I am writing this while sitting in the underground tube and I started writing at the Knightsbridge station and the tube is
running via the Picadilly station.My compartment suddenly got crowded at Hyde Park corner. There are a lot of people sitting
here and the time is 21:17 Hours. I am travelling to work.I have a night shift today. I will change tubes at king's Cross
St.Pancras and take any one the tubes to Liverpool street. I could take a Hammersmith and City or circle or Metropolitan line
from King's Cross to Liverpool Street. The person sitting in front of me has worn a Blazer and is playing with a game on his
big rectangular PSP. A couple are talking to each other. They are the loudest in the compartment and have an American accent.
They have some boxes with them which have some some Chinese script on them. The lady opened a box and showed her partner a
pen which she found inside the box. The top of the pen had the ability to produce a thin layer of red light. A white girl is
helping cool herself with a chinese / Japanese manual fan.There is a pretty white girl wearing a pink top and a white short
pant. She is with her friend. I just changed tubes at King's Cross St Pancrass. I am going towards Liverpool Street. This
tube is a lot different from the one I was in.This seems to be a little older than the one I was in. The direction of the
alignment of the seats isperpendicular to the length of the tube. So the arrangement of the seats is more like the
arrangement of the seats in an overground train.
cushions of the seats of the tube that I am in, is Blue in colour with thick orange squares. They also have Blue ( different
shade ) square.The handles for resting the hands is red and grey in colour. The horizontal and vertical poles which are used
to hold by the people standing in the underground tubes is Blue in colour. No one is standing right now though. There are
three tube maps above one set of seven seats. Two of which are the maps of only the Picadilly line and the one in the centre
is the whole tube map. There are two adverts above each Picadilly map. Hence there are four adverts per set of seats ( seven
places to sit in one set). Between the four maps, there is a small horizontal screen to display information about the name of
the next tube station and other information as well. There is also a computerised announcement inside the tube before and at
each tube station. Ocassionaly the driver also announces stuff about planned line closures etc in his mic. There is one
rectangular window below each Picadilly line advert. Each window has a no smoking board and the window near the doors says
please keep feet off seats. Above each window, there is a red coloured switch to open and close the fan I guess ( or may be
the window itself ). There are six sets of seats in one compartment / carriage / car / cab, three on each side. So people sit
facing each other. There are four doors for the passengers and two doors to go to the adjacent compartments / cabs. These 2
doors have the following written on them : door alarmed on yellow background, keep clear access required at all times on a
blue background. The above 2 messages have an exclamation mark on their left. The 3rd message says fire extinguisher located
in driver's cab. I can see number 859 on the left of this door and Bombardier transportation on its top right. There is a
passenger emergency alarm on the doors. On the top left. And on its left hand side, the following is written : In an
emergency, use the passenger emergency alarm to alert the driver. It is safer to stay on the train than attempting to get
off. Follow instructions from staff or emergency services. Do not take any risks. There are heaters below each set of seats.
Thank god, they are not on now :-). Its summer and already warm. I think there are two ventilators between each set of 2
seats. I have reached Picadilly Circus now and cant observe any more in the tube as it is getting crowded and is blocking my
view. Moreover I am feeling little awkward to look around and copy what is written on the tube. The seats near the doors are
priority seats and should be given to disable people. There is a glass slab near each door and adjacent to the seat closest
to the door. This glass slab is perpendicular to the plane of the door.The floor is grey and has white and blue spots of
irregular shapes.
Got in the next tube which is very old and different from the tubes that run on the Picadilly line. I got in the tube at the
King's Cross station. This one has irregular sized seats and the cushions on these is Blue in colour and has light blue and
maroon isoceles triangles on it. The allignment of the seats is perpendicular to the length of the tube. Above the wondows
there is space to keep the luggage. Can see Sapbrc written on the top of the windows. In the new tube I also saw the
following written near the entry exit door for the passengers - Video cameras for your added security video cameras are being
introduced on London underground trains. People whoassault our staff or vandalise our property will be procecuted.
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