9 episodes

With 45 Central line-managed stations from West Ruislip to Epping and over 183.5 million journeys on the line each year, Central line staff have little opportunity to meet and engage with each other. Sarah’s challenge was to develop creative strategies to involve the whole line.

In 2009 Central line staff guided Sarah along the line, introducing her to their colleagues and recounting their personal tales. These initial conversations highlighted a very human desire to communicate through story-telling, resulting in a set of stories entitled Central line stories.

Central Line Stories Art on the Underground

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With 45 Central line-managed stations from West Ruislip to Epping and over 183.5 million journeys on the line each year, Central line staff have little opportunity to meet and engage with each other. Sarah’s challenge was to develop creative strategies to involve the whole line.

In 2009 Central line staff guided Sarah along the line, introducing her to their colleagues and recounting their personal tales. These initial conversations highlighted a very human desire to communicate through story-telling, resulting in a set of stories entitled Central line stories.

    Aquil Sayeed

    Aquil Sayeed

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What's in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of staff on the line. The story is read by the member of staff of that name.

    Sarah Butler writes novels and short stories, here she collaborates with London Underground staff for an Art on the Underground project

    • 51 sec
    Banjo Oyewusi

    Banjo Oyewusi

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What's in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of staff on the line. The story is read by the member of staff of that name.

    Sarah Butler writes novels and short stories, here she collaborates with London Underground staff for an Art on the Underground project

    • 1 min
    Dave Osgerby

    Dave Osgerby

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What's in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of staff on the line. The story is read by the member of staff of that name.

    Sarah Butler writes novels and short stories, here she collaborates with London Underground staff for an Art on the Underground project

    • 1 min
    Elkin Neblett

    Elkin Neblett

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What's in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of staff on the line. The story is read by the member of staff of that name.

    Sarah Butler writes novels and short stories, here she collaborates with London Underground staff for an Art on the Underground project

    • 1 min
    Erald Kuniqi

    Erald Kuniqi

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What's in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of staff on the line. The story is read by the member of staff of that name.

    Sarah Butler writes novels and short stories, here she collaborates with London Underground staff for an Art on the Underground project

    • 31 sec
    Francesca Alaimo

    Francesca Alaimo

    Working across the whole of the Central line, with its hugely diverse staff, offered Sarah Butler a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the individual stories behind the official uniforms. This story is part of the What's in a Name? series, a collection of stories attached to the names of staff on the line. The story is read by the member of staff of that name.

    Sarah Butler writes novels and short stories, here she collaborates with London Underground staff for an Art on the Underground project

    • 1 min

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