May 2018 map

I've been keeping an eye on the TfL website expecting the standard Tube Map to change. It has yet to do so which I find odd given we've reached 20 May. The version displayed has a date of May 2018 but clearly isn't the new version.

The large print version has been updated.

I am also slightly surprised that the Single Fare Finder does not seem to have been updated to reflect the new PAYG fares into Heathrow. I would have expected this to change overnight.

At least some of the fares do appear to be there in the Single Fare Finder. However the TFL Rail Heathrow stations do not appear in the drop down boxes when you just type 'Heathrow'. If you start typing 'Heathrow Terminal Rail' in the box, the drop down list shows 'Heathrow Terminals 1-3 Rail Station', 'Heathrow Terminal 4 Rail Station' and 'Heathrow Terminal 5 Rail Station' in the options. Fares from Heathrow Rail to Paddington come up as £10.20 peak, £10.10 off-peak, and fares to other Zone 1 underground stations (e.g. Baker Street) come up as £12.10 peak and £10.10 off-peak. (Apologies I can't seem to get a Url that preloads the source/destination into the fare finder.) Hopefully the clumsiness of the interface for these fares will be sorted out soon.

Thanks for that. What a cumbersome mess though. Why on earth should you have to type such a long phrase? Similar problems exist elsewhere in the Single Fare Finder - grrrr. How is the average person with no knowledge of TfL minutiae supposed to cope with this?

Having now tried with the correct phrase the fares are actually there including some truly wacky "avoiding Zone 1" pink validator / OSI routes if you pick a start station on the other side of London.

EDIT - having tweeted about this on Twitter I've had a reply from TfL who say the issue is being looked at as a priority. I've given them some feedback to try to make it easier to bring up the full list of Heathrow station options.

Erm... what's happened to New Addington?

Is it just me or does the button for the large map link to the black and white map?

I picked up the May pocket map on Friday, so they're already in some stations. And don't panic, New Addington is present.







differences January 2018 to May 2018:
- TfL Rail services Paddington-Heathrow T2,3 and T4 added. stations added to map: Hayes & Harlington, Southall, Hanwell, West Ealing, Acton Main Line.
- Blackhorse Road (LO), step-free to platform added
- Bromley-by-Bow, step-free to platform added
- Buckhurst Hill, step-free to platform added
- Camden Town, dagger removed
- Canning Town, dagger removed
- Hammersmith (District/Piccadilly), now step-free to train
- Holborn, dagger removed
- Kennington, dagger added
- Tottenham Court Road (Northern), now step-free to train
- Wimbledon (District), now step-free to train

It definitely makes a case for colouring the LO lines in different colours.

The digital map is now, finally, live on the TfL website so here is the comprehensive list of changes relative to the March 2018 edition:

TfL Rail Paddington to Heathrow added
In consequence shape of Heathrow loop radically changed, and Piccadilly line as far as Northfields is now slightly south east of where it was with stations slightly closer together.
Hatton Cross has moved significantly eastwards and South Ealing slightly westwards (the latter now horizontally aligned with Ealing Broadway and Hanger Lane)
Buckhurst Hill and Bromley-by-Bow now step-free from street to platform
Holborn, Canning Town and Camden Town have lost their red daggers
Kennington has gained a blue dagger
Wimbledon District line and Hammersmith D&P now step-free to train (previously just to street)
Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens and Richmond all slightly further south, with Richmond now slightly further away from Kew Gardens
River Thames moves slightly south south of Heathrow
The Goblin between South Tottenham and Leyton Midland Road has moved very slightly east, Leyton Midland Road station has moved a similar distance west.
Maryland and Manor Park have moved very slightly north east


Zone marking changes:
labels for zones 4, 5 and 6, added west of zone 3 label west of East Putney.
Zone 4 label south-east of Morden moves closer to the statiion
Zone 6 west of
Zone 5 west of Ealing Broadway now much wider, consequently no longer space for a Z6 label here.
The Zone 4-5 boundary has been moved or reshaped slightly along its entire length for obvious reason (other than around TfL Rail/Piccadilly line Heathrow branch). The south edge of the interchange circle for Norwood Junction now touches the boundary rather than being clearly wholly within Z4.
The Zone 3-4 boundary has been similarly moved or reshaped slightly between Perivale and Merton Park (partly in consequence of TfL Rail).

Indeed "previously just to street" was my thinko.
Showing the different step-free status of the lines at Hammersmith* would be easy - they do this at Earl's Court


*I shall refrain from ranting again about why the symbols are actually not useful.

I have the following digital maps:

2004-03
2006-08(1)
2006-08(2)
2006-11
2007-12
2008-01
2008-03
2008-10
2009-12
2010-05
2011-03
2011-04
2011-09
2011-12
2012-05
2012-06
2012-12
2013-05
2013-09
2013-12
2014-05
2014-12
2015-05
2015-12
2016-06
2016-12
2017-03
2017-05
2017-07
2017-12
2018-02
2018-03

You seem to be missing December 2017 and February 2018. Send me a PM if you would like me to email you those or any others.

Maybe a big thread with all the PDF versions?

Maybe reduce the connector width by 2/3?

I would go for the White City/Wood Lane style.

Just found from internal source that station was officially renamed on 20 May 2018 to “Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3”, station signage to be updated ‘soon’.