Father Christmas, of Bentall's Store, Ealing, takes the tube to pick up his sleigh. He seems to get no reaction from the commuters, December 20, 1984 (Image: Mike Maloney/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

Commuters board a carriage at an unknown station, May 20, 1985 (Image: Mike Moore/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

If these seats look familiar it's because the Bakerloo line is still using trains first introduced in 1972 (Image: D. Jones/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Commuters used to be able to smoke on the Tube (Image: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

Passengers buying tickets in the ticket hall of Embankment underground station, June 1980 (Image: Aubrey Hart/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Prince Charles and Princess Diana arriving by Tube Train at Heath

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