London Underground Non-Pocket Maps

This is a catalogue of official maps of the underground railway system of London -- other than pocket maps, which are catalogued in a separate list. This list is maintained by Peter Lloyd in London, England. Please e-mail any comments, corrections, or additions to me at ursa@easynet.co.uk. This is a private web site, and I have no connection with the bodies responsible for rapid transit in London. (See www.thetube.com and www.londontransport.com for the official sites for the Tube and the London Transport Museum, respectively.)

There is no official list of these maps, and Anne Letch's booklet covers only one of these -- the 'London' maps. (The last column of the map tables indicates the source of information: P = my private collection, L = Anne Letch's booklet).

Index to this page:

1. References
2. Brief history of the non-pocket maps
3. The basic map printed differently
- 2.1 Insert maps
- 2.2 Large-print maps
4. The map extended to Greater London
5. Full-colour embedded map
- 5.1 Geographia street plans
6. Single-colour embedded maps
- 6.1 How to cross London
7. Geographical maps
- 7.1 'London' maps
- 7.2 'Railway map'

1. References

Anne Letch (2000)
	"London Transport Bus & Tube Maps: A Collectors' Guide, 1920-2000. Published in June 2000 by Nebulous Books, Cromwell House, II Oliver Rise, Alton, Hampshire GU34 2BN. Telephone 01420 89264. A four-page photocopied supplement was issued in 2001. Copies of this booklet are sometimes for sale in the shop of the London Transport Museum, in Covent Garden.

2. Brief history of the non-pocket maps

As far back as the Stingemore maps of the 1920s, and in at least one editon as far back as 1911, the trifold pocket card map has been the mainstay of the London Underground map. The non-pocket maps have played certain peripheral roles in the history of maps of London's underground railway system:

Insert maps.
These are printed from the same design as the pocket maps, but on thin paper for inclusion as inserts in guidebooks. There were a number of these in the 1950s and 1960s. They have passed out of use because improvements in printing techhniques enable the map to be incorporated more easily in the body of another publication.
Embedded full-colour maps
Henry Beck's diagram has been embedded in a wide range of other publications, such as London street maps, tourist guides, desk diaries, and such-like. Early lithographic ones were printed from the same form, and hence in the same size as, as the pocket maps. Later, with photolithography, they could be reduced to fit. Later still, computerised maps could readily be edited and distorted in various ways to fit in with the surrounding document.
Pocket diary maps
These are a truncation of the pocket design, allowing the central part of the map to be printed on a smaller sheet paper, which is then bound into a pocket diary. These have a long lineage, going back at least to the 1940s. A pocket diary map is not simply a slice out of the middle of the pocket map, but is adjusted in various ways to fit.
Embedded single-colour maps
Where a Tube map was embedded in a document that was printed with less than full colours (either a single colour of ink, or maybe two), a special version of the map was used, not simply a grey-tone rendering of the normal map. Henry Beck produced a basic single-colour design (with both black-on-white and white-and-black versions), in which all of the various lines of the Underground were represented by the same form of drawn line: (i.e. there was no differentiation of Central line, District line, and so on). This was widely used until 1960. Paul Garbutt later produced a version in which each line was distinguished by a line style -- solid, broken, dotted, etc.
Regional diagram maps
Henry Beck formulated maps of the greater London area that extended his diagram outwards. These were rejected by LT because they were 'too complicated' for the travelling public. In 1973, the year before Beck died, LT and BR jointly issued precisely such a map, drawn by Tim Demuth. These cointinue today as the London Connections diagram, both as a leaflet and as a poster.
Geographic maps
These show the underground railway in its physical context. A short series were produced in the late 1930s, and a much longer series in the 1950s and 1960s. This sort of map occasionally re-emerges.

Insert maps

These maps seem to have been intended as inserts in guide books. The design of each one is essentially the same as the corresponding pocket map, except that (a) they are printed on thin paper, rather than card, so that they will fit more snugly in between the leaves of the book; (b) some were printed on only one side, with no index of stations, and no grid. I have, however, spoken to people who say they remember such maps being distributed freely at stations. Maybe they were used as substitutes if a station ran out of card maps.

