Recent content by Ali.Carr

I put this together a while back (to go with the 2040 Tube Map), might be helpful in clearing up some of the service pattern questions: This is consistent with one end of the ranges given in the 2015 consultation - as people have already noted, 6 tph Crossrail 2 from Epsom would seem to...

This is corroborated by the (very blurry!) Liverpool Street roundel seen at the end of the video:

If there were any serious alternative proposals to the DLR, I'd be very interested in mapping those, as a further project - but there might not be much that's as detailed/ambitious as the alternative proposals in the 1946 report. My understanding is that the only main alternatives were a...

Having looked at the maps, I think the answer is "it probably wouldn't" ;) The thought I had was that it'd be a shame for the whole strectch of track from Blackfriars Bridge to Loughborough Junction to be wasted, but I don't think there'd be any remotely practical way to connect the tracks 23...

Two reasons I opted to work off the 1946 plans: Their ambitious (verging on fantastical) nature made for a particularly exciting Tube map It was easy to find the full text of the proposal and the accompanying maps online But I definitely could come back to the 1949 proposals and illustrate...

Thanks for spotting Ruislip Gardens! I'll fix that :) It seems like the station names were a lot more flexible back then. I guess in some ways it's a shame there isn't the same flexibility now - it would offer the chance to clear up some station-name ambiguity (especially those stations which...

My complete speculation: Given how little these plans do for the Docklands, I'd imagine that the DLR could still have been built almost the same as it was today. The Jubilee line could have been quite similar as well - there'd still be scope for taking over the Stanmore branch and then serving...

This does make sense. I'll have a think about what the best approach might be - putting in a second label, doing it Hammersmith-style, or fudging it and leaving it as it is.

Thanks for all of these! I took many of the station names from this map (from 1948) - in particular Croxley Green, Alexandra Palace, and Totteridge on its own. I'm inclined to stick with Alexandra Palace and Croxley Green, especially since the latter also appears on the 1945 map, but I'll...

I think one of their motivations for moving away from the London Bridge terminus was to move the railway viaducts further from Southwark Cathedral. I can also imagine that building a whole new terminus, although expensive, would have given more flexibility when building an efficient interchange...

Very many thanks for spotting these - I've corrected them :) It's interesting that the deep-level shelters don't get a mention in the 1946 report. They do note that they were largely thinking in terms of traffic and crowding rather than engineering feasibility, so perhaps the practical...

This is interesting! Perhaps if the "Bankbone" line had (with some track re-jigging) taken over the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo, you would have ended up with something not too dissimilar to the original Fleet line - it would, like the Fleet line, have gone from Stanmore to Addiscombe and...

Hi all! I've got another Tube Map :D The map is based on proposals which were drawn up in 1946; you can see the full text of the proposals here, and there's a nice explanation here. What I find particularly interesting is how on the one hand you can see early versions of Victoria line...

I think one of the most interesting examples of a map that deviates from the 45-degree rule is the UK-wide National Rail map, where lines have to be (mostly) straight but can be at any angle. Myself, I don't think I'd be talented enough to make a map based on whole new design principles, and...

I like this a lot! I think Warren Street being a double-blob isn't too bad either - keeping the Warren Street label a little further down avoids it being confused for the label for the Euston Square blob. The CR2 blob being placed well within KXStP is a bit of a white lie, but again it's not...