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Originally Posted by piatkow
This morning I met a woman who has severe back problems as
has her 70 year old mother. She told me she has difficulties in
walking or standing up for long periods.
So at what point do we stop showing an interchange? What if that walk is entirely within the gateline? What about the walk between main line platforms and Underground?
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I suggest you are approaching this from the wrong angle.
The key requirement is not to mislead people who are physically
disadvantaged. Therefore any connection can be shown as long
as the map makes clear the distances involved.
As an example, a middle-aged woman with heavy luggage
travelling from Bedford to Walthamstow needs to know that
trudging from St. Pancras International to the Victoria Line
platforms is quite a hike. Does this mean that a map should
not show a connection at St. Pancras? Of course not. It means
that additional information needs to be given. (It also means
that a travelator should have been installed when they re-built
that station)