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Old January 5th 21, 11:22 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Thameslink returns to the Tube Map

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On 05/01/2021 10:53, Recliner wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Marland wrote:
Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:
On 16/12/2020 10:41, Recliner wrote:
Geoff celebrates the belated return of Thameslink to TfL's Tube Map, after
a long absence. And it's not just the core section, but as much as fits in
the extended zones. So the map now features over 500 stations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ5SQcdC48o

The map itself is not on the TfL site yet, but curiously is available at
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/202...test-tube-map/

They've left Hadley Wood off, despite it being in Zone 6.

The kink in the Thameslink Line between City TL and the junction north
of St Pancras seems inexplicable.

The Bakerloo Line shouldn't enter Elephant at the same angle that the
Denmark Hill branch leaves.

Maidenhead and Reading are still portrayed north of the Thames!


The official version is up:
https://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf



Is the Northern line Battersea extension still due to open later this year?
If so then this edition of the map will have a short lifetime, in fact I’m
surprised the extension isn’t on there in some way even if it was shown as
a dotted or dashed line with an “opening soon” addendum.
Previous maps in the past have done so , it maybe TFL doesn’t want to
repeat the example of the never completed Northern Heights extensions which
appeared on maps and route diagrams before the scheme was abandoned. I
don’t think that will happen to the Battersea one especially as trains
under their own power have been doing testing runs in the past few weeks
but could opening be put back due to the C word.


https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/tag/northern-line-extension/


It occurs to me that Crossrail also has an unofficial, internal target to
start running passenger services through the central tunnels this autumn,
subject to the imminent trial running (ie, simulated full passenger
service) going well.

So there's a possibility that both could open at about the same time — I
wonder if TfL might seek to do so on the same day, or deliberately stagger
them?

I suspect TfL will open them without prior announcement, especially if
Covid is still around.


I don't think Covid will be a factor by the autumn. It'll still be around,
but less of a bother than winter flu.
Crossrail, of course, is opening in a number of phases, and the version
that might just open this autumn won't be the full service. For example,
there won't be through trains from the western arm, and the tunnel might
initially only see trains from Abbey Wood. Those two remaining links may
open next year.

They presumably hope HM will perform the opening ceremony when "One's" line
is formally opened under its official brand. I assume the Elizabeth Line
name will be used once the central tunnel and new stations are opened, even
if all the sections don't yet have through services. So that could happen
this autumn.