On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, John Rowland wrote:
wrote:
Ohhh - I like what they have done with the canary
wharf jubilee/DLR interchange now. Far more accurate!
But they haven't done the same thing at Bow Church/Bow Road.
No. What they've done there is quite weird, actually - shown them as an
actual interchange, two blobs connected by a stick, like Baker Street or
Embankment. Looking around the map, i see they've done the same thing at
Tower Hill / Gateway, Shadwell, and Shepherd's Bush (between the Central
and WLL stations - the H&C station is miles off to the south!), none of
which are true interchanges. West Hampstead, on the other hand, is shown
in the same style as Canary Wharf, although there's one name label shared
between the NLL and Jubilee stations (which also has a rail flash for
Thameslink) rather than a separate name on each station, as at Canary
Wharf. Both the stations at West Hampstead are shown as interchange
circles, despite only having one line going through them - either the
walking distance counts as a connector and qualifies them from interchange
status, or that reflects the presence of an NR interchange [1].
Paddington, maddeningly, remains two entirely separate blobs (H&C and
Circle-Bakerloo), each with their own names, rail flashes and airport
icons. No walking distance is given. Ditto the two Edgware Roads. There is
also no walking distance between Marylebone to Baker Street, despite it
being, AIUI, a valid outerchange, nor the close-but-no-outerchange pairs
at Walthamstow Central / Queens Road and Seven Sisters / South Tottenham.
My guess would be that they've put a distance on at Canary Wharf because
without it, people will walk to the wrong DLR station. They've done it at
West Hampstead because they want to big up the Overground, but why haven't
they marked the two oportunities in the northeast?
They haven't put a rail flash on Hackney Central, despite it being as
close to Hackney Downs as Clapham North is to Clapham High Street (ish -
it's a bit further, but it takes the same time, because in Hackney you'll
be running). *******s.
tom
[1] I realise this is now getting pedantic beyond the call of duty. No
extra charge!
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