The massive shake-up of the Elizabeth line linking up the core tunnels to the mainline companies means a brand new tube map is required, and with a brand new map comes a brand new cowl artwork design.
Other than the plain anticipated adjustments at Paddington and Liverpool Avenue stations for the Elizabeth line, there’s been a handful of different minor adjustments, and one huge change in Southeast London with the format of stations shuffling round.
The tube map variations intimately
Paddington station
The station has been cleaned up a bit now that there are direct trains on the Elizabeth line, however has gained a second dagger within the course of to point that companies might fluctuate — that’s as a result of a tiny handful of early morning Elizabeth line trains begin from the mainline platforms.
Financial institution station
The interconnections have been barely tweaked to indicate the Northern line as being equidistant between the Central and Circle/District traces, which extra precisely displays the state of affairs within the station
Kensington Olympia station
The map has modified how the station identify is displayed
Liverpool Avenue station
As with Paddington, the reference to the Elizabeth line has been cleaned up, however the station nonetheless seems to be a large number, primarily as a result of additional blob wanted for the London Overground to indicate step-free entry is from road to platform, however not onto the prepare.
The station additionally beneficial properties a dagger, for a similar purpose as Paddington.
Mile Finish
The Central line at Mile Finish has been tweaked to permit for the junction of the Elizabeth line, and Bethnal Inexperienced station’s identify is now on two traces as an alternative of 1. The kink within the Central line continues to be there, however shrunk a bit.
Cable Automotive
The cable automobile having dropped the Emirates branding for just a few months has now added the IFS Cloud branding
Nunhead
That is geographically most likely the most important change within the tube map in a few years, as Nunhead station jumps sharply to the left shifting from one facet of Brockley to the opposite. That does extra precisely mirror the position of the station although, so a change that’s prone to be welcomed by native residents.
The change additionally implies that the way in which New Cross Gate station identify is proven must be compressed a bit.
Deptford station additionally shunts westwards by a bit.
The brand new tube map cowl artwork
The most recent art work for the tube map leaflets is by London-based artist Do Ho Suh, and is an embroidered facsimile of the tube map specializing in the routes that he habitually makes use of round his dwelling and studio.
It’s supposed to indicate how the tube map is a dominant construction we use to navigate, when actually a lot of our journeys are filaments between the stations alongside the streets.
It does admittedly look a bit “furry” although.
(c) TfL
Do Ho Suh commented: “For over a decade, I’ve put my roots down in London and made it my dwelling – each of my kids had been born right here – so it’s a privilege to work on TfL’s iconic Tube map. At coronary heart, a lot of my work is in regards to the transportability of house, about what we supply with us as we transfer by means of the world, so I’ve beloved engaged on an precise map and excited about the gaps between the places and complicating the neatness of the traces.”
You may choose up the tube map leaflet at tube stations.
Tube maps at Woolwich station