel logo and the diagrammatic map designed by harry beck in 1933.

To mark the anniversary of the 'tube' we've collected some playful reinterpretations of beck's iconic design...

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Published on: January 10, 2013
Cite: "The London Underground, 150 years" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/london-underground-150-years> ISSN 1139-6415
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