Two brand new and completely unique London Underground Labyrinths have been added to the network on the latest extension of the Northern line.
Eagle eyed commuters will have noticed that the Tube Labyrinths can be found in every station on the Underground with a total of 270 in place since 2013 when they were commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Tube.
Now two more are being added to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Labyrinth, created by artist Mark Wallinger, with the lucky recipients the brand new stations at Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms.
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These two new stations joined the London Underground network in September 2021 with the opening of the extension of the Northern line. You can find their new mazes in the ticket halls of each.
Inspired by the language of the symbols of London Underground, Wallinger chose the ancient symbol of the Labyrinth, with its single path, as the theme of the expansive work.
Each London Underground station has its own unique Labyrinth design, emblazoned in black and white on a single 60cm² enamel panel, representing the journey through the network taken by millions of individuals each year.
The works are installed in prominent positions so that they are visible to the most amount of people, and alongside the unique Labyrinth design, each has a number marked out of 270, the number of London Underground stations in 2013.
The original numbering also referred to the Tube Challenge route - the optimum route to pass through all stations on the London Underground network in the fastest possible time – as set when the work was fabricated.
Mirroring the branching of the Northern line from Kennington to form the extension of the Northern line the two new designs are numerically linked to Kennington’s Labyrinth – numbered 110 / 270. The new stations are numbered 110a/270 and 110b/270.
The artist Mark Wallinger, said: ‘‘I am delighted and thrilled to have been given the opportunity to use the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the unveiling of the original Labyrinths to create two new ones. The work was conceived as a celebration of the world’s greatest connective and welcoming public transport network.
"So I am immensely proud to be able to complete their presence across the network, and celebrate the underground’s reach through Nine Elms to the iconic Battersea Power Station, beloved by all Londoners.”
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