Catch the London underground with Google
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Catch the London underground with Google
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Re: Catch the London underground with Google
#2Excellent. Now maybe we can start putting pressure on these bastards:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/03/railtrack-ope...
http://mocko.org.uk/b/2011/01/08/open-uk-rail-data-media-cov...
Apologies for the bile the situation regarding access to UK Rail Network data gets me really irritated.
Re: Catch the London underground with Google
#3Excellent. Now maybe we can start putting pressure on these bastards: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/03/railtrack-ope... http://mocko.org.uk/b/2011/01/08/open-uk-rail-data-media-cov... Apologies for the bile the situation regarding access to UK Rail Network data gets me really irritated.
Network rail arn't a touch on TFL.
..In terms of crappiness.
Re: Catch the London underground with Google
#4This is great - I rarely use buses because it's just too much of a headache trying to determine how far I need to walk to get one, when the next one is, and how far I need to walk at the other end - then trying to compare mutliple options against those criteria! In central London I just grab the Tube because it's an easier decision - the visual element of this makes buses far easier to assess as an option.
Re: Catch the London underground with Google
#5Excellent. Now maybe we can start putting pressure on these bastards: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/03/railtrack-ope... http://mocko.org.uk/b/2011/01/08/open-uk-rail-data-media-cov... Apologies for the bile the situation regarding access to UK Rail Network data gets me really irritated.
Network rail arn't a touch on TFL. ..In terms of crappiness.
I could be wrong, but I suspect the reason Londoners think that is just because they use it so regularly. If you're catching 2+ TFL tubes a day, and national services maybe a few times a year, maybe even a couple of times a week, if they both have pretty similar success rates then TFL will feel much worse, because it will get so many more bad memories.
I probably go to London at least ten times a month (either for a day or just for an evening), and have slightly more network rail trips a month (all my trips to london are an hour away by train), and in my experience I have much more trust for TFL.
Re: Catch the London underground with Google
#6Really awesome to see, I appreciate it so much whenever I'm in NYC or LA, good to finally have it over here too.
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#7Looks very nice, but doesn't take into account tube status. This is especially important on weekends where lots of closures occur due to engineering works. Hopefully it will soon, otherwise the TfL site is the still the best bet if you already have an idea of where you're going and just want to take a quick look to see if anything will affect your journey.
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#8Great to see but it didn't work that great for the couple of searches I tried. For London Bridge to Marylebone it confused London Bridge with Tower Bridge, much like Robert McCulloch ;)
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#9This is worlds better than TfL's route planner. However, it seems to be confused about where King's Cross/St. Pancras is located.
Moreover appears prone to suggesting some peculiar routes: http://bit.ly/qNyvHb
Re: Catch the London underground with Google
#10Excellent. Now maybe we can start putting pressure on these bastards: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/03/railtrack-ope... http://mocko.org.uk/b/2011/01/08/open-uk-rail-data-media-cov... Apologies for the bile the situation regarding access to UK Rail Network data gets me really irritated.
Network rail arn't a touch on TFL. ..In terms of crappiness.
Admittedly not Network Rail but ATOC, but at least with Tfl there aren't a hundred different tickets for the same seat on the same train.