Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Richard J. wrote:

Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:

Yes but there's multiple routes in both directions with Dorking
(or a run on to Horsham) and Guildford (sometimes stopping short
at Effingham Junction) the country terminals for the various
services and very flexible route combinations - for instance I've
only seen a Crystal Palace to Epsom through service in the late
evening.

Hang on, i'm colouring by terminal at the London end. I'm not quite
sure i've got what you mean; i'm not very familiar with the trains
that far out (which won't be on my map, incidentally!).

Ah - I was thinking of the lines on the London Connections map which
goes slightly further out.

Could you expand on the cases which you think present difficulties?

A lot of the Southern routes are rather complicated to map because
there are many different combinations of routes and terminals
available, with several points where lines diverge and rejoin, with
some particular through services and destinations only running at
peak hours or late hours and so forth.

Very true. The gain by having the lines coloured by terminus would
seem to be outweighed by the confusion caused by multiple colours
through many stations.

I don't think so. There aren't many cases where this applies, and
where it does, it's no more complicated than the cases on the tube
map, which people don't seem to have any trouble with.

Did you actually read the para three levels above here? ("A lot of the
Southern routes ...")

Why not just colour by TOC?

Because (a) that's of no actual use to anybody and (b) it doesn't
solve the problem, as there are still multicoloured lines.

If you're trying to avoid multicoloured lines, you might as well have one
colour for Waterloo and another colour for the rest. I feel that the
"problem" you're trying to solve and the criteria for a successful solution
are both ill-defined. Similar situations in government have wasted
billions. Hope you've got plenty of spare cash!
:-)
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