please empty your brain below
Ive read it three times and I still am not sure if I fully understand it, I think that I shall sleep on it and have another look in the morning, I think its time the residents of Bow went to bed, goodnight DG.

fishislandskin | 27.01.09 - 12:50 a.m. | #

Re: the W&C. They've been installing lifts at the Waterloo end for ages. If you can ride the travelator at Bank, it's step free all the way to the Lombard Street ticket hall, where there's a lift to the street (belonging to the DLR). There's also meant to be a new entrance (with lifts) being built as part of a new office development, but god knows what the status of that is.

Graham | Homepage | 27.01.09 - 1:16 a.m. | #

Can tell this is confusing as you meant Clapham North rather than Clapham South - Clapham South is not step free for anything!

dg writes: Oops, yes, North not South, thanks.

Rob | 27.01.09 - 8:57 a.m. | #

Will this mean that the standard tube/Overground map can lose its big blue wheelchair blobs? Oh, and the printed standard map is smaller than the A4-twice-folded size of every other map? Would be more legible if it were the usual size. Er, mustn't grumble, eh? Or hold your breath...

Gordon | 27.01.09 - 9:03 a.m. | #

Fishislandskin would be a great name for a band

Johnny Topaz | 27.01.09 - 9:20 a.m. | #

Why have they used those horrible 3D style blobs? The look like some rubbish website 'buttons'.

I sincerely hope that the standard tube map has the ugly blue blobs removed. These seriously reduce its accessibility to a majority of users. One only has to look at the detailed notes provided for stations such as West Finchley and Woodside Park to see how misleading a simple blue blob on the regular map is.

Dave | Homepage | 27.01.09 - 10:04 a.m. | #

Perhaps they should increase funding to Dial-a-ride rather than faffing with a tube network completely ill equipped to deal with wheelchairs.

It took them 9 months and tens of thousands of pounds to install a single lift at Kilburn tube (one of the easier ones, I suspect). How many Dial-a-ride journeys could've been made for that money?

Battersea Pig | 27.01.09 - 12:12 p.m. | #

Am I missing something? I can see that interchange is possible at Mile End, but it does not tell me what the gap between platform and train is at that station?

Incidentally, Battersea Pig, my Mum's in a wheelchair and I don't see any reason in this day and age why she should be barred from the tube. I accept that it will take decades to improve the coverage, but as each station is rebuilt it will get done.

Ian | Homepage | 27.01.09 - 12:51 p.m. | #

Having read your post, DG, let's just say that I am not polishing up my crutches for an entertaining journey across the London Underground network. Oh dear.

An Unreliable Witness | Homepage | 27.01.09 - 1:13 p.m. | #

So basically unless you're on the DLR or Jubilee Extension none of the step-free access stations are suitable for wheelchair users. Makes me wonder why the conventional UndergrounD map is littered with blue wheelchair blobs.

Bowroaduk | 27.01.09 - 2:12 p.m. | #

Surely there are toilets outside the gateline on the embankment at Westminster?

Bowroaduk | 27.01.09 - 2:15 p.m. | #

Does the time-stamp have any relation to today's post, and if so, what is it? I've been trying to figure it out!

dg writes: er, no, there's nothing special there.

Anonymous | 27.01.09 - 6:46 p.m. | #

huh?
Just want to catch a tube not get my masters.

Mo | Homepage | 27.01.09 - 7:19 p.m. | #

How on earth is the new T5 Heathrow station not maximally wheelchair friendly? They just built it???

NFAH | Homepage | 27.01.09 - 9:33 p.m. | #

On the main tube map, why can't they replace the blue 'wheelchair' blobs with something a bit more subtle? And, goodness, why must these new maps be so complicated? Could they not, just this once, avoid using the famous tube map and just put the information regarding wheelchair accessibility on the Underground in words?

I think the moral of the story is if you're a wheelchair user, steer clear of the tube.

Andrewh | 27.01.09 - 11:14 p.m. | #

Er, no, the moral is if you're a wheelchair user you're welcome to use the tube, but you may not be able to use much of it.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 27.01.09 - 11:32 p.m. | #

Wheelchairs to WCs - from crutch to crotch, eh?

Bowroaduk | 28.01.09 - 4:27 p.m. | #











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