On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 at 17:12:03, Robin May
wrote:

I had said:

And if it were better-publicised. My Canadian colleague had no
idea of its existence, and was solemnly travelling from Islington
to Canning Town via Central London until I realised that it was
the North London Lines that went to Canning Town (which I hadn't
known until I looked, out of curiosity, at what lines did go
there), and told her it would be quicker for her. Which it is! I
just wish the South London Line (which I use) would be extended
beyond London Bridge/Victoria.....

I don't know about it needing to be better publicised. I mean, it's
quite clearly shown on the tube map and I would have thought that was
quite hard to miss if you were to spend any amount of time at all
planning a route. I'm a bit confused about how your colleague could not
have realised where it went.

It's quite possible not to notice it unless you are looking for it, if
you see what I mean. I mean, I knew vaguely that it was there, but had
no idea it went to Canning Town until I looked it up on the Internet.
And wasn't it omitted from some recent editions of the Diagram?
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