RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2015 An excellent challenge to the official version.Click on a line, or the name of the line in the key bottom right, and the line flashes on the map:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Sameboat_temp_cc4.svg You can also search for a station using Edit > Find (or CTRL+F) in your browser. It will highlight on the map. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 An excellent challenge to the official version. Click on the name of a line in the key bottom right, and the line flashes on the map ... If you click on all of them it pulsates like a disco...! Nice to see Crossrail appearing on these sort of maps, though I remain mystified why Thameslink is ignored. If you're a tourist at, say, Farringdon or St Paul's and want to go to Blackfriars for Tate Modern, this map is wretchedly unhelpful (just like LU's official map). Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Didn't do anything for me, no flash or pulsating Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I had trouble trying to get them all flashing. You have to point very accurately or they all stop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Seen this one? https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/london_underground_circle_map_2013.jpg?quality=80&strip=all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Seen this one? https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/london_underground_circle_map_2013.jpg?quality=80&strip=all I've seen this before - variations on the idea emerged when Overground came onstream (and as an Overground map it is very effective). I think it's very clever, but there are some significant problems: check out the treatment of Farringdon, for example, which is supposed to be the single biggest interchange in London when both Thameslink 2000 and Crossrail come onstream. Beck tried in his early Underground maps to have one vertical axis - part of the Northern line - and one horizontal - part of the Central - which he felt made it much easier to orientate yourself around everything else. I wonder if a map orientated around Thameslink and Crossrail would be the modern equivalent? Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Several BR mainline routes missing from the main stations too, for example it doesn't show Victoria to Clapham Junc via Battersea Park etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 There's also this one - but not too sure about the topographical accuracy as some of the bends and gradients seem a little steep but entertaining with the sound on as well. http://brunoimbrizi.com/experiments/#/07 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyboy Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 The Edgware line? Didn't know this part of the Northern Line was to become another separate line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Yes, I spotted that too - it took me a few minutes to figure out that it was part of the Northern Line as we know it (or knew it!), particularly as the Northern Line is probably the one I am least familiar with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wonderful, thanks for listing this - and the others, too. This one gives more prominence to the lines south of the river (where the cabbies don't go...) Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2015 The Edgware line? Didn't know this part of the Northern Line was to become another separate line? Seems they have turned the Edgware branch and Charing Cross branch into the 'Edgware Line' for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astockfan101 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Seems they have turned the Edgware branch and Charing Cross branch into the 'Edgware Line' for some reason. I think that's due to the upcoming Battersea branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted June 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2015 Seems they have turned the Edgware branch and Charing Cross branch into the 'Edgware Line' for some reason. I think that's due to the upcoming Battersea branch. It's also due to the long term intention to eliminate the junctions at Camden Town, but this is dependant on a significant rebuild of the station there to improve passenger interchange between the separated lines. This provides some additional background; http://electric-rly-society.org.uk/transformation-of-london-undergrounds-northern-line/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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