On May 25, 1:26*pm, "Paul Rigg" wrote:
If you ignore the wheelchair symbol the Dalston Junction symbol looks the
same as the Mile End or Finsbury Park symbols , both of which are cross
platform interchanges.

I note that Hammersmith has also been changed so that the District and
Hammersmith & City stations are joined as one station. *I am sure that at
one time they were not. *Does this show some change in policy on the part of
LRT . *Is it to indicate that Oyster recognises that travel via those
stations is an interchange?

I think it's nothing more than changed thinking about how to best
represent such interchanges - there seems to be various schools of
thought on this, and which one has the upper hand shifts over time.
(Perhaps market research suggested that many passengers genuinely
didn't realise how close the Hammersmith H&C/Circle station was -
combined with the increased frequency as a result of the Circle line T-
cup changes, this new look on the map might help to persuade more
passengers to use it... I'm speculating of course...)

Oyster has recognised the Hammersmiths as a valid Out-of-Station
Interchange (OSI) since the beginning, I think - so nothing has
changed in that regard lately.

(Oh, and LRT are long gone!)


The number of circles at the interchanges appear to have no meaning *For
example Baker Street, which is all one station, *has two now, wheras West
Hamsptead, which is a Jubilee Line station and an entirely separate North
London line station (originally West End Lane) only shows one.

I think it's just the demands of trying to show the lines clearly -
don't try and read too much into it.