Category: Advertising
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Many extolled the fact TfL had made a mess of the line maps at certain stations on the Bakerl0.0. It can now be said that has all been put right and there are no longer any Bakerl0.0 line maps showing Kilburn Park and Maida Vale the wrong way round! One of the corrected maps at…
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Oxf0.0rd Circus and Marylebone stations today joined TfL’s latest tube brew up! The former is similar to Waterl0.0 however its not quite so comprehensive in the variation seen at the latter. Marylebone also came on stream – and even though its contribution appears to be the smallest of all – it actually has the BIGGEST…
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This week the Bakerloo line gained new advertising! Its for Heineken’s 0.0 lager with pretty negligible alcohol (at the most 0.05%). Hence the Bakerloo was restyled as the Bakerl0.0 line! The 0.0 looks better in Johnston and that explains why the advert has a great effectiveness when one views it in that particular font. Some…
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With stations such as Paddingtron located in the core route through the centre of London, here are some pictures which shows the advertising that have, erm… changed the former Crossrail line for the better! Its quite a rarity for TfL (otherwise known as Tronsport for London) to have almost every single station on the core…
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Classically, the tube has always had upright advertising. On some escalators new digital screens mimic the old arrangement of printed advertising known as Escalator Panels which means each screen is in an upright format. The new ones are known as DEPs (Digital Escalator Panels). With the advent of the new cross London route (also one…
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Last week most of Central London had copies of the Evening Standard with a special feature cover from Great Western Railway. It was no doubt aimed at day trippers who might wish to take advantage of GWR’s new IETs (their green Azumas if you like!) Especially those faster services that are being offered with the…
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