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Post by rincew1nd on Jun 26, 2018 16:58:31 GMT
I found these on Twitter earlier which are pleasing. Click/tap here if embedded tweet fails to display. Click/tap here if embedded tweet fails to display.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 21:35:16 GMT
Very incorrect geographically :-P
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Post by class411 on Jun 27, 2018 12:57:47 GMT
Very incorrect geographically :-P Do enlighten us.
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Post by superteacher on Jun 27, 2018 13:18:50 GMT
Very good, but there are a few glitches e.g. the Edgware Road area.
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Post by Chris M on Jun 27, 2018 14:22:12 GMT
It's mostly a combination of following the above-ground routes accurately and joining the dots (stations) for the below-ground bits. e.g. the Picadilly line is below the SSR South Kensington to east of Barons Court, and is rather more bendy than shown east of South Kensington. The Northern line branches at Euston are roughly correct however.
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Post by melikepie on Jun 27, 2018 14:54:33 GMT
I would just like to point out you have missed the main Stratford via Bow and the Tower Gateway branches of DLR.
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Post by rincew1nd on Jun 27, 2018 16:40:50 GMT
I would just like to point out you have missed the main Stratford via Bow and the Tower Gateway branches of DLR. AFAIK the author isn't a member of this forum, as I said above it was just something I found. If you click the above tweets you'll find replies from the author to a similar 'feedback'; I'll make things a little easier though: Click if embedded tweet fails to display.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2018 10:47:16 GMT
Out of the obvious things (that I know well): - Jubilee line around Baker Street is completely incorrect. Because of the need for cross-platform interchange Jubilee is actually nearly along west-east alignment there, as opposed to north-south as depicted. This also has major implications for the tunnels on both sides, as for example south of St John's Wood Jubilee heads S-S-W, does not pass under Regent's Park, and instead reaches Marylebone. South / east of Baker Street Jubilee almost reaches Great Portland street before heading towards Bond Street (so straight north-south line between Baker Street and Bond Street is incorrect). - Waterloo & City line is incorrect, as it heads north-west from Waterloo, then has a sharp bend to the east, crosses the river only close to Blackfriars, and then runs pretty much under District for the rest of it's run. - Jubilee south of Green Park is not nearly as straight, as that's the point where JLE tunnels diverge and there are various fairly long winding tunnel deviations there. It is a good map, just a simplified one. And I'm pointlessly nitpicking :-)
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Post by superteacher on Jul 1, 2018 21:40:16 GMT
The Bakerloo line has some serious bends!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 23:59:51 GMT
The Bakerloo line has some serious bends! Bakerloo is one of the worst examples of how Victorian railways were built on the cheap and opportunistically - massive bend to Regent's Park (to avoid paying for way leases under properties), massive bend to Paddington (to capture GWR traffic), massive bend to Queen's Park for an opportunity to use Watford DC lines... and final result is a twisted line that takes about 1.5 times longer to get from say Maida Vale to Waterloo than would have been directly.
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Post by stapler on Jul 4, 2018 7:08:35 GMT
The Bakerloo line has some serious bends! Bakerloo is one of the worst examples of how Victorian railways were built on the cheap and opportunistically - massive bend to Regent's Park (to avoid paying for way leases under properties), massive bend to Paddington (to capture GWR traffic), massive bend to Queen's Park for an opportunity to use Watford DC lines... and final result is a twisted line that takes about 1.5 times longer to get from say Maida Vale to Waterloo than would have been directly. The Bakerloo wasn't a Victorian railway.....
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Jul 4, 2018 7:22:56 GMT
Bakerloo is one of the worst examples of how Victorian railways were built on the cheap and opportunistically - massive bend to Regent's Park (to avoid paying for way leases under properties), massive bend to Paddington (to capture GWR traffic), massive bend to Queen's Park for an opportunity to use Watford DC lines... and final result is a twisted line that takes about 1.5 times longer to get from say Maida Vale to Waterloo than would have been directly. The Bakerloo wasn't a Victorian railway..... Building was started in 1898 and planning earlier than that so technically, it is a Victorian railway by birth although admittedly, the parts under discussion here were later era additions.
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