Tottenham Court Road Underground Station - Escalator Animated Ads & Mosaics by Angella

Angella — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:28:09 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

This station grows on you. When I arrived at Tottenham Court road station taking the exit on the north side of Oxford Street I wasn't thrilled. The area outside seems to be undergoing renovation. But the stalls in the street at the top sell umbrellas at only £2.99 and all sorts of tempting items.

A convenient crossing allows you to get over the road to the south side safely. Providing you obey the red and green signals to pedestrians.

Coming back, in less of a hurry, I was much more impressed. Colourful mosaics were over the escalators. The advertisements on the walls were sets of animated images, constantly changing. Very high tec.

I gasped, 'We don't have those out in the suburbs!' My friend and I bantered, "You ought to get out more.' 'On second thoughts, you ought to stay in more.'

Downstairs at the end of a corridor we heard a young man playing on a bamboo flute. We paused to ask him where bamboo flutes come from - apparently all over Asia. He stopped playing the flute but the music carried on, at least the base drum accompaniment. Slightly surreal. He suggested that we photograph him alongside the circular mirror in the corner so as to get our own reflection in the mirror.

This station grows on you. When I arrived at Tottenham Court road station taking the exit on the north side of Oxford Street I wasn't thrilled. The area outside seems to be undergoing renovation. But the stalls in the street at the top sell umbrellas at only £2.99 and all sorts of tempting items.

A convenient crossing allows you to get over the road to the south side safely. Providing you obey the red and green signals to pedestrians.

Coming back, in less of a hurry, I was much more impressed. Colourful mosaics were over the escalators. The advertisements on the walls were sets of animated images, constantly changing. Very high tec.

I gasped, 'We don't have those out in the suburbs!' My friend and I bantered, "You ought to get out more.' 'On second thoughts, you ought to stay in more.'

Downstairs at the end of a corridor we heard a young man playing on a bamboo flute. We paused to ask him where bamboo flutes come from - apparently all over Asia. He stopped playing the flute but the music carried on, at least the base drum accompaniment. Slightly surreal. He suggested that we photograph him alongside the circular mirror in the corner so as to get our own reflection in the mirror.

Covent Garden Underground Station - run a mile.... by bristle

bristle — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:16:40 +0000

Review by bristle

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7222 1234

Website: http://www.thetube.com

Tags: sweet / paper shop, ticket machine

Does what it says on the tin, but only just.
This is a mega-busy tube station and not exactly a pleasant experience.
OK, it gets you up to street level from a crowded tube train, but the lifts are horrid, the people who get off at this station are even worse, and when you finally get to the surface, you're faced with an endless row of dodgy rickshaws, illegal street traders, yawn-inducing mime artists and shops that are horrendously expensive.
Is it worth it? No. Would you use this station again? Not until they change the recorded voice in the lifts from an Australian female to a real Londoner.

It's worth knowing that Leicester Square station is only a very short distance away, but so much more comfortable (and safer?) to alight. A brisk walk up Long Acre is all that it takes to get to the tat of Covent Garden.Does what it says on the tin, but only just.
This is a mega-busy tube station and not exactly a pleasant experience.
OK, it gets you up to street level from a crowded tube train, but the lifts are horrid, the people who get off at this station are even worse, and when you finally get to the surface, you're faced with an endless row of dodgy rickshaws, illegal street traders, yawn-inducing mime artists and shops that are horrendously expensive.
Is it worth it? No. Would you use this station again? Not until they change the recorded voice in the lifts from an Australian female to a real Londoner.

It's worth knowing that Leicester Square station is only a very short distance away, but so much more comfortable (and safer?) to alight. A brisk walk up Long Acre is all that it takes to get to the tat of Covent Garden.

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