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I thought Embankment and Charing Cross were one of the closest-together stations too? Hell, they're at opposite ends of the same road, and walkable in far less than a minute.
Lyle | Homepage | 06.10.03 - 1:18 p.m. | #
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Also very close walking distance (in my experience) are:
Chancery Lane, Holborn
Bank, Monument
Liverpool Street, Moorgate
Waterloo, Southwark?
and Leicester Sq, Charing Cross (at a push)
Jag | Homepage | 06.10.03 - 5:30 p.m. | #
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Embankment to Charing Cross is shorter than Covent Garden to Leicester Square above the surface, but the train journey underground is slightly longer.
Chancery Lane > Holborn: 600m
Bank > Monument: 250m
Liverpool Street > Moorgate: 600m
Waterloo to Southwark: 600m
Leicester Sq > Charing Cross: 400m
Chesham > Chalfont and Latimer: 4 miles
diamond geezer | Homepage | 06.10.03 - 8:18 p.m. | #
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Strange confluences abound. BoingBoing linked to this today, which is a London tube-map with added walklines, showing stations which are separated by 500 metres or less. I've heard there's a Tube map you can buy with the stations in their correct geographical positions, but I've yet to find it.
christophe | 06.10.03 - 10:21 p.m. | #
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Cannon Street > Bank: 300m
Shepherd's Bush > Goldhawk Road: 450m
Canada Water > Surrey Quays: 600m
(but Canada Water > Rotherhithe: 350m)
I'd better stop there...
diamond geezer | Homepage | 06.10.03 - 10:23 p.m. | #
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I have a great book all about Harry Beck's underground map.
I am really looking forward to reading your entries this week, I love all things underground.
Maddie | Homepage | 07.10.03 - 12:36 a.m. | #
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Not the clearest graphic but the best geographical tube map I could find is here
You might to try The Way Out Tube Map as this shows where to get on to be nearest to the exit when you get off (if that makes sense).
Annie Mole | Homepage | 07.10.03 - 1:17 a.m. | #
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OK - full geek mode now
A commonly quoted example of the "it's quicker to walk than follow the tube map" is from Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island:
"An out-of-town visitor using Mr.Beck's map (Harry Beck designed the tube map in 1931) to get from, say, Bank Station to Mansion House would quite understandably board a Central Line train to Liverpool Street, transfer to the Circle Line and continue for another five stops to Mansion House and emerge 200 yards down the street from where he started."
Annie Mole | Homepage | 07.10.03 - 1:28 a.m. | #
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There is now a rather small blue plaque to commemorate Harry Beck on his former home at 60 Court House Gardens, round the corner from West Finchley Station.
Incidentally, Court House Gardens is a rather confusing street that changes name to Court House Road half way along for absolutely no apparent reason. There is also a sudden jump in the house numbers as you go along the road. Where they were increasing 42,44,46... you realise that they are now going back down again 46, 44, 42...!
Dave | Homepage | 07.10.03 - 12:45 p.m. | #
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Though it's slightly over 500m (600, I think), the walk from New Cross to Deptford Bridge saves what the Route Planner claims is a 44 minute DLR and tube ride to get between the two.
Chz | Homepage | 07.10.03 - 5:21 p.m. | #
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