Commemorative London 2012 Olympic Tube map Features Aquatic Legends
Commemorative London Tube map honours Olympic athletes
LONDON, UK--Transport for London, the public transpiration agency for the City of London, last month began selling a commemorative Tube map poster in honor of the 2012 Olympics. On the "Olympic Legends Maps", the various stations of the London Underground subway system have been renamed for famous Olympians. On the map, the stations on the Tube's Central line have all been renamed for various Aquatics athletes; other lines feature other Olympic sports.
Aquatics athletes on the line, from west to east (and the station's normal name) are :
-Fu Mingxia (West Ruislip)
-Greg Louganis (Ruislip Gardens)
-Klaus Dibiasi (South Ruislip)
-Manuel Estiarte (Northolt)
-Deszo Gyarmati (Greenford)
-Gyorgy Karpati (Perivale)
-Paolo Radmilovic (Hanger Lane)
-Anastaisa Yermakova (West Acton)
-Anastasia Davydova (North Acton)
-Vladimir Salnikov (East Acton)
-Aleksandr Popov (White City)
-Duke Kahanamoku (Shepherd's Bush)
-Roland Matthes (Holland Park)
---Roger Kingdom (Notting Hill Gate) -- track athlete (station is also on other Tube lines)
-Murray Rose (Queensway)
-Kieran Perkins (Lancaster Gate)
-Grant Hackett (Marble Arch)
-Matt Biondi (Bond Street)
-Ian Thorpe (Oxford Circus)
-Pieter van den Hoogenband (Tottenham Court Road)
-Johnny Weissmuller (Holborn)
-Kosuke Kitajima (Chancery Lane)
-David Wilkie (St Paul's)
---Simon Whitfield (Bank) -- triathlete
---Carl Lewis (Liverpool Street) -- track athlete (station is also on other Tube lines)
-Ryan Lochte (Bethanl Green)
-Aaron Peirsol (Mile End)
-Michael Phelps (Stratford) -- station is of 1 of 2 for the 2012 Olympic Park
-Tamas Darnyi (Leyton)
-Natalie Coughlin (Leytonstone)
-Inge de Bruijn (Wanstead)
-Leisel Jones (Redbridge)
-Shane Gould (Gants Hill)
-Jenny Thompson (Newbury Park)
-Tracy Caulkins (Barkingside)
-Mary [T.] Meagher (Fairlop)
-Janet Evans (Hainault)
-Krisztina Egerszegi (Grange Hill)
-Kirsty Coventry (Chigwell)
-Kornelia Ender (Roding Valley)
-Rebecca Adlington (Snaresbrook)
-Dawn Fraser (South Woodford)
-Kristin otto (Woodford)
-Stephanie Rice (Buckhurst Hill)
-Mike Wenden (Loughton)
-Park Tae-Hwan (Debden)
-Don Schollander (Theydon Bols)
-Mark Spitz (Epping)
A copy of the map is available for purchase, priced at £4.99. Further information on it can be found here:
http://shop.tfl.gov.uk/design-collections/Underground-Olympi c-Legends-Map/product/underground-olympic-legends-map.html