please empty your brain below
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That last one is going to be Chalfont, isn't it?
Nico | 09.09.11 - 7:59 a.m. | #
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Blobby hell DG!
Waterhouse | 09.09.11 - 8:02 a.m. | #
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Scary that the last one is obviously real... Nice punchy post, DG.
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Hurrah! The tube map is about to become even more colourful!
Dave | 09.09.11 - 8:26 a.m. | #
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I love the tube, mostly, it is one of my favourite things about travelling in London when I visit. But I hate it when I have suitcases. I often think then how messy it is, with stairs and long passages and interchanges that are ostensibly part of one station and are actually miles apart. I feel for disabled people, who are not just those in wheelchairs but also include the elderly, arthritic, those with lung disorders, visually handicapped, etc. etc. - in other words a significant section of the population who you don't see on the tube very often because it is so bloody hard to navigate. A satirical look at map-makers' sad attempts to chart all this is amusing, but the reality of ease of access for many Londoners and visitors is not.
Antipodean | 09.09.11 - 8:40 a.m. | #
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Antipodean: fair point (although the fully accessible taxi and bus fleets do make up for it.). However, given the age of the Underground system its surprising that less able people can make any journeys at all. While the journey opportunities are few, providing good information will encourage people to give it a try. The public map is effectively an advertisement that encourages less able people to travel.
Logistical | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 8:44 a.m. | #
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Incidentally I visited Green Park yesterday. They've made a brilliant job of it. The new ramp opens out the station and the shelter above is a model of tasteful architecture. And now my Mum can get from Waterloo to somewhere useful in the West End via the Jubilee Line.
Logistical | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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The current version of Chalfont is ecven wordier
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf
Chalfont & Latimer
Northbound
platform 1 towards Amersham and Chesham
(A step 220mm/gap 40mm), northbound
platform 3 towards Chesham only
(B step 160mm/gap 97mm), southbound
platform 2 towards Liverpool Street (A step
220mm/gap 20mm). You need to use correct
entrance/exit depending on which platform you
are travelling from/to, as you cannot change
between all platforms within station – you
need to make a 360m journey via street to
change between northbound platform 1 and
northbound platform 3 or southbound
platform 2.
Use Bedford Avenue entrance to get to/from
northbound platform 3 or southbound
platform 2 – this route goes via ticket hall.
Use Station Approach entrance to get to/from
northbound platform 1 – this route does not go
via ticket hall and is for ticket holders only; it is
only unlocked between 0515 and 2000
Mon to Sat and 1545 to 1900 on Sun, so use
intercom to ask staff to unlock gate at
other times
Timbo | 09.09.11 - 9:03 a.m. | #
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.....and, I've just noticed, although its an "August 2011" edition (and includes the new DLR extension) it indicates that Chesham is still served from Platform 3. (The last day of the Shuttle was nine months ago!)
Timbo | 09.09.11 - 9:09 a.m. | #
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Fine line between truth and comedy, you joke, DG ... but you might get it.
(ps. The Chesham shuttle with the 4 car train actually ran for all three days over the bank holiday weekend, last weekend)
geofftech | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 9:42 a.m. | #
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good one
David | 09.09.11 - 9:44 a.m. | #
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Genius. :)
Girl with a one track mind | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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Green Park does look nice at street level, but there is still no level access between platform and train on the Piccadilly or Jubilee Lines. This is only possible on the Victoria Line. So much for some 40 million pounds spent!
Kim | 09.09.11 - 11:48 a.m. | #
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Trenchant wit, DG. Quality.
THC | 09.09.11 - 12:10 p.m. | #
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Great post, shows a good sense of humour.
Michael | 09.09.11 - 1:07 p.m. | #
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Very amusing, and classic DG! :-)
What is remarkable is that the new tube map reveals that no stations on the Piccadilly line have step-free access from the train to the street. In addition, on the entire Northern line, there is only one station (London Bridge) that has step-free access from the train to the street. Wheelchair users will therefore find access to these lines very difficult unless they can manage the varying platform heights.
Andrewh | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 1:45 p.m. | #
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This was worth waking up and reading.
I like, "try it here and you'll do yourself and injury".
That could apply to several situations.
kabinga | 09.09.11 - 3:45 p.m. | #
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Priceless!
CornishCockney | 09.09.11 - 4:11 p.m. | #
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So when's the map released with these all in place? ;)
(even if TfL don't, I'm sure someone who's bored enough can :D)
Daniel | 09.09.11 - 4:24 p.m. | #
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Do all of these blobs (apart from the last one, obviously) refer to at least one real-life situation? ("A bit of a long way to trek with luggage" sounds like King's Cross to me.)
swirlythingy | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 10:04 p.m. | #
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you forget, of course, that this would be completely inaccessible to the colour blind ...
disgruntled | Homepage | 10.09.11 - 11:05 a.m. | #
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ah no, forgive me, I see I do you an injustice!
disgruntled | Homepage | 10.09.11 - 11:06 a.m. | #
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Top post!
Is 287mm train to platform step Uxbridge? I've experienced it in my wheelchair with my long-suffering partner. There is a reason he does weight training!
Helen Vecht | 14.09.11 - 4:18 p.m. | #
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