London’s Tube is a dramatically different service to what it was in the 1980s. Not only has it spread to new stations and seen old stations close, but we’ve also got contactless payments and a smoking ban in place, these days.
It was also the decade that saw the introduction of the Heathrow loop on the Piccadilly line, as we as zoning as a ticket pricing method.
And since the end of the 80s, we’ve had the Hammersmith and City line established in the 90s, and even TfL being formalised in 2000.
That’s all without mentioning the additions of the DLR in 1987, London Overground in 2010, and the Elizabeth line just 3 years ago to London’s transport network.
When you look back at the pictures now though, there is one line that still looks surprisingly familiar, the Bakerloo line. This is because even in 2025 the trains running on the line date back to 1972, the oldest running commercially in the UK.
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