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London Underground's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but True Stories

Learn all about the strange, peculiar, and mysterious (yet fantastic!) world that is the London Underground

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately referred to, the Tube. Here readers will find stories of the real Underground, the strange and twisted nooks and crannies of what happens hundreds of miles below millions of London legs—from its peculiar past through to its paranormal present and looking forward to its fascinating future. Located deep beneath the heart of Greater London, the Underground is awash with more strangeness than you can shake your prepaid train card at. So, pack up your day bag and travel stop-by-stop with us on this strange and fantastic journey along the Northern, Picadilly, Metropolitan, Jubilee, Hammersmith & City, and District Line, and explore the Underground as you've never seen it before with this treasure trove of the humorous, the odd, and the baffling—an alternative travel guide to the Underground's best-kept secrets.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 176 pages

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