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Station name sign; solid disc station name roundel from Tufnell Park station, 1908

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Reference number
1998/6013
Description
This is the earliest version of the roundel sign as used on station platforms. It is known as a 'solid red disc' style, and this one is from Tufnell Park Underground station on the Northern line.The typeface, dating from 1908, was used before the recognisable standard Johnston type was introduced in 1916. Tufnell Park station opened in 1907 on the original section of the Charing Cross Euston & Hampstead Railway.
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Dates
1908
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Object type
  • Station name sign
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