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- ...that in January 2005 London Underground announced that it would play classical music at stations prone to loitering by youths. A trial had shown a 33% drop in abuse against staff. This had been first tried, with success, on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
- ...that Arsenal is the only Underground station named after a London football club (it was previously known as Gillespie Road). Watford is named after the area which it serves, as is West Ham. The nearest station to West Ham United Football Club is Upton Park.
- ...that the phrase "Mind the gap" is played when trains stop at stations with curved platforms. It has become the Underground's best-known catchphrase.
- ...that five stations are named after pubs: Angel, Elephant & Castle, Manor House, Royal Oak and Swiss Cottage. There might have been a sixth, as the proposed North End Station (between Hampstead and Golders Green) became known as Bull and Bush for the famous nearby drinking house; the station was abandoned before its completion.
- ...that it is possible to travel through ten stations in a row all beginning with the same letter by starting at Hounslow East, travelling towards Heathrow and round the Heathrow loop and returning to Hounslow East again. Intermediate stations are Hounslow Central, Hounslow West, Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3, Heathrow Terminal 4, Hatton Cross again, Hounslow West again, Hounslow Central again, returning to Hounslow East.
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