Something unusual happened on London on Friday night. The Tube — officially the London Underground — opened up two of its lines for 24-hour service.
Since its creation in the 19th century, the Tube has never been a 24-hour service. Most lines close around midnight.
That's left generations of Londoners ending their evenings in a mad dash — like Cinderella — to make it on to the last Tube heading home.
Documentary photographers Orlando Gili and Joseph Fox and spent Friday night riding the Tube, capturing the extended-hours mood. Here's what they saw.
Something unusual happened on London on Friday night. The Tube — officially the London Underground — opened up two of its lines for 24-hour service.
Since its creation in the 19th century, the Tube has never been a 24-hour service. Most lines close around midnight.
That's left generations of Londoners ending their evenings in a mad dash — like Cinderella — to make it on to the last Tube heading home.
Documentary photographers Orlando Gili and Joseph Fox and spent Friday night riding the Tube, capturing the extended-hours mood. Here's what they saw.
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