I bought a narrowboat and transformed it into a tube carriage – passers-by stop and take pictures

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TUBE fans could barge on whenever they like if they buy this £20,000 canal boat.

Owner Darren Brown, 39, painted it to look like a London Underground train and renamed it Mind the Gap.

Darren Brown painted his barge to look like a London Underground train

Darren takes the boat along West London’s canals and said: ‘Lots of towpath users stop and take pictures’

He takes it along West London’s canals, saying: “Lots of towpath users stop and take pictures.”

He added: “It’s definitely more chilled out than riding on the tube.

“My wife thought that painting it like an Underground Train would only appeal to railway enthusiasts, but she’s popular with all sorts.

“She has a real energy to her, lots of towpath users stop and ask to take pictures with her.

“It’s a different energy, definitely a bit more chilled out than riding on the tube.

“She’s called Wiggles because she has excess weight above the water line which makes her move around.

“I’ve managed to decrease the wiggle with my upgrades, but haven’t stopped it completely.

“The shape of the boat was the inspiration for the whole Underground theme.

“We also call her Mind the Gap now because of the obvious similarities between stepping onto a tube train and stepping onto a canal boat from the bank.

Darren said: ‘The shape of the boat was the inspiration for the whole Underground theme’

The interior of the narrowboat is also Tube themed

Darren renamed the canal boat Mind the Gap

Darren said: ‘She has a real energy to her, lots of towpath users stop and ask to take pictures with her’

Darren added: ‘It’s definitely more chilled out than riding on the tube’
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