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Collection 7 posts Train writing and the city underground

Trains and tunnels

Train writing, subway crews and the tunnels beneath the city, from a commissioned Thalys to the Paris catacombs.

Trains are where graffiti started, and the underground is where much of it still lives.

1 14 September 2009
Graffiti meets Thalys in Paris
A commissioned train: “Graffiti meets Thalys” in Paris.
2 19 August 2010
Train Graffiti: Subway World
“Subway World”, a book of train writing worldwide.
3 3 August 2010
London’s Abandoned Tube Stations
London’s abandoned tube stations.
4 9 January 2011
Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin
Four generations of Berlin train writers on film.
5 1 February 2011
Urban Exploring: Graffiti & Fire Under Paris
Graffiti, parties and skeletons in the Paris catacombs.
6 16 November 2011
A Graffiti Odyssey: 1UP Crew’s One United Power
The 1UP crew announces its own documentary.
7 27 January 2012
Fire Extinguisher Train Graffiti Berlin
Fire extinguisher graffiti on a Berlin train.

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