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Tom Anderson · April 13th 09, 11:48 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sun, 12 Apr 2009, wrote:

On 12 Apr, 19:07, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2009, Paul Scott wrote:
wrote in message
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I worry that it will be a case of "out of the frying-pan into a storm
in a tea-cup". For all its faults the current Circle is relatively easy
for strangers/tourists to interpret. Somehow the proposed operating
pattern seems to take us into a dimension beyond the normal capacity of
the underground map to portray effectively.

Surely all it needs is a 'linked double circle symbol' [whatever it's
proper name is] - like at Baker St or West Hampstead. The upper circle
would have a pair of through pink and yellow lines, and the lower circle
would have terminating green and yellow lines. Job done...

Indeed.

And they should rename it the Spiral line so as not to give the wrong
idea.

I rest my case as far as the confusion potential is concerned. A further
concern is that by introducing constant interworking of the Circle and H
& C lines any out of course delays anywhere on either line are liable to
infect both lines to a much greater extent than would happen at the
moment.

I don't know. The Circle and H&C already share enough track, and are
frequent enough, that they pollute each other perfectly well.

tom

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