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The Guardian - UK
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Tash Reith-Banks

Quiz: how well do you know London's public transport fabrics?

Moquette sample for Enviro 400H City Bus, design number 34774, 2015
Moquette sample for Enviro 400H City Bus, design number 34774, 2015 Photograph: Courtesy: London Transport Museum
  1. On which tube line would you find this jaunty blue number?

    1. Piccadilly

    2. Victoria

    3. Jubilee

    4. Central

  2. On which form of transport would you recline on this saucy red design?

    1. Tram

    2. Overground

    3. Cable car

    4. Bus

  3. The 'Barman' or 'Landmark' was designed by Wallace Sewell in 2010 and has London landmarks woven into it. Variations of it are used on more than one tube line ... but which ones feature this pattern and colour?

    1. Central, Jubilee, Northern, Waterloo & City Lines

    2. Victoria, Central, District, Piccadilly

    3. Piccadilly, Northern, Victoria, Jubilee

    4. Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee,

  4. Which line revels in this retro-looking moquette?

    1. Overground

    2. Tram

    3. Northern

    4. Bakerloo

  5. Which lines sport this colourful design?

    1. Metropolitan, Central, Jubilee and Bakerloo

    2. District, Circle, Central and Jubilee

    3. District, Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City

    4. Bakerloo, Hammersmith & City, Northern, District

  6. This moquette isn't going to be around for much longer, apparently. So which line do you need to catch to appreciate its final days?

    1. Metropolitan

    2. Jubilee

    3. Piccadilly

    4. Hammersmith & City

  7. This moquette has been designed for priority seating on the new east-west Crossrail link. But what is the line's official name going to be?

    1. The Millennium line

    2. The Elizabeth line

    3. The Shenfield line

    4. The Lovelace line

  8. This green Wallace Sewell design has graced the seats of this form of transport since 2008. But what is it?

    1. Tram

    2. Bus

    3. Overground

    4. Tube

Solutions

1:B - It's a rather royal blue as it turns out. This moquette was designed by Bombardier in 2009., 2:C - In case you'd forgotten (or didn't know) London has a cable car: the Emirates Air Line, which travels over the Thames between Royal Victoria and Greenwich Peninsular. , 3:A - The design, which features Big Ben, the London Eye, St Paul's and Tower Bridge, can also be seen on some trains on the Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines in different colourways., 4:A - From Watford to West Croydon and Richmond to Barking this deceptively vintage-looking Wallace Sewell design has been going strong since 2008, 5:C - In fact, the colours of the design give away the lines on which it is featured., 6:C - It's got a slightly psychedelic 60s feel to it, but was designed in 2007. , 7:B - If you were tempted to answer Lovelace you weren't far off - as per tradition, the machines used to bore the tunnels for the project were named after women: Ada Lovelace, Phyllis Pearsall, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II, Mary Brunel, Sophia Kingdom, Jessica Ennis and Ellie Simmonds., 8:A - Croydon's trams rejoice in this fresh-looking green and grey moquette.

Scores

  1. 6 and above.

    Daily commuter: moquettes, you've seen a few, but you're mostly trying to ignore the world and get where you're going

  2. 7 and above.

    Routemaster! You're one savvy commuter

  3. 5 and above.

    Daily commuter: moquettes, you've seen a few, but you're mostly trying to ignore the world and get where you're going

  4. 4 and above.

    Daily commuter: moquettes, you've seen a few, but you're mostly trying to ignore the world and get where you're going

  5. 3 and above.

    Mind the gap: oh dear, some pretty gaping holes in your knowledge

  6. 2 and above.

    Mind the gap: oh dear, some pretty gaping holes in your knowledge.

  7. 0 and above.

    Mind the gap: oh dear, some pretty gaping holes in your knowledge

  8. 1 and above.

    Mind the gap: oh dear, some pretty gaping holes in your knowledge

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