Hi all

I have developed a facility which allows you to find out the best
routes between two London Underground stations, try searching for it at
http://public.ok2life.com/tube/routes. The routes found are colour
coded to indicate line changes and National Rail stations where
available. There is also integrated Google Maps to show you the
surrounding area of each station along the paths found.

Let me know if you have any suggestion/comment for improvement.

Regards
David

ezusbo wrote in message
:

Hi all

I have developed a facility which allows you to find out the best
routes between two London Underground stations, try searching for it
at http://public.ok2life.com/tube/routes. The routes found are colour
coded to indicate line changes and National Rail stations where
available. There is also integrated Google Maps to show you the
surrounding area of each station along the paths found.

Let me know if you have any suggestion/comment for improvement.

Looks good. Maybe you should make it clearer which is the station at which
you have to change, by doing one or other of the following:

- display the change station in the colours of both lines (left hand side of
box in old colour; right hand side in new colour)

- repeat the station name: one box in the colour of the old line and then
the same name in a box below in the colour of the new line

The first suggestion is probably the better one.

Surely the tube planner is as effective as this.

What I want is how best to travel from Tottenham Hale to Camden Town?

Simple question?

OK so Victoria Line from Tottenham Hale to ??

Kings Cross OR Euston

Actually the solution I like the best is to sit in the front carriage
of the tube train from TH to Euston.

Then use what I call the stairs short cut (right by the front of the
train on arrival at Euston) to the bank Branch of the Northern Line.
Northenr Line to Camden Town

The reverse is similar. Always get a Bank Branch train from camden
Town. Sit in the rear most carriage and then at Euston use the short
cut stairs (right by the rear carriage) to the Victoria Line
Northbound.

This saves having to go up to "high level" (which you end up doing if
you use a charing cross train) and then down again at Euston.

Any other ideas?


Martin Underwood wrote:

ezusbo wrote in message
:

Hi all

I have developed a facility which allows you to find out the best
routes between two London Underground stations, try searching for it
at http://public.ok2life.com/tube/routes. The routes found are colour
coded to indicate line changes and National Rail stations where
available. There is also integrated Google Maps to show you the
surrounding area of each station along the paths found.

Let me know if you have any suggestion/comment for improvement.

Looks good. Maybe you should make it clearer which is the station at which
you have to change, by doing one or other of the following:

- display the change station in the colours of both lines (left hand side of
box in old colour; right hand side in new colour)

- repeat the station name: one box in the colour of the old line and then
the same name in a box below in the colour of the new line

The first suggestion is probably the better one.

On 13 Jun 2006 03:47:29 -0700, wrote:

Surely the tube planner is as effective as this.

What I want is how best to travel from Tottenham Hale to Camden Town?

Any other ideas?

Vic to Highbury & Islington, then NLL to Camden Road?

wrote:

Surely the tube planner is as effective as this.

What I want is how best to travel from Tottenham Hale to Camden Town?

Simple question?

OK so Victoria Line from Tottenham Hale to ??

Kings Cross OR Euston

Actually the solution I like the best is to sit in the front carriage
of the tube train from TH to Euston.

Then use what I call the stairs short cut (right by the front of the
train on arrival at Euston) to the bank Branch of the Northern Line.
Northenr Line to Camden Town

The reverse is similar. Always get a Bank Branch train from camden
Town. Sit in the rear most carriage and then at Euston use the short
cut stairs (right by the rear carriage) to the Victoria Line
Northbound.

This saves having to go up to "high level" (which you end up doing if
you use a charing cross train) and then down again at Euston.

Any other ideas?


Martin Underwood wrote:

ezusbo wrote in message
:

Hi all

I have developed a facility which allows you to find out the best
routes between two London Underground stations, try searching for it
at http://public.ok2life.com/tube/routes. The routes found are colour
coded to indicate line changes and National Rail stations where
available. There is also integrated Google Maps to show you the
surrounding area of each station along the paths found.

Let me know if you have any suggestion/comment for improvement.

Looks good. Maybe you should make it clearer which is the station at which
you have to change, by doing one or other of the following:

- display the change station in the colours of both lines (left hand side of
box in old colour; right hand side in new colour)

- repeat the station name: one box in the colour of the old line and then
the same name in a box below in the colour of the new line

The first suggestion is probably the better one.

That is an awesome suggestion, and to implement it will require
knowledge of the station layouts too. I am not sure if this stuff is
available on the web though, not to mention the challenge in
programming that algorithm into the web page.

David

ezusbo wrote:

That is an awesome suggestion, and to implement it will require
knowledge of the station layouts too. I am not sure if this stuff is
available on the web though, not to mention the challenge in
programming that algorithm into the web page.


You could use Roger Collings' "Way Out Tube Map" (printed, at
bookstores) for reference, which actually gives the ordinal number of
the carriage next to the exit or interchange for each station. But I
doubt that would be fair use of the map data unless you asked the
publisher or checked for yourself throughout the network.

According to the map, taking the 2nd carriage on southbound Victoria
line trains is even closer to the exit at Euston ...


Regards,
Johannes

What I want is how best to travel from Tottenham Hale to Camden Town?

Simple question?
snip
Then use what I call the stairs short cut (right by the front of the
train on arrival at Euston) to the bank Branch of the Northern Line.
Northenr Line to Camden Town

The reverse is similar. Always get a Bank Branch train from camden
Town. Sit in the rear most carriage and then at Euston use the short
cut stairs (right by the rear carriage) to the Victoria Line
Northbound.

This saves having to go up to "high level" (which you end up doing if
you use a charing cross train) and then down again at Euston.

That's handy, that. On a slightly different note, am I right in thinking
that it's a cross-platform interchange for Southbound Victoria/Southbound
Bank Branch, and the same for Northbound?

--
"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:49:22 GMT, "AstraVanMan"
wrote:

That's handy, that. On a slightly different note, am I right in thinking
that it's a cross-platform interchange for Southbound Victoria/Southbound
Bank Branch, and the same for Northbound?

You would be correct. It's only really designed for southbound Northern
to southbound Victoria and Northbound Victoria to the Northbound
Northern Line. Come from the "wrong" direction and you go through Kings
Cross twice.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Martin Underwood wrote:

ezusbo wrote in message
:

Hi all

I have developed a facility which allows you to find out the best
routes between two London Underground stations, try searching for it
at http://public.ok2life.com/tube/routes. The routes found are colour
coded to indicate line changes and National Rail stations where
available. There is also integrated Google Maps to show you the
surrounding area of each station along the paths found.

Let me know if you have any suggestion/comment for improvement.

Looks good. Maybe you should make it clearer which is the station at which
you have to change, by doing one or other of the following:

- display the change station in the colours of both lines (left hand side of
box in old colour; right hand side in new colour)

- repeat the station name: one box in the colour of the old line and then
the same name in a box below in the colour of the new line

The first suggestion is probably the better one.

Acknowledged, will try to do that in version 2. I have a day job, so
this is only a hobby. Thank you for your input.

David

On 13 Jun 2006 08:18:11 -0700, "ezusbo"
wrote:

Martin Underwood wrote:

ezusbo wrote in message
:

I have developed a facility which allows you to find out the best
routes between two London Underground stations, try searching for it
at http://public.ok2life.com/tube/routes.

I tried a trip on the program from Waterloo to Shoreditch and it gave
a route beautifully. It shows you'll have to keep up the editing too!
I'm glad I finally visited Shoreditch on the day it closed - what an
atmospheric place.

Paul