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B/W print; A train of 1972 (MkII)-tube stock by Peter Wilson, Jun 1978

© TfL

Main details

Main details for this item.
Reference number
1998/55620
Description
A train of 1972 (MkII)-tube stock, with doors open, in the northbound Northern line platform at Leicester Square station. Illuminated direction signs, with Mexican arrows, are suspended from the tunnel roof above the platform, whilst a train describer can be seen at the far end of the platform. Note also the clock and the cantilever benches, on one of which a man is sitting. Another illuminated sign is located on the tunnel wall, above the roof of the car nearest the camera. Several people are walking up the platform towards the photographer.
Photographer
Dates
Jun 1978
Collection
Object type
  • B/w print
Photograph number
17362-11
Location
Topics
Completeness
58%
  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Descriptive size
    8x6ins
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Text
    Sign: Pass along the platform
    Sign: Platform 3 Embankment Waterloo Clapham Morden
    Sign: Way Out Street Only
    Sign: Auto Sales
    Design
    AttributeValue
    Shot
    medium interior
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Photographer
    Peter Wilson, Jun 1978
  • Associated companies, people and places

    Places
    Location
    Leicester Square Underground station, Cranbourn Street, Westminster, WC2