Pictures of England – The London Underground

This is part in an ongoing series where I will feature some of my Photography of London and England up until we leave for our trip in November. I’m an avid amateur photographer and love sharing my photos. If you’d like to see all the pictures in this series check out the gallery here.

This picture is from my second trip to London in 2004. It’s the Lancaster Gate Tube Stop, which was the tube station that was in the neighborhood near our hotel (Thistle Lancaster – which is no longer a hotel). It’s a great tube stop because it’s central and you can quickly get access to any part of London.

It’s also one of the oldest stops on all of the Underground and you can see it in the old tiles on the walls, the old stairs leading the trains and ticket hall. You can just feel history standing on the platform.

I love standing on a tube platform, waiting for the next train. There is nothing better than the feeling of the wind rushing through the station as a tube carriage approaches. The wind, the sound and the smell – rodents scurrying along the tracks. Local Londoners may not appreciate it, but I count it as one of my Anglophile Zen Places. I could stand there all day.

What’s your Favorite Tube Stop?