Thread: Google maps now helps navigate London Underground
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Old August 4th 11, 09:09 AM posted to misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default Google maps now helps navigate London Underground
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00:59:07 on Thu, 4 Aug 2011, 1506 remarked:
http://maps.google.co.uk/?dirflg=r&f...United+Kingdom

Interesting addition to Google, it seems to ignore mainline railways.
It gave me a route from Bognor Regis to London completely by local
buses.

I tried it the other day, and it's a bit biassed towards walking. While
this may result in the quickest journey time, it's a bit unusual, given
the amount of public transport in London, to be told to walk (eg) half a
mile to a tube station with a direct train, rather than go to the
nearest and change.
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