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Old December 11th 05, 10:12 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Trafalgar Square and Strand Stations


Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor III wrote:
Dave Arquati wrote:

I'm not sure... calling one "Trafalgar Square" when the other isn't
(i.e. as it was pre-Jubilee) might result in a Covent Garden scenario
where tourists want to go to Trafalgar Square and so make an unnecessary
change to the Bakerloo line from the Northern.


Indeed. This is where a diagrammatic map breaks down, along with the idea
that an interchange is universal (all ways to all ways).

It might be better to show these sort of station groups in a non-diagrammatic
way, to make it clear that:

a) You don't have to travel to the named LUL station to get to a particular
same-named place or NR station.

b) You *can* interchange, but it involves significant walking.

Richard [in PE12]



If there was room on the diagrams, you'd need

1) interchanges

2) a kind of link for long interchanges where you don't have to go
through the exit (eg Bank - Monument, Trafalgar Square - Charing Cross,
Waterloo - Waterloo)

3) a kind of link for walkable changes involving the exit (eg Bank -
Cannon Street [actually nearer than Monument], Great Portland Street -
Regents Park, Euston - Euston Square)