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On 2015\09\18 07:32, Recliner wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...-tube-map.html


Thanks! The journalist is an airhead... mailbiter's comment sums her up
beautifully.

The map is better, but it makes little attempt to show the lines in the
right place... obvious errors are showing the Jubilee at right angles to
the Bakerloo at Baker Street, even though there is a cross-platform
interchange. The District is shown not crossing the Central Lines near
Ealing Broadway, and the Chiltern line is shown too far from Finchley
Road station to make room for the name. The Vic and Picc are shown at an
angle at Finsbury Park although they too are cross-platform... likewise
for Vic and Bak at Oxford Circus.
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In article , (Basil Jet)
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On 2015\09\18 07:32, Recliner wrote:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de.../11871152/Accu
rate-distance-London-tube-map.html

Thanks! The journalist is an airhead... mailbiter's comment sums her
up beautifully.

The map is better, but it makes little attempt to show the lines in
the right place... obvious errors are showing the Jubilee at right
angles to the Bakerloo at Baker Street, even though there is a
cross-platform interchange. The District is shown not crossing the
Central Lines near Ealing Broadway, and the Chiltern line is shown
too far from Finchley Road station to make room for the name. The Vic
and Picc are shown at an angle at Finsbury Park although they too are
cross-platform... likewise for Vic and Bak at Oxford Circus.


It's a bit neither-fish-nor-fowl isn't it? It is fairly good at showing
distances between stations though.

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On 2015-09-18 08:06:02 +0000, Basil Jet said:

On 2015\09\18 07:32, Recliner wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...-tube-map.html


Thanks! The journalist is an airhead... mailbiter's comment sums her up
beautifully.

The map is better, but it makes little attempt to show the lines in the
right place... obvious errors are showing the Jubilee at right angles
to the Bakerloo at Baker Street, even though there is a cross-platform
interchange. The District is shown not crossing the Central Lines near
Ealing Broadway, and the Chiltern line is shown too far from Finchley
Road station to make room for the name. The Vic and Picc are shown at
an angle at Finsbury Park although they too are cross-platform...
likewise for Vic and Bak at Oxford Circus.


And Euston Square is shown directly south of Euston, which it[1] (or
the passenger entrance, at least) isn't.

[1] Well, the platforms are, which is why it amazes me there was never
an entrance provided from the Euston complex.

Neil
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In message , at 14:04:33 on Fri, 18
Sep 2015, Neil Williams remarked:

And Euston Square is shown directly south of Euston, which it[1] (or
the passenger entrance, at least) isn't.

[1] Well, the platforms are, which is why it amazes me there was never
an entrance provided from the Euston complex.


I refer the Honorable Gentleman to the site I mentioned earlier:

http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/

Which shows the closest platform ends are some distance apart. Indeed
Euston Square is closer to Warren Street [Northern Line] than Euston
mainline.

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On 2015-09-18 13:52:50 +0000, Roland Perry said:

http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/

Which shows the closest platform ends are some distance apart. Indeed
Euston Square is closer to Warren Street [Northern Line] than Euston
mainline.


Possibly in terms of the other two lines there which seem to lie
slightly south-east of Euston station, but in terms of Euston station
itself the platforms run west to east pretty much under the road past
Euston Square Gardens, i.e. the front of the station. So when going
from Euston to Euston Square, one walks unnecessarily in the wrong
direction before accessing the platforms at their western extreme end.
An access at the eastern end would be a whole train-length closer to
Euston.

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On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:32:30 +0100, Neil Williams
wrote:

On 2015-09-18 13:52:50 +0000, Roland Perry said:

http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/

Which shows the closest platform ends are some distance apart. Indeed
Euston Square is closer to Warren Street [Northern Line] than Euston
mainline.


Possibly in terms of the other two lines there which seem to lie
slightly south-east of Euston station, but in terms of Euston station
itself the platforms run west to east pretty much under the road past
Euston Square Gardens, i.e. the front of the station. So when going
from Euston to Euston Square, one walks unnecessarily in the wrong
direction before accessing the platforms at their western extreme end.
An access at the eastern end would be a whole train-length closer to
Euston.


I'm sure Euston wins on connections, but you could link both with a
distance similar to that you can walk undercover at Kings X St P. We
could then have stations where you can get a train *or* walk, like in
Paris... Chatelet Les Halles, somewhere around Auber/St Lazare?

Richard.
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Similar style to the New York Subway map.
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Le vendredi 18 septembre 2015 15:01:09 UTC+1, Roland Perry a écrit*:


http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/


I've always wondered about this map. It looks very "precise" but is it really?

For example, a tube line runs under the Western side of Finsbury Park (West of the reservoir) but neither the Victoria or Piccadilly lines are shown so doing - so what's going on there?

Francis
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In message , at
09:10:28 on Tue, 6 Oct 2015, remarked:
http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/

I've always wondered about this map. It looks very "precise" but is it really?


Every time I've checked it, the result is the most accurate I've seen.

For example, a tube line runs under the Western side of Finsbury Park


There's a certain amount of artistic licence at places like Finsbury
Park station, where the various lines are spread out horizontally for
clarity.

(West of the reservoir) but neither the Victoria or Piccadilly lines
are shown so doing - so what's going on there?


Other maps I have confirm the Victoria Line shadowing the Piccadilly as
far as Manor House Station and then the Piccadilly heading north to
Turnpike Lane, under or adjacent to Green Lanes, and the Victoria Line
continuing under Seven Sisters Road.

Both are well east of the lake in the park, which would be a massive
diversion for either line.
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