The underground is as synonymous with London as red telephone boxes and the royals.
It is one of the city’s most vital transport links, dating back to the 1800s.
It enables people to travel the length and breadth of the Big Smoke, without battling the traffic above.
While the concept of the underground remains much the same today, there are of, course a few differences.
We scoured the Getty Image archive to find some interesting black-and-white photos of life on the London Underground in the 1920s.
From posters for complaints to musicians sitting on the platforms. Scroll through our gallery below.
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1. Waterloo Station
A group of people listening to a gramophone player on a platform at Waterloo, London, during the filming of Anthony Asquith's Underground film (1928) | Getty Images
2. The underground
The Hon Anthony Asquith filming commuters, for his film of the underground (1928) | Getty Images / Fox Photos
3. Piccadilly Circus opening
The Mayor of Westminster (centre) turns on the escalators at the opening of the new Piccadilly Circus tube station, London, 10th December 1928. | Getty Images
4. London Underground 1928
British director Anthony Asquith (1902-1968), right, directing his new film 'Underground' from an escalator on the London underground in 1928. | Getty Images