London's top design icons revealed

Fleet of new routemaster buses at Poplar Garage 1959 Credit: Transport for London

From the black cab to the ground-breaking tube map, London's transport network is full of history.

More than 10,000 Londoners voted in the search for London's top transport design icon.

10. Westminster Underground station

The 1999 Jubilee line extension station designed by Hopkins Architects.

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9. New walk-through S-stock Tube trains

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The new walk-through trains on the Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and District lines.

8. RT type bus

RT on London Bridge, seen from Southwark Bridge. HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge in background c1980 Credit: Transport for London
RT passing Horseguards Parade, posed promotional photo of bus in new livery c1950 Credit: Transport for London

The RT type bus ran from the 1930s to the 1970s.

7. Labyrinth artwork

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Mark Wallinger artwork installed in Tube stations to celebrate the Underground's 150th anniversary

6. Original Routemaster bus

A General Arrangement drawing of a routemaster bus c1960 Credit: Transport for London
Fleet of new routemaster buses at Poplar Garage 1959 Credit: Transport for London
Routemasters in central London c1990 Credit: Transport for London

5. Iconic Roundel logo

Edward Johnston's standard version of the Underground roundel, c1925 Credit: Transport for London

Speaking about his favourite Design Icon, the Roundel, Wayne Hemingway MBE, said:

4. Baker Street Underground station platforms

Baker Street Underground Station September 1957 Credit: Transport for London
Baker Street Underground Station January 1974 Credit: Transport for London

3. Harry Beck's original Tube map

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Front of the first issue of the pocket map in 1933 Credit: Transport for London

2. Frank Pick - who commissioned classic Tube posters and the Johnston typeface

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1932 – Johnston type and roundel design commissioned by Pick, used all over network in 1930s.

Frank Pick portrait Credit: Transport for London

1. Black cab

Prototype FX4S Plus London taxi Credit: Transport for London

Introduced in 1985, this was a variant of the standard Austin FX4, which first appeared in 1958.

Manual for Austin FX4 Taxi c1971 Credit: Transport for London
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