It's the geographically accurate TfL connections map, which might sound boring but bear with us. You know how the tube map gives you an unrealistic impression of how near or far away things are from each other in the real world? This totally solves that problem. The map shows tube lines, overground lines, mainline rail lines, as well as roads, neighbourhoods, parks and rivers. It's from so it's slightly out of date but it also maps out some future lines, including new Overground branches and Crossrail.
If you zoom in on central London, you can see that if there's one thing it ain't short on, it's public transport:.
But once you get out to the sticks in zone 6, you can see there's a lot of green spaces and, er, not a whole lot of transport options available:. Ok, so it might get a bit overcomplicated if TfL completely replaced the existing tube map with this one - but it's pretty handy for those with no sense of direction and, aesthetically speaking, it's definitely easier on the eye.
Embrace your inner tube map geek and explore the full map. Want more cool maps? Lines are colour coded according to the original Tube map - the Central line is red, for example. Mr Beck, an Underground electrical draughtsman, based the Tube map on the circuit diagrams he drew for his day job.
The map was initially rejected by the publicity department because it was considered too radical, but was taken up after a successful trial print-run. ES Money. The Escapist. The Reveller. The Optimist. ES Best. He wrote numerous letters to the management, but was repeatedly fobbed off. Eventually Beck gave up and abandoned his relationship with London Transport, although not before submitting his own idea of how the Victoria line might be represented:.
Garbutt can also be credited with the familiar 'bottle' shape of the Circle line:. Almost all the features of the modern map can be see here, and a short process of evolution leads to the diagram we know today.
In , the tube switched from per-station pricing to the simpler system of zones, and most maps now show the zonal boundaries. Perhaps the biggest change has been the addition of extra services.
The Jubilee line opened in , with a major extension completed in , bringing the map towards its current total of tube stations. Harry Beck died in , but his pioneering work in making sense of our city lives on. The best things to do in London. The must-read London articles. The coolest London events from our partners. Report a problem with this article. X close. Londonist in your inbox Plan your day ahead or read the day's London headlines with our daily emails.
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