london underground facts

[Abitrary]

I was just reading a list of facts about the london underground - I like lists, anyone got a problem with that?

And I came across this one at number 38:

Pigeons regularly travel from West Ham in east London to central London on the tube in order to get more food.

http://solo2.abac.com/themole/tubefacts.html

Can this be true? I know that cats go on holiday on trains by themselves but.... hmmm. All the rest of the facts sound true so I'm going to give it some credence.

 

[luplowe]

http://api.ning.com/files/UQSvRDwux...4gBMu0rtovptTmq2hJ/Patterson_Great_Bear85.jpg


my bruv bought me this its great!!!

 

[zimzum42]

I have seen pictures of pidgeons on trains, but I don't reckon they know the routes. Their brain must be the size of a grain of rice...

 

[beanzontoast]

I've seen hundreds of Oysters on the Underground.

 

[willhub]

Disgusting...

Travelling on the tube for 40 minutes is the equivalent of smoking two cigarettes - so save yourself a packet, all you smokers and get on the tube more often.

What else can you inhale down there????

 

[beanzontoast]

I have seen pictures of pidgeons on trains, but I don't reckon they know the routes. Their brain must be the size of a grain of rice...

They don't need to know the routes. They have little undergound maps in the back of their diaries.

 

[red_tom]

http://api.ning.com/files/UQSvRDwux...4gBMu0rtovptTmq2hJ/Patterson_Great_Bear85.jpg

my bruv bought me this its great!!!

Like it!. Wouldn't that have been better though if at the intersections the person concerned was both of the types on the line. You'd need borader catergories though.

Oh and Chancery Lane has the shortest escalator and Angel the longest.

 

[dellzeqq]

Regent's Park, Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park Corner and Bank are some of the few stations which do not have an above ground surface building.

Eh? I accept that Bank has only little stair thingys - as does Blackfriars, and that Hyde Park Corner is part of another building (but see Brixton, Euston, Victoria and any number of others) but Regents Park does have an above ground building. (Retires to Tubespotters Club HQ to read old timetables....)

 

[ianrauk]

I once saw a pigeon hop on a train at Earls Court, then hop off at Fulham Boradway.. bet he didn't have a ticket

I was just reading a list of facts about the london underground - I like lists, anyone got a problem with that?

And I came across this one at number 38:

Pigeons regularly travel from West Ham in east London to central London on the tube in order to get more food.

http://solo2.abac.com/themole/tubefacts.html

Can this be true? I know that cats go on holiday on trains by themselves but.... hmmm. All the rest of the facts sound true so I'm going to give it some credence.

 

[Melvil]

Disgusting...

Travelling on the tube for 40 minutes is the equivalent of smoking two cigarettes - so save yourself a packet, all you smokers and get on the tube more often.

What else can you inhale down there????

How is it equivalent? I'd like to know.

 

[willhub]

Dont know.

Is thise one true?

Men have to sit with their legs apart when travelling on the tube. This is due to special magnetic fibres on the upholstery of the seats which interacts with testosterone to provide an antimagnetic outward force.

 

[Fnaar]

I like the "If Britain had lost the war" tube map (click it to make bigger) and the geographically accurate tube map (again, click to enlarge)

 

[zimzum42]

Regent's Park, Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park Corner and Bank are some of the few stations which do not have an above ground surface building.

Eh? I accept that Bank has only little stair thingys - as does Blackfriars, and that Hyde Park Corner is part of another building (but see Brixton, Euston, Victoria and any number of others) but Regents Park does have an above ground building. (Retires to Tubespotters Club HQ to read old timetables....)

Pray tell me about this building Dellers. As far as I can tell, all there is is a wall and some stairs, hardly a bulding....

 

[Dayvo]

Here's some facts and figures which I'm sure Abitrary will find absolutely fascinating!

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/uk/transport-london/section-7.html

I did almost!

 

[gavintc]

Until recently, it is reported the Met were discouraging Brazilians from travelling. Perhaps pigeons are deemed less of a problem.