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Still a firm believer that you should be invoicing TfL for your excellent work on this.
Matthew | 13.06.19 - 7:29 a.m. | #
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A firm believer that people have Wifi at platforms and apps so this excellently researched article is not that important in the scheme of things.
Mark | 13.06.19 - 9:03 a.m. | #
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How did we cope all those years with basic paper maps. The info is the imprtant bit after all.
Attitude now seems to be "It's on your phone - what more do you want". Sad.
pete c | 13.06.19 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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Not everyone has a smartphone, and it's a lot quicker to go and have a look at a map on the wall than get your phone out (hard to do when the platform is crowded) and load up the app. Many tourists won't have the app as well, and staff don't have the time to show people how to download the app.
Richard | 13.06.19 - 9:52 a.m. | #
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Agree, the map will always be faster. It will also be a much easier way to find alternative routes to your destination when services are disrupted.
As for tube v tube & rail maps, I think the latter is becoming increasingly important for TfL. There are a growing number of TfL services that aren't on the tube map and while Crossrail will be, the full extent of it won't.
ap | 13.06.19 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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Yes, I'm sure every tourist that comes to London for 3 or 4 days will bother registering for Underground WiFi just so that they can check their journey.
straphan | 13.06.19 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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What surprises me is the lack of maps at stations in Zone 1 & Zone 2 as these are tourist destinations.
YDU | 13.06.19 - 11:08 a.m. | #
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The "Tube" map shows the DLR, Overground, TfL Rail, Tramlink and the Dangleway.
The only TfL services not shown on the "Tube & Rail" map are buses.
timbo | 13.06.19 - 11:50 a.m. | #
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If you don't know where you are, it seems to me that it would be much easier to find it on a big A0 sized poster than a 7cm by 15cm screen. That said the major deficiency of the tube maps at stations is that they lack YOU ARE HERE arrows.
John | 13.06.19 - 4:21 p.m. | #
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Free WiFi on the Underground depends on which network you use. With some networks you have to pay.
Hadders | 13.06.19 - 7:18 p.m. | #
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Paper is proper and doesn't need a battery, a connection or a phone. I applaud the heritage posters but they shouldn't be at the expense of a map. I'm surprised that any of this information is supplied. Soon won't be I'm horrified to realise. How much longer for mappy spider webs at bus stops, timetables and next bus countdown screens too?
As said already, all over the world, the corporate think seems to be 'you have smartphone, we have no need to pay for information that helps you to use our services.'
JP | 13.06.19 - 11:29 p.m. | #
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Did you perchance check that the Night Tube maps were actually correct? I have a bugbear that their installation is very slapdash. Even at Southwark- opposite LU HQ no less- one map has no Night Overground at all, and another still has it stopping at Dalston, even though this was pointed out to TfL months ago.
T | 14.06.19 - 9:04 a.m. | #
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Despite being a firm believer in technology and being someone whoe reaches for my phone to google the slightest ephemera, I'm a firm believer in the need for paper maps. It's so much easier to get a grasp of the bigger picture when it's printed on A0 in front of you
Herned | 14.06.19 - 11:16 p.m. | #
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I work at Liverpool Street. There are confused tourists everyday and they don’t use smartphones to register on the underground Wi-Fi. Not even my phone logs in half the time. Paper maps are simple and needed. What an oversight....
JH | 15.06.19 - 6:18 p.m. | #
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