Nowadays, they are found loose and unattached in the collectors' market, and it is impossible to tell whether they were ever inserts. They are also found in the following guidebooks:

Underground Guide: this had an insert map glued to the inside back cover.
- Winter 1957-58: no grid on map, and no printing on reverse side.
- Winter 1962: grid on map, and station index on reverse side.
- Winter 1963: grid on map, and station index on reverse side.
The LT booklet "How to get there" (1967) had an insert map glued to its inside back cover, which had a grid on the map and a station index on the reverse. (The 1971 edition, however, did not. It had only a black-and-white map printed onto the page.)

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	S
1968	(None)	(None)	(None) Dating: Victoria line shown as completed from Warren Street northwards, and under construction southwards to Victoria. This matches pocket map 1968 No. 3. The design is not quite identical to the pocket map: the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines westward from Rayners Lane have a gap of white space between them -- although this might be a misprint.	P
c. 1972	(None)	(None)	(None) Dating: Victoria line shown from Victoria to Walthamstow: this section opened in December 1968; but Brixton extension is not show. The map seems to match Pocket Maps from July 1968 to December 1970.	P

Travelcard maps

These maps are printed on thin paper and can be folded up into a tiny rectangle that fits snugly into the plastic Travelcard wallet.

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	S
1995/01	January 1995	(None)	Travelcard Season Tickets	P
1996/03	March 1996	(None)	Travelcard Season Tickets	P
1999/01	January 1999	(None)	Season Tickets	P
2000/01	January 2000	(None)	Season Tickets	P
2001/01	January 2001	(None)	Season Tickets	P
2001/06	June 2001	(None)	Season Tickets	P

London Connections

This series of maps began in 1973, under the title "London's Railways". One side comprised T.P. Demuth's remarkable new design, which had a Beck-style coloured map at its centre, and covered the whole of London. The British Rail lines were drawn in Beck's style, albeit in a single colour. On the other side was large black-and-white Garbutt map.

At some point in or around the 1980s, this was replaced by the "London Connections Map" published by British Rail. One side was like Demuth's map but in colour and with less Beckian features. The other side was a map of mainline services in the South-East corner of England.

Published Dated Reference Title Variants S

1973/01 1973 outside
March 1973 No. 1 173/M/300,000 London's Railways (None) P

1975/06 1975 outside
July 1975 No. 3 inside 675/2553M/500,000 London's Railways
(Designer T.P. Demuth) (None) P

1992/04 10 May 1992 - 16 May 1993 ASU/BS-44/92 The London Connections Map
(Designer Bernard Slater) (None) P

1995/04 from 29 May 1995 (None) The London Connections Map
(from an original design by Bernard Slater) (None) P

1996/09 until 31 May 1997 (None) London Connections
Rail and Underground Services
(from an original design by Bernard Slater) (None) P

1996/09 until 27 September 1997 (None) London Connections
Rail and Underground Services
(from an original design by Bernard Slater) (None) P

1999/10 until 27 May 20001 (None) London Connections
Rail and Underground Services
(None) P

1999/05 until 23 September 20001 (None) London Connections
Rail and Underground Services (None) P

1999/09 until 19th May 2001 (None) London Connections
Rail and Underground Services (None) P

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	Variants	S
1973/01	1973 outside March 1973 No. 1	173/M/300,000	London's Railways	(None)	P
1975/06	1975 outside July 1975 No. 3 inside	675/2553M/500,000	London's Railways (Designer T.P. Demuth)	(None)	P
1992/04	10 May 1992 - 16 May 1993	ASU/BS-44/92	The London Connections Map (Designer Bernard Slater)	(None)	P
1995/04	from 29 May 1995	(None)	The London Connections Map (from an original design by Bernard Slater)	(None)	P
1996/09	until 31 May 1997	(None)	London Connections Rail and Underground Services (from an original design by Bernard Slater)	(None)	P
1996/09	until 27 September 1997	(None)	London Connections Rail and Underground Services (from an original design by Bernard Slater)	(None)	P
1999/10	until 27 May 20001	(None)	London Connections Rail and Underground Services	(None)	P
1999/05	until 23 September 20001	(None)	London Connections Rail and Underground Services	(None)	P
1999/09	until 19th May 2001	(None)	London Connections Rail and Underground Services	(None)	P

How to Cross London

These sheets have black-and-white Beck-style, diagrammatic map of the Underground, with written notes on how to cross London by public transport. Issued by London Transport.

