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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 13:43:24 GMT
Just wondering if anybody knows why Gloucester Road doesnt have District or Circle lines marked underneath on the maps found inside the carriages?
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 14:04:45 GMT
I believe it's because it's "easier" to change between the D&C and Piccadilly lines at South Kensington, although I'm not sure of the exact layout underground. I do know that South Kensington D&C is a single island, whereas Gloucester Road has three platforms connected by a footbridge!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 15:34:01 GMT
I've always preferred the spacious Gloucester Road interchange. Guess thats just me
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Post by kateyay on May 21, 2012 19:19:24 GMT
Is it possibly because all the other stations to the left and right of Gloucester road, on the map, also have D&C line interchanges?
It is similarly laid out on the Circle/HamCity/Wimbleware train map with District line interchanges along the bottom of the Circle - only the two eastern and westmost interchanges are listed as with the District line too.
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Post by crusty54 on May 21, 2012 20:30:16 GMT
At Gloucester Road you have to upstairs to go down in the lifts to the Piccadilly Line. At other interchanges you go down.
Map policy is to show sensible interchanges.
Somebody went a bit mad on the former Silverlink stations that are part of the Bakerloo Line.
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Post by norbitonflyer on May 21, 2012 21:24:50 GMT
In the olden days it was an out of station interchange (the lift operator also ckecked tickets for the Piccy) and definitely easier at South Ken or Earls Court.
I do recall, from my long-ago student days, that people often took a very ling time to change lines at Gloucester Road - taking in a Prom concert on the way home on one ticket.
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