Abbey Road "we didn't need to write the band's name on the cover ... They were the most famous band in the world". The front cover design, a photograph of the group on a zebra crossing, was based on ideas sketched by McCartney, and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios in Abbey Road. At 11:35 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo whilst he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up traffic behind the camera. Macmillan took six photographs, which McCartney later examined with a magnifying glass before deciding which of
Abbey Road DLR station the celebrated zebra crossing near St. John's Wood tube station. Signs directing travellers to the right station are posted, complete with references to The Beatles' hits. The station is on Abbey Road in West Ham, which is a busy road linking the A118, A11 and A12 at Bow and the A1011 and A112 at West Ham, avoiding Stratford town centre. Off-peak, trains run every ten minutes North to Stratford International and South to Woolwich Arsenal. In the peak hours trains run every eight minutes. Abbey Road DLR station Abbey Road DLR station is a Docklands Light Railway station in the