Uplifting messages written by hand on London Underground service boards since 2017 — by station assistants Ian Redpath & Jeremy Chopra.
Mind the gap — and the feeling.
Platform 1 · 06:42
Daily messages written by hand on station service boards — where the delay notices usually live.
Two Sunday Times bestsellers collecting the boards that made London look up.
Collaborations with charities and brands on mental health — always in marker, never in ad-speak.
Ian & Jeremy occasionally leave the platform, to tell the story live.
A delay, a hard day, someone who looks like they need it.
By hand, in marker, on the service information board.
Commuters stop, photograph, share.
That's the whole point.
"To whoever needs this today: the platform is not the end of the line. Better stops are coming."
— All on the Board
Station assistant and former train driver, one half of the duo since 2017.
Station assistant, the other half of the duo, keeper of the markers.
"I photographed one of their boards on the worst day of my year. I still have it."
Priya · Northern line"It's the only delay announcement I've ever been glad to see."
Dan · daily commuter"They make a crowded tube feel like a village."
Ellie · morning regular
It started spontaneously in 2017 at North Greenwich station, when two station assistants decided a delayed service deserved a kind word too. Nine years and thousands of boards later, All on the Board has become part of London's daily commute — poems and messages about grief, hope, new jobs, bad days and good ones.
The mission is simple: make the invisible visible, remind people they are not alone, and keep talking about mental health in a place where everyone already is.
Spontaneously in 2017 at North Greenwich station, with one message written where a delay notice would normally go.
Original boards stay on the network, but the books collect hundreds of them, and prints appear occasionally.
Yes. Ian and Jeremy are still London Underground station assistants.
Charities, brands and campaigns can reach the duo through the contact form.
@allontheboard on Instagram and X, with new boards most weeks.
Two Sunday Times bestsellers, packed with the boards that made London look up.