72. Cannon Street

Thursday 27th November 7.10pm

This was nowhere near where I needed to be but I'm desperate to get through all the zone one stations soon so I made a detour, and was then amazed to find it's not actually where I thought it was and is in fact not in the middle of nowhere but is within site of St Pauls cathedral, and is easily within walking distance of that station, Mansion House and probably Monument too. It's funny how some bits of London are completely over-served with stations. I guess this only exists as there's a mainline rail station on top of it. And because of that it's not really very memorable - just platforms and stairs. There's something a bit seventies about the colour of those tiles though.

Wikipedia entry here.

71. Stepney Green

Wednesday 19th November 7.40pm

The first thing that surprised me when I got off the train was the number of other people who did too. I'd never heard of the area before, let alone the station, and assumed it was vaguely in the middle of nowhere, but of course somewhere with a Tube station is hardly nowhere. The second thing I noticed was that it was a bit run down and the pale yellow tiling on the stairs could do with a good clean. But then I turned a corner and saw a lovely sign:

Wikipedia entry here.