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To tell the punters that the district/circle station is called Monument is just tooooooo.... confusing. To be literal you DO have to change at Bank: it's just that the district/circle station is called something different

It's actually quicker to exit Bank and walk down the street to Cannon St. (except on Sundays!)

Oh, yeah. Hadn't thought of that, so used to my staff pass now... ;D

I didn't mean to cause offense, but before asking a silly question, it's often a good idea to do a little bit research, like looking at the tube map for example. I mean, do you really think the line map would show an interchange if it has never existed either in the past or present? I know we all have very different levels of knowledge, but I really do find it quite surprising that someone so interested in the tube either didn't know, or couldn't even work out when presented with the evidence, that there is an interchange at Bank and Monument.

I suggest paying a visit to the London Transport Museum shop, and buying a few general books on London Underground. Also if you visit this webpage de.geocities.com/u_london/london.htm , and scroll down to internet links, there are many websites that may further your interest of the tube. There is also a list of books on LUL on the same webpage.

Still, at least it's not the most stupid question I've seen on a tube message board. That was someone asking what a C stock was. He obviously hadn't heard of Google!

talking of maps, theres a sign at Bond Street which still has BLAKE HALL visible to everyone that chooses to examine it. When did Blake Hall close, 1981 was it not???

Unless its a message subtlely trying to tell us something....

If someone haven't seen it yet, click here .

You COULD do that, but then all the foreign visitors would not know what for. IMHO you'd still have to announce District and Circle lines, so it's swings and roundabouts really. The trouble is that most of us on this forum are a darn sight more clever than the average (confused) visitor to London

It would be a lot simpler for the tourists if it were just Bank, and there were separate names for the two Hammersmiths, Canary Wharfs, Shepheards Bushes, Edgware Roads, etc. I'd also give a separate names to Paddington, but grouping the Circle/District and Bakerloo stations together seems sensible.

The plan was that when the DLR was opened for Bank/ Monumnent to be renamed Bank, as was the case of Charing Cross when the Jubilee combined Trafalger Square and Strand.Operationally Bank/ Monumnent one station with the Op's room just off the Westbound District line platform. The plan was dropped due to the LFB objecting as the existing arrangement gives a better idea as to where to send any engines to. In the case of Charing Cross, which was pre Kings Cross the LFB opinions and voice was not deemed so important.

Well a name change to coincide with the new stations being built for the new shopping complex would be good.

There's going to be a new H&C station close to White City, on the east side of Wood Lane, and apparently to be named Wood Lane.

And a mainline station on the Kensington Olympia - Willesden Jn. line, at the south eastern corner of the site, close to Shepherd's Bush Central line station. There used to be a station in virtually the same place called Uxbridge Road, no idea what the new one will be named.

Sheperd's Bush Green sounds good to me for the Central line station.

Personally I think the gyrations of Paddington on the Diagram would be a lot less painful if the separate station names were restored to the H&C and Circle stations.

Ditto for renaming one of the Edgware Roads, and for renaming one of the Shepherd's Bushes (of which there were once FOUR!).

In a rather hurried voice as I approach the station:

"This is Bank, please mind the gap between train and platform. Change here for the Circle, Disrtict, Northern, Docklands Light Railway and the Waterloo and City Lines.

Heron Quays is actually closer to the Jubilee than the Canary Wharf DLR station, and doesn't involve fighting your way through a shopping mall and lots of steps.

It's probably not especially advertised since the names are already somewhat stuck, and Heron Quays has a much lower capacity than either of the other two stations.

Not really sure if any of the stations should be marked with an interchange circle.

"This is Bank, please mind the gap between train and platform. Change here to the Circle Line for one of the Edgware Road stations and also for one of the Paddington stations, District Line for one of the Hammersmith stations, Docklands Light Railway for one of the Canary Wharf stations or the Waterloo and City Line if you are not sure where you are going and want some time to think about it.
Stay on this train if you want to go to one of the Shepherds Bush stations, or go back to the last stop and change there if you want to travel to the other one.
Also change here for the Northern Line, unless you want to go to Charing Cross in which case you do not want this bit of it anyway. If you wish to visit the Monument please get off here and exit from the other station that we are also now going to call the Bank. If you want a real bank, please stay on this train until Notting Hill Gate where you will find several branches within easy walking distance of the station.
We apologise for the delay to this service due to the length of this announcement."