Jack Taylor wrote:
"Stephen Furley" wrote in message
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There are many other places where a short walk between stations on
different lines is the best way of making the journey for most people.


The problem seems to be that LUL's perception of what is a short walk
between stations and that of most people is quite different. I suspect that
LUL use staff that are off work with bad ankles (inbetween squash games) to
identify their interchanges.

For example, I regard Seven Sisters (LUL/NR) to South Tottenham (NR) as a
short walk. It takes approximately five minutes and is, in my terminology,
"round the corner and over the road". However, unless it is a short stagger,
e.g. West Hampstead LUL to West Hampstead (NR) or West Hampstead Thameslink
(NR) then they don't identify potential links.

Perhaps the solution is to colour code them, e.g. green for under two
minutes walk between stations, yellow for two to five minutes walk etc.?

West Hampstead LU to Thameslink may be a short stagger but it's a
headache with luggage (although probably shorter than the full-blown
migraine that is Green Park). There's also ease of interchange to take
into account too - some street interchanges may be short but are
certainly not particularly easy (Bounds Green to Bowes Park springs to
mind; the signing is OK but to the uninitiated it feels like you are
walking into the dead end of a housing estate).

Colour-coding does sound like a good idea - a simple dotted line between
nearby stations where interchange would be useful. It could show the
rough distance if necessary.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London