Diagram london underground

Pauls etc. When differences in distances between central stations are minimal the shortest being the 20 second journey between Leicester Square and Covent Garden , accurate representation is unnecessary. Beck did this by applying a graphic magnifying glass, enlarging the centralised area and compressing the distances between outer stations, enabling ease of use over physical accuracy.

This of course was of benefit to London Underground, by subliminally enhancing the perception that central London was quickly and easily accessible. Although this had already occurred in other London mapping systems from at least and even earlier in other above ground railway networks , the creation of the defining colours and graphic shapes of each line facilitated an ease of recognition, navigation and interchange not previously achieved.

These all seem so obvious now. To consider that there ever was or might ever be another way of designing a metro map is akin to questioning the design of the paperclip. It is their blueprint, their organiser, their connector: the subterranean guide to the arteries of the body of the city. I suspect more Londoners could successfully produce a fair approximation of the underground map, than an accurate drawing of the outline of their country. If asked to draw a map of London and its districts, many would do so not based on any geographical knowledge, but simply from a schematic coding of the proximal relationships between the neighbourhoods based on the vision of Harry Beck.

Read more articles in the Sublime Design series. Data collected: No data yet. I'm afraid that this page requires JavaScript to draw the maps and plot move the trains, which isn't possible with just HTML.

However, follow this link for a textual description of the entire network: Textual description of the London Underground. More information. Schematic version , or Skyfall version I have similar things for the London buses and National Rail , and an awesome bookmarkable train times journey planner.

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