December 2018 Tube Map

Online maps for both the Tube Map and the Tube & Rail services map are now up. The latter has gained the pecked lines too.

All the changes I think there are between the May and December tube maps in more detail than anybody probably wants:
Changes in the digital tube map May to December 2018:
Major changes: walk lines, change in shape of North London Line between Camden Road and west of Willesden Junction, change in shape of Met/Jubilee lines around Baker Street, lighter shade of grey used for even numbered zones, no "special fares apply" labels.
Other changes:
Zones and labels: new zone six label south of Uxbridge.
Zone one lable east of Bayswater moves southwest slightly, zone 3-5 lables in the west to north of the TfL Rail line to line up with it and a zone 2 label is added north of East Acton, also in line.
Zone 8 boundary moves closer to Watford Junction. Zone 8 label moves east slightly to become almost centred on gridline
Zone 1/2 boundary now has a significant southward extension to accomodate St John's Wood.
Zone 2, 3 and 4 lables in north centre of the map move west slightly. Zone 4 label moves south a bit and zone 2 north a bit at the same time.
From Wembley Park clockwise round to the east edge of the map zone 4 moves outwards slightly compressing Zone 5, except: northwest of Edgware where zone 6 is the one that is squeezed and southeast of the District line where Zone 4 shrinks.
Zone 2 label west of Surrey Quays moves further west

Station labels: Kentish Town West now north of line and on three lines.
Tottenham Hale now south of the line (to make way for Seven Sisters-South Tottenham walk line.
Bond Street now on two lines.
Warren Street label now east of station.
Great Portland Street moves south of line.
Baker Street moves to southwest of Bakerloo and Jubilee blob (was previously northest of the SSR blob) in consequence of St. John's Wood station moving.
Riverbus symbol at Embankment now at start of second line not end of first
Riverbus and NR symbols at Vauxhall now left (previously right) aligned
Preston Road is now on one line
Woolwich Arsenal label now right of blob (previously below)
Westferry and Canary Wharf gain Riverbus interchange symbols (Canary Wharf pier is roughly the same distance walk from both, but isn't signposted from the former)
Piccadilly line and TfL Rail stations at Heathrow T2&3 and T4 are now connected interchange stations. Piccadilly line at T4 is now southeast of the TfL Rail station blob not south. The airport symbol moves from north of the T5 branch to inside the T4 loop, west of the TfL Rail line.
Riverbus symbol at Imperial Wharf moves from below to right of station name


SSR: Royal Oak and Westbourne Park move slightly south.
Euston Square now west of Northern line.
Blackfriars to Cannon Street diagonal moves slightly east
Kensington Olympia branch slightly shorter

Jubilee line: Kingsbury to Stanmore all move west slightly
St. John's Wood moves south of London Overground and is now level with Marylebone and Euston.
The sections of Jubilee and Waterloo & City line that run northeast-southwest west of London Bridge move away from each other slightly.

Northern line: Edgware branch now slightly longer: Golders Green station remains in the same place, stations north have moved slightly northwest and Hampstead has moved slightly southeast. Belize Park has moved a long way south east in consequence of changes to North London line (now very close to Gospel Oak).
South Wimbledon to Tooting Bec move northeast slightly, Clapham South to Clapham North move southwest slightly. Balham doesn't move.


Piccadilly line: Caledonian Road-Finsbury Park stations have moved slightly southwest, Manor House remains in the same spot, stations Turnpike Lane-Cockfosters move slightly north.

LO Liverpool Street lines: Bruce Grove to Edmonton Green move slightly north. Stamford Hill moves slightly south. Chingford moves slightly north.
LO Watford DC: now offset slightly from Bakerloo line Queens' Park to Harrow. South Hampstead now east of Met/Jubilee
LO Goblin: Gospel Oak blobs now arragned vertically and link is much shorter.
LO North London Line: Now runs northeast-southwest (not east-west) through Willesden Junction
Hampstead Heath now west of Northern line. From the kink west of Hackney Central to Stratford the line moves very slightly north, but the station labels don't move, making them now off-centre. It is also now offset slightly from the District line Richmond branch. Gunnersbury moves south slightly.
LO East London line: Dalston Junction and Haggerston move slightly north. New Cross branch now mainly parallel to West Croydon branch. Rotherhithe and the junction south of Surrey Quays both move south slightly
LO South London line: both Peckham stations move west slightly, the kink east of Queen's Road Peckham moves north
LO West London: Imperial Wharf moves west slightly

DLR: West Silvertown-London City Airport move slightly southeast
Mudchute-Heron Quays all move north slightly

TfL Rail west: Link at Paddington now slightly longer.

Trams: Change in shade of green: Previously: hex 77CA3A, now: hex B7D688
Addiscombe to Harrington Road section now runs northeast not north. Birkbeck to Beckenham junction move east and Elmers End branch shortens in consequence
In consequence of South Wimbledon-Morden Road walkline Merton Park to Wandle Park all move west slightly.
Centrale to Wellesley Road move east slightly, possibly in consequence of change to walk line at West Croydon.

Access changes: Newbury Park now step-free to platform (previously not step free)
Upney and Fulham Broadway now step-free to train (previously to platform only)
Victoria SSL now step-free to platform (previously not step free)

Daggers:
+ Earl's Court, East Ham
- Brixton, Kennington, Victoria

misc: Grid lines and river edge lines become darker and much closer to Victoria line blue
Key to symbols gains explanation of walklines extending the whole key further right. The white background to it now implies that zones 3 and 5 merge southwest of Wimbledon.

There you go:

content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf

Night Tube version:
(Whitechapel Overground open)

Most z1 stations should have copies, as should all the Gateways.

A polite email to Art on the Underground can often also result in a delivery. :-)

I wish I'd know that a few years ago! Organising a major international conference we wanted to give every attendee (around 2000) a tube map, but station staff I asked weren't able to help with bulk and the press office wanted an extortionate amount (nearing £1/copy iirc, which was outside our budget).
So for a couple of months I just grabbed a large handful every time I passed a rack with some in - Liverpool Street and Old Street in particular must have seen their stocks depleted far faster than normal!

I agree. When you look at the classic pre-war posters that were commissioned by the LTE, in MY opinion only, they are not even close these days.

TfL also have maps specifically stuck onto ticket machines. These ticket machine maps are dated Dec 2018 but have zones which are clearly color coded in the style of the older maps.

Presumably because this is more important at ticket machines which are used for ticketing purposes than fir tube maps which are more navigational and need to be less cluttered (although whether that’s fulfilled at the moment is debatable!)

I have a feeling alot of this has to do with aesthetics as there simply isn't the space to fit in all the OSI's that fall within the 10 min threshold. Kilburn to Brondesbury isn't shown presumably due to the Metropolitan line scything through the area.

Interesting that the TfL Rail and Piccadilly Line stations at Heathrow get the solid connection even though there are two gate lines at two distinctly separate stations.

Let's not expect consistency from an organisation that (will eventually) bring us the Elizabeth Line line (if we're consistent with the Metropolitan line etc.) and Battersea Power (as opposed to Battersea Power Station station, like, say, Hammersmith station).