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The Christmas story of one tube station's 'Mind the Gap' voice (2019)

If you’ve ever noticed Embankment station’s announcement is different to the rest, well there’s a reason – as a viral Twitter thread recently retold

The reason for that is touching – a story of love and loss that went viral recently when it was retold in a Twitter thread by John Bull, AKA@garius, erstwhile contributor to this site and editor of the London Reconnections blog that covers transport in impressively entertaining detail, and is well worth following if you’re a fan of the kind of stories we tell at Guardian Cities. The recording dates back more than 45 years – and at one point could be heard along the length of the northbound Northern line before eventually being phased out – except at Embankment. “And that is why today, even in 2019, if you go down to Embankment station in London, and sit on the northbound platform on Northern Line, you will here a COMPLETELY different voice say Mind the Gap to ANYWHERE else on the Underground.

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