I like that, Topgraphically it’s coherent (no crossovers is excellent). As I happen to use those lines a lot I appreciate it.
Not so sure about the arrow to be honest. That could do with some more thought.
Also as someone who knows New Cross and New Cross Gate exceptionally well as I used it daily for a commute to West Croydon, I feel the dagger is very apt
I expect TfL to license this from you and you roll back to live an life of idle luxury (or not).
It’s an interesting concept. Whilst I agree that Southern doesn’t share the same platforms at Crystal Palace, you can take Southern trains between New Cross Gate/Sydenham and Crystal Palace. And if we’re being picky, the platforms aren’t shared at Queen’s Park either.
I have made the “shared lines” smaller: they idea is that if you are on a Overground train already, knowing that you can use the Southern and Bakerloo service “in between” trains is useful, but I think I might have overplayed it. It is only useful to have off-page arrows to show that the alternative trains go somewhere.
Here’s a proper version, with the right format for the orange Overground lines. I’ve removed the Bakerloo Line as it just looks horrible. Otherwise, it seems to work.
Great map. Would it still work if you rolled everything round about 90 degrees clockwise? I’m thinking in terms of having Clapham Junction in the bottom left and everything south of Surrey Quays (ish) running r to l along the bottom. I feel this might help travellers by being a bit closer to standard map orientation.
I feel this might help travellers by being a bit closer to standard map orientation.
I thought about this and I realised that there are plenty of good maps of the overground that are designed to use the geography such as Overground - Transport for London
However, this is really for the Car Line Diagrams in the train itself. As I looked at Car Line Diagrams - Transport for London I thought that none of them attempt the geography. It’s because it is what’s needed when you’re in a train… you don’t have a compass (or see the sun!)
This all started out because it’s really hard to use the existing on-train diagram on the train, because the botched attempted at adding geography means you can’t follow the train you’re on easily because everything is zig-zags.
Show the high-frequency services at the top. That’s Dalston Junction to Surrey Quays first (it’s going to be 24 trains per hour) .
This is also the “night tube” at the top.
Keep the number of services going around corners to a minimum, so Watford to Willesden Junction is a nice line as is Chingford to Liverpool Street
The idea was to always make it possible to be on a train and just follow a simple line - or at worst a curve if you are on a 2 (Enfield/Cheshunt), 3 (Euston) or 4 (Chingford, Clapham J via Denmark Hill ) tph service.
So, I was really after something that works on the train, rather than works for actual geography.
@nickp I’ve made a change to the Watford Junction to Euston section to remove the overlap with the “to Milton Keynes” line. Also, it restores the angular maths I used to make the diagram in the first place…
I think it looks better without the Southern arrows.
This version also marks the 30-min headway service light orange and the 3-min headway core service without a solid line. Not sure if can be understood easily.