Green Park Station

Lovely tiled murals of leaves. Not green? They look black on red. Photos by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

The red colour is echoed in the seating.

 Green Park station. A long underground walk to the distant line. Allow extra time.

The station, as the name suggests, is next to Green Park. 

Byron poem by the lift.

Green Park station has three lines, Jubilee, Piccadilly, and Victoria.

Useful Websites

https://tfl.gov.uk/tube/stop/940GZZLUGPK/green-park-underground-station?lineId=jubilee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Park_tube_station

I have other posts with pictures on the stations Charing X, Embankment, London Bridge, Baker Street, Brixton and Hatch End.

Baker Street Station Sherlock Holmes Murals

 

Baker street underground station where a mural of tiles shows Sherlock Holmes wearing a deerstalker hat, with a pipe. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Baker Street underground station, London, England. Behind the bench is a mural of a story from Sherlock Holmes. On the left of the mural is a silhouette of Sherlock Holmes wearing a deerstalker hat, and with his pipe. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

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How Tactile Paving Helps The Handicapped At Stations

Those lines running parallel to the base of the picture are raised metal to guide the feet of the blind. Some blind people have tunnel vision or restricted vision, so if they look ahead or to the left or right they cannot see the floor in front of them. Others see a blur.

As you get older you get cataracts, like taking off your reading glasses. When I went to the optician for a sight test in London, England, I was told that I was developing cataracts, but they would not need, or qualify for, an operation for another ten years. Naturally you put off an operation on your eyes as long as you can. Meanwhile, clear images and bright colours on artwork are welcome, as is anything to lift your mood.

More Information
Tactile Paving
Tactile Paving is the technical term for those raised round bumps. The SMRT website points out that the tactile paving in Singapore leads to the wide wheelchair access gate where you put in your ticket to enter the platform or go to the escaltor down to the platform.

Useful Websites
http://blog.smrt.com.sg/smrt-mobility-features/ (Tactile paving)

Art On The Station, At Holland Village

Art on the station at Holland Village reminds you where you are.
Here is the platform.

I wish the artist had drawn it with clearer outlines.

Here is the colourful corridor mural leading to and from the exits to the street.



This is an interesting composition. The red is lively. The sails of the windmill are light. The russet red or orange add warmth.

Instead of the usual figures of people black against white or colour, here we have the people silhouetted white on colour. You could stand in front of one of the silhouettes for a selfie. The figures are spaced out, like the people walking past in the corridor.

Clear images and bright colours on artwork are welcome, as is anything to lift your mood.

Useful Websites
http://blog.smrt.com.sg/smrt

About the author.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Look For The Numbers On Train Station Platform Doors

Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Earlier this year I was on a train where the platform doors did not open. I had to race down the carriage to the next door to get off before the train went off again.

Earlier this week in Singapore I noticed and photographed the number on these doors on the overground section of the MRT on the red line. If I ever had to report that the doors were stuck, or wanted to fore-warn friends who would be catching the train later, I could use these numbers.

Mostly passengers don't notice the numbers. But the platform staff need the number to know where to place a temporary cordon to stop passengers queuing to board at the place where the doors don't open.

Singapore is a great stopover in Asia between America or Russia or Europe and Australia. 

Travel Tips

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australia.com

visitbritain.com

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visittheusa.co.uk

visitsingapore.com

Singapore Airlines: 

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http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/us/plan-travel/local-promotions/features/stb-stopover-holiday

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2018/12/secret-travellers-seen-on-newton-station.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/01/cute-musicians-in-cartoons-on-toilet.html

See also my posts on Waterloo Street, The National Gallery, and Singapore's big attractions.

How To Meet A Friend On A Station Platform In Singapore

What looks like a B top right of the left post of the doorway is an 8. Every doorway onto the train on the platform has a number.  The train has to stop at the exact same place to match the door so the passengers can get off.

It is handy to know about this number. Be prepared. In a rare instance of trouble you might want to use the number to guide station staff to an area of the platform or to part of the train carriage in the event of illness or accident affecting you or a stranger.

On a social occasion you might want to meet a friend on the platform to show them the way. Platforms are clearly marked A or B on each level. You need to specify which colour line as at a few interchanges you have a three level station, with a ticket office at Concourse level at the top, the oldest line above, and a line built later below it.

If you get on the train at a gate with a number and get off again from the same position, will the numbers match up?

Could you, for example, always get on at a particular number at your local station and meet up with a friend going to school or work?

How else could you use this number? You might also be able to select a route bringing a handicapped person out near the lift.

If you are a nerd who loves stations and facts, and being in control, here's just one more fact to make you feel you know your local station and all the stations and how the world works. If you ever get a job planning a building or roadway, you will want to number all the points in sequence on your plan, your construction, and your final map for the users.

If you are interested in stations, I have other posts on art on the stations in Singapore and stations in other parts of the world.

Travel Tips

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australia.com

visitbritain.com

visitbritain.shop.com

visitbritain.org

visittheusa.co.uk

visitsingapore.com

Singapore Airlines: 

singaporeair.com

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2018/12/secret-travellers-seen-on-newton-station.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/01/cute-musicians-in-cartoons-on-toilet.html

Holland Village MRT windmill, Singapore, shows us the way, so does Sherlock in Baker Street, London

Down on the platform you can see this mural showing a Dutch style windmill. The windmill ties in with the name Holland Village.

That's what the art work on every station should show, a reminder of the name. I would have preferred a repeating pattern of windmills or other local landmarks or historic photos. 

To my mind, every station should have a colour scheme, with accents in a warm colour. Here you have pale blue with occasional touches of red or pink or yellow.

Other stations also feature the local area.

My favourites in London, England

Baker Street.

Sherlock Holmes.

Victoria Station.

My least favourites In Singapore

Cashew

Little India - a lot of brown and grey an monotone. Outside in Little India the ladies are wearing colourful sarees. The Little India station should by a riot of colour, like the Diwali patterns used to decorate the trains..

Malay Words Seen On Singapore Trains

Malay - English
Api - fire
Ayer - water
Bahru - new
Berhati-hati - beware / careful!
Bukit - hill
Jam - hour or time
Jambat - slow down
Jambatan - bridge
Kaki - foot
Kaki Bukit - foothill (station on Singapore MRT Downtown blue train line)
Kereta  - car
Merah - red
Mikrofon - microphone
Padang - field
Panggilan - call
Panjang - long
Pasar - market
Pintu - door
Polis/i police
Platform - platform
Timah - tin

Scenes Seen From the Train: Wembley, England, and Newport, Wales

Wembley Arch, see from train. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

England
Wembley Arch. I saw it from two stations, firstly Stonebridge Park, then Wembley Central, going out of London. Coming into London you would see Wembley Central first, then Stonebridge Park.

You may have to change to a seat on the opposite side of the train. Alternatively stand by the opening doors. I found that Stonebridge Park gave a better view. If you are not in a hurry, you can get off at a station, take a picture from the platform and get back on the same train or the next one. Or walk towards the place you wish to photograph.

Wales
Newport has lots of public art:

Steel Wave Sculpture, Newport, Gwent, Wales. Seen from train. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

http://www.newport.gov.uk/en/Leisure-Tourism/Attractions/Public-Art.aspx