Tottenham Court Road New Station

...and should Finchley Central not be shown as an interchange, with an extra 'peak hours only' dashed line for Mill Hill East, to illustrate better that it's generally just a shuttle service (like they do on the in-car diagrams)?

I didn't necessarily see that as an error to be honest! It's obvious it's not there, but I thought it's because the diagram only shows where one could catch a Northern Line direct from TCR...!?
Surely that was the thinking behind it anyway!?

i was looking at lift positions - its not very clear if plans changed - the third access to northern line in new passageway shows there is 3rd stairs down to northern line but this one seems dropped from final plans also ticket hall plans changed - but we don't have a final plans to show the changes from draft

None of the lifts are in service at the moment. From what I could see they are all hoarded off. It is worth saying that at the intermediate concourse level for the Northern Line there is a hoarded off part of the end wall. I assume that when opened up it will lead through to 3rd staircase / lift shaft. In terms of lift access to the Northern Line I think it may be a longish wait because if I have interpreted the plans properly there is only one lift down and that is beside the Crossrail main escalator bank. It takes you down Crossrail platform level and a connecting corridor from where there is access to the currently blocked off corridor links to the Northern Line.

Could you say what you think has been changed from the plans as there are still large areas to be finished off in terms of exits, breaking through to the Central Line plus all the links to Crossrail? It all seems to make sense to me with only the ticket office area having changed and that's not unexpected given the policy change in that area.

The map is also missing the interchange for the Bakerloo at Charing X (though given it is the worst interchange of the three successive stations that the Bakerloo and Northern stop at, perhaps this was intentional)

Line diagrams on the CX branch have never shown the City branch (and vice versa) except as a connection at Euston

www.londonbusblinds.com/prodimages/ENAMEL06%20Northern%20Line%20Platform%20Northbound.jpg

It's from the Piccadilly Line to the Northern Line and can be found fairly easily. It's even signed as "Northern Line". Just saves trying to fight through the escalator rush!

As a friend of mine said in December - "generally the shortest route is the one that says no entry" - although I did point out that it doesn't always work!

It was from Geoff Marshall's excellent Secrets of the London Tube series.

A very nice piece of work, however, the signed routes are generally chosen for good reasons. Obviously LU stuff do not find it amusing to make passengers walk around pointlessly around their station, nor are they part of a secret conspiracy to help us all lose a little weight, it's about crowd control. For instance, in one video Geoff shows us a very cute little shortcut at Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo to Picc) which takes you against the flow of traffic. But even apart from this clearer example, in general, it's all about smoothing the flow of passengers through a station. If too many people took these little shortcuts there'd be chaos. So just a word of caution, really, I don't necessarily recommend taking this advice.

Also, I'm not in the know, there may well be locations (maybe King's Cross is one of them) where the official route is just a bit illogical or just a bad decision, but there's generally a fair reason, such as crowd control, the width of the passageways or the presence of a lot of stairs (e.g. they get you on the lifts at Russell Square, even during this period of work on the lifts, because there are just so many stairs and they are exhausting ). I, for example, find it really annoying when they leave crowd control barriers at Holborn open, because it has the effect of allowing people to travel against the flow of traffic, i.e. at me. Ultimately, nothing sinister about this.

I think it makes a lot of sense, too, not to show the whole city branch at west end branch stations, it's less clear and it's potentially misleading. The interchange alternative is a nice compromise, but ultimately not vital. A lot of research goes into the signage and helping people to find where they are and where they're going. I'm not saying they always get it right, or there's no room for improvement. However, the details of the city branch are about as much use to a passenger at TCR as are the details of the Bakerloo line. Out on the east end of the Central line, for example, the interchange approach is taken. This is to avoid confusing people, what with the loop.

That would be, of course, the lovely @geofftech

plans show the lift from central line gateline to intermediate level (this seems changed because there is shaft opposite control room because i saw video of ticket hall works - the lift shaft was visible on right side and also photo of hoarding) also i noticed the ticket offices as shown in plans now no longer there in photos (the wall next to ticket barriers and ticket machines was space for ticket office - i assume the space is used for pther uses like plant rooms

I still get the same message. I'm a rare breed #NotOnFacepest

I just recorded a full station tour of the new TCR, and I'll post a link when I get round to uploading it

Went to TCR the other day - it seems a little unfinished at the sides of the bottom of the main escalators (and notably no advertising boards/ screens on the escalators down?!!). Wider passage ways are OK, but everyone is still being funnelled down into a narrow passage to the platforms - are the platforms being spruced up? They look rather tatty in places - especially the ceilings.