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Central Line Stories

by Art on the Underground

With 45 Central line-managed stations from West Ruislip to Epping and over 183.5 million journeys on the line each year, Central line staff have little opportunity to meet and engage with each other. Sarah’s challenge was to develop creative strategies to involve the whole line.In 2009 Central line staff guided Sarah along the line, introducing her to their colleagues and recounting their personal tales. These initial conversations highlighted a very human desire to communicate through story-telling, resulting in a set of stories entitled Central line stories.

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Episodes

  1. Mark Davidson

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  2. Dave Osgerby

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  3. Agustin Mondragon

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  4. Aquil Sayeed

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  5. Francesca Alaimo

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  6. Elkin Neblett

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  7. Mwara Kung’U

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  8. Kwasi Darko

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  9. Banjo Oyewusi

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  10. Peter Tollington

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  11. Jay Jagun

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  12. Talking about the weather

    Sarah Butler on this story: “Driving a Tube train is a solitary occupation, much like writing; perhaps this similarity (as well as the opportunity to ride in the front of a train!) explains why I was drawn to thinking about how I could work with Train Operators as part of the project. I have…

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  13. Michael Barlow

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  14. Early Turns

    Sarah Butler on this story: “Driving a Tube train is a solitary occupation, much like writing; perhaps this similarity (as well as the opportunity to ride in the front of a train!) explains why I was drawn to thinking about how I could work with Train Operators as part of the project. I have…

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  15. Anthony O’Donnell

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

  16. Joseph Babatunde Osakue

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What’s in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

With 45 Central line-managed stations from West Ruislip to Epping and over 183.5 million journeys on the line each year, Central line staff have little opportunity to meet and engage with each other. Sarah’s challenge was to develop creative strategies to involve the whole line.In 2009 Central line staff guided Sarah along the line, introducing her to their colleagues and recounting their personal tales. These initial conversations highlighted a very human desire to communicate through story-telling, resulting in a set of stories entitled Central line stories.

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Art on the Underground

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With 45 Central line-managed stations from West Ruislip to Epping and over 183.5 million journeys on the line each year, Central line staff have little opportunity to meet and engage with each other. Sarah’s challenge was to develop creative strategies to involve the whole line.In 2009 Central line...

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