Published Dated Reference Title S

1936 36-359-100M "How to Cross LONDON by Underground" P

1937 37-1113-125M "How to Cross LONDON by Underground" P

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	S
1936		36-359-100M	"How to Cross LONDON by Underground"	P
1937		37-1113-125M	"How to Cross LONDON by Underground"	P

Fare maps

Published Dated Reference Title S

1953 (None) 1253/2585D/250M "CHEAP EVENING RETURN FARES"
"Monday to Saturday after 5 p.m.
STARTING MONDAY 25 JANUARY" P

1981/09 (None) 981/000445/250M "Save space on the Metropolitan line"
"Off-peak travel is cheaper and roomier!" P

1981/09 (None) 981/000447/500M "FARES FAIR"
"New lower and simpler fares on London's Buses And Tubes.
Starts Oct 4th" P

1983 (None) 683/05300/400M(R)/G.1573 "JUST THE TICKET"
"NEW SIMPLER FARES ON LONDON'S BUSES AND TUBES.
STARTS 22ND MAY" P

1997/01 January 1997 (None) "London Transport Fares and Tickets"
Subtitled: "Your guide to Bus and Underground fares, tickets and zones from 5 January 1997" P

1997/05 January 1997
Revised May 1997 (None) "London Transport Fares and Tickets"
Subtitled: "Your guide to Bus and Underground fares, tickets and zones from 5 January 1997" P

1999/05 January 1999
May 1999 edition (None) "Underground and Bus fares within Greater London"
Subtitled: "Guide to fares, tickets and zones" P

2000/01 January 2000 (None) "Fares and tickets"
Subtitled: "Guide to Tube and bus fares, tickets and zones within Greater London" P

2000/08 January 2000
(August 2000 edition) (None) "Fares and tickets"
Subtitled: "Guide to Tube and bus fares, tickets and zones within Greater London" P

2001/01 January 2001 (None) "Fares and tickets"
Subtitled: "Guide to Tube, bus, Tramlink and DLR fares, tickets and zones within Greater London" P

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	S
1953	(None)	1253/2585D/250M	"CHEAP EVENING RETURN FARES" "Monday to Saturday after 5 p.m. STARTING MONDAY 25 JANUARY"	P
1981/09	(None)	981/000445/250M	"Save space on the Metropolitan line" "Off-peak travel is cheaper and roomier!"	P
1981/09	(None)	981/000447/500M	"FARES FAIR" "New lower and simpler fares on London's Buses And Tubes. Starts Oct 4th"	P
1983	(None)	683/05300/400M(R)/G.1573	"JUST THE TICKET" "NEW SIMPLER FARES ON LONDON'S BUSES AND TUBES. STARTS 22ND MAY"	P
1997/01	January 1997	(None)	"London Transport Fares and Tickets" Subtitled: "Your guide to Bus and Underground fares, tickets and zones from 5 January 1997"	P
1997/05	January 1997 Revised May 1997	(None)	"London Transport Fares and Tickets" Subtitled: "Your guide to Bus and Underground fares, tickets and zones from 5 January 1997"	P
1999/05	January 1999 May 1999 edition	(None)	"Underground and Bus fares within Greater London" Subtitled: "Guide to fares, tickets and zones"	P
2000/01	January 2000	(None)	"Fares and tickets" Subtitled: "Guide to Tube and bus fares, tickets and zones within Greater London"	P
2000/08	January 2000 (August 2000 edition)	(None)	"Fares and tickets" Subtitled: "Guide to Tube and bus fares, tickets and zones within Greater London"	P
2001/01	January 2001	(None)	"Fares and tickets" Subtitled: "Guide to Tube, bus, Tramlink and DLR fares, tickets and zones within Greater London"	P

Penalty fares:-

Published Dated Reference Title S

1995 December 1995 (None) "A guide to penalty fares"
Subtitled: "and how to avoid them" P

1996 August 1996 (None) "Penalty Fares"
Subtitled: "Your questions answered. Includes ticket zones map" P

1997 October 1997 (None) "Penalty Fares"
Subtitled: "Your questions answered. Includes ticket zones map" P

1999/08 August 1999 (None) "Penalty Fares"
Subtitled: "Your questions answered" P

