"persist to this day. """" has a single-player level named ""Mind The Gap"" where most of the level takes place between the dockyards and Westminster while the player and a team of SAS attempt to take down terrorists attempting to escape using the London Underground via a hijacked train. The game also features the multiplayer map ""Underground"", in which players are combating in a fictitious Underground station. The London Underground map serves as a playing field for the conceptual game of Mornington Crescent (which is named after a station on the Northern line) and the board game ""The London Game""."
"inform the public), ""person on the track"", ""passenger action,"" but most commonly ""one under"", or ""jumper"" — well-known phrases across the network. Those who survive are often charged with offences such as ""endangering safety on the railway"" and ""obstruction of trains with intent"". About half of the stations, mostly those actually underground, have a pit under the tracks. Originally constructed to drain water, they have now been shown to reduce the number and severity of injuries and deaths, although not to eliminate them: as a Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson has said, ""people fall into [the pits] and the train"
"Mind the gap ""Mind the gap"" () is an audible or visual warning phrase issued to rail passengers to take caution while crossing the horizontal, and in some cases vertical, spatial gap between the train door and the station platform. The phrase was first introduced in 1969 on the London Underground in the United Kingdom. It is today popularly associated with the UK among tourists because of the particularly British word choice (this meaning of the verb ""mind"" has largely fallen into disuse in the US). The phrase ""Mind the gap"" was coined in around 1968 for a planned automated"
"Inspector Sands ""Inspector Sands"" is a code phrase used by public transport authorities in the United Kingdom, including Network Rail and London Underground, to alert staff and other agencies, such as the police, to an emergency or potential emergency such as a fire or bomb scare without alerting the public and creating panic. The exact wording depends on the station and the nature of the incident. For example: ""Would Inspector Sands please report to the operations room immediately."" or ""Would Inspector Sands please report to Platform 2"". The automated public address announcement can be generated automatically by the station's fire"
"being caught unaware and sustaining injury by stepping into the gap. The phrase ""Mind the gap"" was chosen for this purpose and can be found painted along the edges of curved platforms as well as heard on recorded announcements played when a train arrives at many Underground stations. The recording is also used where platforms are non-standard height. Deep-level tube trains have a floor height around less than sub-surface stock trains. Where trains share platforms, for example some Piccadilly line (deep-tube) and District line (sub-surface) stations, the platform is a compromise. On London's Metropolitan line, a gap has been created"
"in a station. Similarly, Poems on the Underground has commissioned poetry since 1986 that are displayed in carriages. The Underground (including several fictitious stations) has been featured in many movies and television shows, including ""Skyfall"", ""Die Another Day"", ""Sliding Doors"", ""An American Werewolf in London"", ""Creep"", ""Tube Tales, Sherlock"" and ""Neverwhere"". The London Underground Film Office received over 200 requests to film in 2000. The Underground has also featured in music such as The Jam's ""Down in the Tube Station at Midnight"" and in literature such as the graphic novel ""V for Vendetta"". Popular legends about the Underground being haunted"
"announcement, after it had become impractical for drivers and station attendants to warn passengers. London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts. As data storage capacity was expensive, the phrase had to be short. A concise warning was also easier to paint onto the platform. The equipment was supplied by AEG Telefunken. According to the ""Independent on Sunday"", sound engineer Peter Lodge, who owned Redan Recorders in Bayswater, working with a Scottish Telefunken engineer, recorded an actor reading ""Mind the gap"" and ""Stand clear of the doors please"", but the actor insisted on royalties and"
"London Underground station underneath Piccadilly Circus. In 2011, the single was re-issued as a 7"" picture disc with a fold-out poster and a different version of ""Engine"". The song contains references to Anne Frank. In 1945, World War II ended and Frank and her sister Margot died of typhus. The lyric ""all when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes"" could be seen as a reference to the White Rose resistance group that existed in Nazi Germany in the early 1940s, though songwriter Jeff Mangum claims that he had never heard of the movement before ""In the Aeroplane"
