On Tue, 8 May 2007, John Rowland wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

How about having cross- or same-platform interchange shown by having
both lines go through a single circle, rather than having two joined
circles?

Bizarrely I came to the same conclusion less than a minute before reading
your post.

Not so bizarre - it's a pretty obvious thing to do. Indeed, it's what the
LU map generally does (well, it puts all lines through single circles when
it can), so it's actualy less bizarre than what Alex has done!

I also think that the Vic and Northern should go through their shared
circle in a north-south direction to make the direction of the
cross-platform interchange clear.

Good point.

This might make the map look a bit simpler, too. Or are you reserving
that for shared tracks only?

There is no reason for a passenger looking at a tube map to be told
which interchanges are shared-track and which are cross-platform.

This map is, AIUI, not for passengers.

tom

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