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	S
1995	December 1995	(None)	"A guide to penalty fares" Subtitled: "and how to avoid them"	P
1996	August 1996	(None)	"Penalty Fares" Subtitled: "Your questions answered. Includes ticket zones map"	P
1997	October 1997	(None)	"Penalty Fares" Subtitled: "Your questions answered. Includes ticket zones map"	P
1999/08	August 1999	(None)	"Penalty Fares" Subtitled: "Your questions answered"	P

Large-print maps

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	S
1993	(None)	9/93 Diary 1A	(No title. Map on one side: other side blank. The design is, however, the same as the following item; and the LT worker who sold me the map said it was te large-print edition.)	P
2000/09	(None)	Folder 9.00	"Large print Tube map"	P

Large Geographic Underground Maps

(Large size: 450 mm x 604 mm)

In the 1930s, LU used the term "map" for geogaphic maps, and "diagram of lines" for the diagrammatic maps. A series of six maps were produced during 1937 to 1939, and the same design appeared in a one-off in 1947.

Published Dated Reference Title Variants S

"UNDERGROUND RAILWAY MAP"
Title roundel: "LONDON TRANSPORT"
F1 starred design 1937/04+ 1937, No.1 (None) (None) P

1938/H1 1938, No.1 (None) (None) P

1938/Q2 1938, No.2 (None) (None) P

"UNDERGROUND MAP"
Title roundel: blank
F1 mauve design 1939/H1 1939, No.1 (None) (None) L

1939/06 1939, No.2 (None) (None) P

1939/Q3+ 1939, No.3 (None) (None) P

MAP AND SOME PLACES OF INTEREST 1946/12 No. 1, 1947 1246/3594F/250M. (None) P

Published	Dated	Reference	Title	Variants	S
"UNDERGROUND RAILWAY MAP" Title roundel: "LONDON TRANSPORT" F1 starred design	1937/04+	1937, No.1	(None)	(None)	P
1938/H1	1938, No.1	(None)	(None)	P
1938/Q2	1938, No.2	(None)	(None)	P
"UNDERGROUND MAP" Title roundel: blank F1 mauve design	1939/H1	1939, No.1	(None)	(None)	L
1939/06	1939, No.2	(None)	(None)	P
1939/Q3+	1939, No.3	(None)	(None)	P
MAP AND SOME PLACES OF INTEREST	1946/12	No. 1, 1947	1246/3594F/250M.	(None)	P

These maps have only the year printed on them, not the month. The following table of events enable us to date most of them to the nearest quarter. This information is from Steven Rose's "The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History" (ISBN 1854142194).

Event Date 1937 1938 1939

No.1 No.1 No.2 No.1 No.2 No.3

Post Office renamed as St Paul's 1937/02/01 Y Y Y ? Y Y

Northwick Park & Kenton renamed as Northwick Park 1937/03/15 Y Y Y ? Y Y

St Mary's (Whitechapel) closed 1938/04/30 N N Y ? Y Y

Highgate renamed as Highgate (Archway) 1938/pre-July N N Y ? Y Y

Highgate (Archway) renamed as Archway (Highgate) 1939/06/11 N N N ? Y Y

St John's Wood renamed as Lord's 1939/06/11 N N N ? Y Y

East Finchley opened 1939/07/03 N N N ? N Y

West Hampstead etc opened 1939/11/20 N N N ? N N

Event	Date	1937	1938	1939
No.1	No.1	No.2	No.1	No.2	No.3
Post Office renamed as St Paul's	1937/02/01	Y	Y	Y	?	Y	Y
Northwick Park & Kenton renamed as Northwick Park	1937/03/15	Y	Y	Y	?	Y	Y
St Mary's (Whitechapel) closed	1938/04/30	N	N	Y	?	Y	Y
Highgate renamed as Highgate (Archway)	1938/pre-July	N	N	Y	?	Y	Y
Highgate (Archway) renamed as Archway (Highgate)	1939/06/11	N	N	N	?	Y	Y
St John's Wood renamed as Lord's	1939/06/11	N	N	N	?	Y	Y
East Finchley opened	1939/07/03	N	N	N	?	N	Y
West Hampstead etc opened	1939/11/20	N	N	N	?	N	N

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