"Suicide on the London Underground Suicide on the London Underground has been an issue since the Underground (also known as the 'Tube') opened in the 19th century. It involves a person intentionally jumping into an oncoming train's path so that the impact kills them. Suicides on English railways increased significantly following newspaper reports in 1868 about the method; all injuries on the country's railways must be reported, in accordance with the Regulation of Railways Act 1873. Underground management and train drivers use several phrases to refer to suicides, sometimes using ""person under a train"" or ""passenger taken unwell"" (usually to"
"a moving train across snowy mountain peaks. It was a prominent utterance by the subterranean cannibal killer of the 1972 movie ""Death Line"". The phrase is also featured in the soundtrack of the game ""Timesplitters: Future Perfect"" in the Subway level. It is also the title of a Noisettes song on their album ""What's the Time Mr. Wolf?"". The phrase is used in the songs ""Deadwing"" by Porcupine Tree, ""Bingo"" by Madness, ""Someone in London"" by Godsmack, Metal Airplanes by Matthew Good and ""New Frontier"" by the Counting Crows. Emma Clarke, one of the voices of the London Underground, has"
"attention. The automated nature of the announcement and its high priority means that it has occasionally been known to cut into manual (lower priority) announcements being made by station staff. The code phrase ""Mr. Sands"" was used in theatres, where sand buckets were used to put out fires, as a code for fire. The word ""fire"" backstage would cause alarm to either performers or the audience. Inspector Sands ""Inspector Sands"" is a code phrase used by public transport authorities in the United Kingdom, including Network Rail and London Underground, to alert staff and other agencies, such as the police, to"
"gap"" is used by transit systems worldwide, particularly when there are stations on curves, but most new systems tend to avoid these types of stations. Despite its origin as a utilitarian safety warning, ""Mind the gap"" has become a stock phrase, and is used in many other contexts having little to do with subway safety. The phrase is printed on iconic souvenir T-shirts that Transport for London sells, featuring the warning printed over the network's roundel logo. It has been used as the title of at least two music albums by Scooter and Tristan Psionic, a film, and a novel,"
"1991. In order to increase the clarity of the announcement (especially for individuals not fluent in English) the phrase was replaced with ""doors closing"" in 2004. In 2011, the """"doors closing"""" recording was replaced in post-refurbishment Metrocars with a simple beeping sound, similar to that of the London Underground. The train emits a solid 3-second beep when the doors are released, and a rapid 3-second beeping immediately before the doors are closed, in line with the 2010 UK Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (RVAR). When the automated next station announcements were introduced they featured a female announcer, however during late 2014"
"While the ""Clockwork Orange"" nickname is often used in tourist guidebooks and local literature, it is virtually unused by locals, who will refer to the system simply as ""the Subway"", ""the Tube"" or, less commonly, ""the Underground"". Prior to the introduction of new trains in the 1970s the name ""Shoogly Train"" was used because the design of the cars allowed a degree of movement or ""shoogle"" between the backrest and squab of each seat. The celebrated Glaswegian writer and broadcaster Cliff Hanley composed a satirical song about the pre-modernisation era Subway entitled ""The Underground Song"". It was popular as a"
"view the whole platform. Also passenger carriages are straight, so doors will not always open directly onto a curved platform – often a platform gap is present. Usually such platforms will have warning signs, possibly auditory, such as London Underground's famous phrase ""Mind the gap"". There may be moveable gap filler sections within the platform, extending once the train has stopped and retracting after the doors have closed. The New York City Subway employs these at 14th Street–Union Square on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and at Times Square on the 42nd Street Shuttle, and formerly at the South Ferry"
