On May 17, 4:03*pm, Roland Perry wrote:
It's a shame they couldn't arrange for the Circle Line to be a circle.
Rather spoils the whole thing, I think.

I disagree. The intention is to highlight the 'Overground' circle,
which it achieves very well. As Recliner notes, it introduces a very
familiar shape in the centre which would be great subliminal
advertising if only it were an official design!

A round Circle Line would be a separate project, though I suspect it
would make the outskirts rather messy. If memory serves correctly Mr
Beck tried an elliptical Circle Line and was unable to make it work
satisfactorily (though that may have been one of the later designers,
Garbutt maybe).

PhilD

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