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It turns out that Andrew Godwin has coded a 3d visualisation of...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:01:47 +0000

It turns out that Andrew Godwin has coded a 3d visualisation of several London Underground stations, including King’s Cross St Pancras.

If you’re having trouble wrapping your head around the station diagram, you could find being able to turn the thing around and refocus on different platforms useful.

I previously posted this map of King’s Cross St Pancras as...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:52:00 +0000

I previously posted this map of King’s Cross St Pancras as part of my review of the then-new Northern Ticket Hall, but it seems relevant to the previous post.

It also seems useful to post since a video of the secrets of the Victoria line was recently posted, and it contained the (apparently little-known) fact that the best way to the platforms is definitely not to follow the signs.

If you look at the diagram, from above it’s always easier to walk to the eastern (“existing”) ticket hall, and from the Northern and Piccadilly line you should head towards the cluster of staircases where the three platforms meet.

(The image used to be hosted on TfL’s site as part of their information about the station’s upgrade, but now it’s done it’s been taken down. Instead I took this from Leewood Projects, who worked on the western ticket hall.)

"In the meeting, they spend much of their time discussing the various airlines they’ve used. There is..."

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:07:03 +0000

“In the meeting, they spend much of their time discussing the various airlines they’ve used. There is an echo of a male fascination with giving directions – Monocle meetings seem to play on this geeky joy.”

- Ruaridh Nicoll, interviewing/profiling Tyler Brûlé: the man who sold the world in The Observer.

Paris metro interactive map by Nicholas Nova. “The inner...

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:04:30 +0000

Paris metro interactive map by Nicholas Nova. “The inner mechanism is [similar] to “Operation” with lights. Very low-bandwidth and based on electricity.” An interesting historical artefact.