"Hans Rosling's ""Gapminder"" software. The phrase was the title of a 1999 game show hosted by Paul Ross, made for ITV by Carlton Television. Episode 3 Season 1 of Rick and Morty uses the phrase in Anatomy Park. Also used in Minions movie when minions leave the train. Mind the gap ""Mind the gap"" () is an audible or visual warning phrase issued to rail passengers to take caution while crossing the horizontal, and in some cases vertical, spatial gap between the train door and the station platform. The phrase was first introduced in 1969 on the London Underground in"
"July 2013 and one in February 2014. London Underground—also known as the Underground or the Tube—is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. The network opened in 1863 and contained of route track by 1975; that year three million people used the service each day. The Tube was one of the safest methods of transport in Britain in 1975. Apart from suicides, there were only 14 deaths on the Underground between 1938 and 1975, 12 of which occurred in the 1953 Stratford crash. Moorgate station, in the City"
"the internal decorative tiling features large images of cricketers in various stances. In 2004 station staff started to use a whiteboard to display a handwritten ""thought of the day"" from the Tao Te Ching for the benefit of passengers. This idea then spread to other Underground stations such as North Greenwich, where the content relates to events at the nearby O2 Arena. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 3–6 minutes between 06:03 and 00:27 in both directions. London Bus routes 3, 36, 59, 133, 155, 159, 185, 333, 415 and 436 and night routes N3, N109,"
"London. The name soon came to be applied to the station itself, which was the gateway that most visitors used to enter the gardens. It later came to mean any substantial railway station building (a different Russian word, станция (""stantsiya""), is used for minor stations). The word ""voksal"" (воксал) had been known in the Russian language with the meaning of ""amusement park"" long before the 1840s and may be found, e.g. in the poetry of Aleksandr Pushkin: (""To Natalie"" (1813): ""At fêtes or in ""voksals"", /I've been flitting like a gentle Zephyrus"" []) According to Vasmer, the word is first"
"referred to as a 'conductor'; it's also the name used in the railway's rule book. Many train companies use alternative names for the role (conductor, senior conductor, train manager), but the role is mostly the same regardless of operator. On the UK light railways and tramways, conductors have all but disappeared in an operational sense and now the term 'conductor' is commonly used for revenue and customer service staff. Historically 'operational' conductors were the 'norm' on all systems including the London Underground (who used the term 'guard' like the mainline railway). With exception to the Blackpool system, London Underground and"
"of British popular songs arranged broadly chronologically, beginning with ""Going Underground"" by The Jam, suggesting a ride on the London Underground. During this track images of the Underground were projected onto the house and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone was briefly seen. Throughout the sequence cast members were texting each other or placing social networking status updates on the Internet. Frankie and June first notice each other as a snippet from ""Wonderful Tonight"" by Eric Clapton plays, but when Frankie saw that June had dropped her phone on the Tube, he set off to return it (communicating using last number"
"""subway"", ""underground"", ""Untergrundbahn (U-Bahn)"" in German, or the ""Tunnelbana (T-bana)"" in Swedish; the use of viaducts inspires names such as ""elevated"" (""L"" or ""el""), ""skytrain"", ""overhead"", ""overground"" or ""Hochbahn"" in German. One of these terms may apply to an entire system, even if a large part of the network (for example, in outer suburbs) runs at ground level. In most of Britain, a ""subway"" is a pedestrian underpass; the terms ""Underground"" and ""Tube"" are used for the London Underground, and the North East England Tyne and Wear Metro, mostly overground, is known as the ""Metro"". In Scotland, however, the Glasgow"
"Safety on the London Underground This article is primarily concerned with accidents on the London Underground network, which carries around a billion passengers a year. Statistically, there is just one fatal accident for every 300 million journeys. There are several safety warnings given to passengers, such as the traditional 'mind the gap' announcement and the regular announcements for passengers to keep behind the yellow line. Relatively few accidents are caused by overcrowding on the platforms, and staff monitor platforms and passageways at busy times preventing people entering the system if they become overcrowded. Most fatalities on the network are suicides."
