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TfL Underground: Awesome photos of Londoners on the Tube in the 1990s

Lynn Rusk
By Lynn Rusk

Reporter, LondonWorld

Published 21st Jan 2024, 06:00 BST
Updated 18th Feb 2025, 16:59 BST

We've taken a trip down memory lane on the London Underground in the 1990s.

The 1990s in the UK was an era of Britpop and the beginning of the information age. It also saw Labour come into power.

On the London Underground smoking had just been banned in the previous decade and paper tickets were still being used.

The decade saw a number of upgrades made to the network, including the £3.5bn Jubilee line extension. Construction began in 1993, and it opened in stages from May to December 1999.

The Central line was also upgraded to automatic operation in the 1990s, making it the second Underground line, after the Victoria line in the 1960s, to use this technology.

During the 1990s London Underground also experimented with giving each line its own moquette to give each line its separate identity.

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Today the Tube handles up to five million passenger journeys a day. At peak times, there are more than 543 trains whizzing around the capital.

The network has expanded to 12 lines and serves 272 stations, making it one of the busiest metro systems in the world.

We've taken a look down memory lane on the London Underground in the 1990s.

British eco-warrior and druid King Arthur Uther Pendragon travels on the London Underground, March 1996. He was born John Timothy Rothwell. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

5. Characters on the Tube 1996

British eco-warrior and druid King Arthur Uther Pendragon travels on the London Underground, March 1996. He was born John Timothy Rothwell. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Luke and Murphy Jensen of the USA are in London to compete in the men's doubles at Wimbledon. Here they try their hands at some busking on the London Underground . Credit: John Gichigi/ALLSPORT

6. Wimbledon brothers busk at Piccadilly Circus

Luke and Murphy Jensen of the USA are in London to compete in the men's doubles at Wimbledon. Here they try their hands at some busking on the London Underground . Credit: John Gichigi/ALLSPORT | Mandatory Credit: John Gichigi/ALLSPORT

The London Underground network was expanded in the late 1990s with the extension of the Jubilee Line.

7. A shopper transports her groceries on the London Underground, 1994. (Photo by Steve Eason/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The London Underground network was expanded in the late 1990s with the extension of the Jubilee Line. | Getty Images

Liverpool Street station had its last upgrade was in the 1990s

8. Commuters passing through the ticket barriers at Liverpool Street Station, London, July 1992. (Photo by Steve Eason/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Liverpool Street station had its last upgrade was in the 1990s | Getty Images

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