Tubewhore (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tubewhore) wrote,@ 2008-01-27 13:18:00 |
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The State of the Map - January 2008.
Ok, so 185 stations done, of a new grand total of 343, not forgetting the possibility that they'll add more before I've finished...and the map looks like this:
I've put Shoreditch back in, as I am determined to make it there by bus, or just bloody walking if needs be, at some point. Preferably before the new station is built. I realise that I can't pass through the ticket barrier, which is one of the rules of this game, but as there isn't strictly a ticket barrier to pass through anymore I shall do the best I can.
The map above also doesn't include the parts of the London Overground that are on the small free maps you get at stations - namely the spur from New Cross Gate to West Croydon and Crystal Palace. I have now included them on the tally list, and will be collecting them purely as an excuse to go see the dinosaurs at the park and indulge in an afternoon of nostalgia as this is the line I lived on or around for most of my time in London.
...but to return to the Tube proper, the observant may have noticed that little spur of the Northern Line poking out to the far south. That would be the Morden extension, taking in the seven stations between Clapham South and Morden opened in 1926. I already have Balham, but six stations remain uncollected. I intend to deal with that situation this coming weekend.
Ok, so 185 stations done, of a new grand total of 343, not forgetting the possibility that they'll add more before I've finished...and the map looks like this:
I've put Shoreditch back in, as I am determined to make it there by bus, or just bloody walking if needs be, at some point. Preferably before the new station is built. I realise that I can't pass through the ticket barrier, which is one of the rules of this game, but as there isn't strictly a ticket barrier to pass through anymore I shall do the best I can.
The map above also doesn't include the parts of the London Overground that are on the small free maps you get at stations - namely the spur from New Cross Gate to West Croydon and Crystal Palace. I have now included them on the tally list, and will be collecting them purely as an excuse to go see the dinosaurs at the park and indulge in an afternoon of nostalgia as this is the line I lived on or around for most of my time in London.
...but to return to the Tube proper, the observant may have noticed that little spur of the Northern Line poking out to the far south. That would be the Morden extension, taking in the seven stations between Clapham South and Morden opened in 1926. I already have Balham, but six stations remain uncollected. I intend to deal with that situation this coming weekend.
This will be voyage into the unknown as I've never ridden the Northern Line further south than Tooting...
I've chosen next weekend though as there's a small museum dedicated to vintage sewing machines at Balham that's only open between 2-5pm the first Saturday of every month. Meet at Balham tube station in the ticket hall at 2pm and we can all stroll down together...I'll be the one in a bustle...
I've chosen next weekend though as there's a small museum dedicated to vintage sewing machines at Balham that's only open between 2-5pm the first Saturday of every month. Meet at Balham tube station in the ticket hall at 2pm and we can all stroll down together...I'll be the one in a bustle...