"the new station was named Gorton and Openshaw, and it reverted to its original name by 1977. It was referred to as Openshaw in the 1964 song ""Slow Train"" by Flanders and Swann. Only two platforms now remain in use. The station has a ticket office, which is manned on a part-time basis six days per week (06:25-13:30 weekdays, 07:00-14:10 Saturdays). At other times, tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train. There are no permanent buildings left at platform level other than basic waiting shelters. Train running information is offered via timetable posters, digital CIS displays and"
"London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving the capital city London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. Opened in 1863, it is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines; the first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network"
"with another arriving from Leicester, killing one passenger and injuring 23 people on the incoming train. The cause was blamed on the intermediate starter signal being lowered before the main starter was ready; the view of the latter was obscured by the smoke. On 11 December 2015, a train pulling into the station caught fire, causing it to be evacuated. The cause was believed to be a fault in its air conditioning unit. The London Underground station is on the Bakerloo line between Baker Street and Edgware Road stations and is, along with the main line station, in Transport for"
"and children can be heard from the stairwell and ticket hall. It is believed that this is because of the 173 people crushed to death in the stairway during World War II. The now closed British Museum station was reputed to be haunted by the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh, Amen-Ra, which would appear and scream so loudly that the noise would carry down the tunnels to the adjourning Holborn station. London Underground in popular culture The London Underground has long provided inspiration in various areas of popular culture. Filming is now managed all over the system but most commonly"
"London Underground (Merton himself preferring journeys with a view). Despite his love of train travel, he stated he hadn't known about the concept of request stops until making the series. The spokespeople for the campaign group Friends of Reddish South Station, who featured in the series, praised Merton's level of knowledge and evident research into their campaign. The series was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the 8pm-9pm slot on Sunday nights. According to Claire Webb of the ""Radio Times"", Merton was ""in his element pootling around railways with a flat cap and a boyish grin"". Sam Wollaston of ""The"
"station boxes are left uncovered, such as at Stratford International in London, UK – which is located in ""Stratford Box"", a concrete-sided cutting. The lowest level – where the platform for the arriving and departing trains are – is called the ""platform level"". Often another underground level – the ""concourse level"" – is placed on top of the platform level: This level would contain ticket vending machines or/and offices, the station master room, technical rooms, stores and shops, and other station facilities. Station box A station box is a term in the construction industry: It describes a box-like underground structure"
"algorithms for Internet applications. Analysis of the Underground as a network may also be helpful for setting safety priorities, since the stations targeted in the 2005 London bombings were amongst the most effective for disrupting the transportation system. Since its beginnings in the 19th century, the Tube network has evolved greatly. London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving the capital city London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. The Underground has its origins"
"be heard, at Paddington for example. In March 2013 an old ""Mind the gap"" recording by the actor Oswald Laurence was restored to the curved northbound platform at Embankment station on the Northern line so that the actor's widow could hear his voice. Because some platforms on the London Underground are curved and the rolling stock that uses them are straight, an unsafe gap is created when a train stops at a curved platform. In the absence of a device to fill the gap, some form of visual and auditory warning is needed to advise passengers of the risk of"
"name was used as a term of amazement and exclamation by British comedy double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer during the series ""Vic Reeves Big Night Out"". Finsbury Park station Finsbury Park is a busy intermodal interchange station in north London. The interchange consists of a National Rail station, a London Underground station and two bus stations, all interconnected. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place. The National Rail ticket office here lies in between one entrance marked by the Underground roundel symbol, while the other is marked by the National Rail symbol, and provides"
"to offer the eye lotion for free on request, in his memory. As recently as 1954 Stanley Coleman wrote in his 'Treasury of Folklore: London' ""that you may ask [at the bar] for eye lotion and the publican will measure you out an ounce or two"" though it no longer came from the well in the cellar which had dried up when Edgware Road Tube station had been built on the site. The nearest London Underground stations are Baker Street, Edgware Road (Bakerloo line), Edgware Road (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines), Paddington station, Warwick Avenue and Marylebone. Bus"