Photos of platform tiles

Whilst not strictly tiles, you could use the coloured rod decoration from Embankment. You could also do the recently removed tiles from Sloane Square.

There is the leaf motif at Green Park as well

There's (yet another) mock up of Covent Garden at a tile factory in Ironbridge, Shropshire. I understand that that is where a large proportion of the LU tiles were produced.

Wow, lots of great suggestions, thank you! I especially like Heathrow as ideally I want the game to be fun for a wide range of people. Piccadilly Circus is also easy and can link in with my statues mini-game (recognising statues from all around London, then you're given the nearest tube station).

Generally I'm avoiding the Leslie Green tiles (although they are beautiful!) but I'll make an exception for Leicester Square as the film strip reference is quite cute.

I rather like the Hampstead Heath one but wonder about copyright issues. TfL told me that "most" platform tiles fall under their licensing but I suspect the exceptions might be more recent artwork.

The feed background is up on at least one of the platforms currently. Either pic or jubilee

I might not need to find a photo... my memory is that the white background version was exactly like this red one? I would have to guess the shade of green for the leaves, though.

Abe, thank you! Despite the ambiguity I think I will credit Robert Cooper, he sounds deserving of recognition.

I was just reading online about the history of Leicester Square and found this pretty funny:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyld%27s_Great_Globe

Surely it's a griffin, the symbol used by London Transport?

You're probably right. I wonder if the other tiles adjacent actually depict the CofL coat of arms?

Thanks! Searching for photos of the Monument platforms confirmed this:
thebeautyoftransport.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/glaze-amaze-tiled-railway-maps-of-the-uk/

Does anyone know when Bank & Monument platforms were last refurbished? The tiling looks relatively new.

The hot air balloon design (Finsbury Park?) is one of the best tiling designs imho.
There is also the very start black and white in the new Tottneham Court Road ticket hall.

Hi Simon, some helpful suggestions, thanks!

I've added them all to my facebook page. I like the tiles at Barons Court (although I'll probably stick to using artwork from platforms). And the Northern City Line pattern is interesting, but the problem here may be seeking permission as they're not part of TfL.


Is this the right image for the Paddington tiles?
www.facebook.com/TheTubeGame/photos/a.709597339146072.1073741831.708028742636265/716312401807899/?type=3&theater

Excellent! That's really helpful, thank you, antje.

No matter how hard they try, I find reproduction tiles rarely look 'right'. It doesn't help that the grout lines are nearly always too thick, which I find completely ruins the whole effect. I raised this with some figures within LU's heritage department, apparently they are aware of this, but supposedly having thinner grout lines makes the tiles more likely to become unsecure. An alternative theory is that it's to do with the modern tiles being in metric measurements. Either way for me it completely spoils any attempts to try and replicate -- to the point where at times I wish they wouldn't bother.

It's like having modern smooth glass in old sash window frames - it just doesn't look right to the eye.

Whilst Kennington doesn't look *too* bad, I don't know why they bothered obtaining replica tiles for Borough, when the current tiling scheme is completely different from what was there before. Same goes for Highgate - I think that looks awful too.