Legible London
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Legible London A prototype wayfinding system for london How do we get about the city? Different journeys A learning journey An efficient journey Novice strider Expert strider Has a specific destination Has internalised just what in mind but doesn’t know is strictly necessary to fit London too well. Interested with their daily routine. in learning quicker ways from A to B. A wandering journey An open-ended journey Novice stroller Expert stroller Uses their intuition Has an idea of where places to explore and discover are in the city and uses that interesting places in knowledge opportunistically. the city. Who’s it for? I'm here I'm there Start Finish Where shall we go? Or here? Here? Here?Here? Here? Finish Start Finish Finish Finish Seamless Tube On the station street Existing printed maps Road signs Journey Bus shelter Landmarks Final leg Planner Londons problems 123456789 Chesham Chalfont & Watford Junction Watford Junction is outside Cockfosters Latimer Transport for London zonal High Barnet Epping area. Special fares apply. Watford Oakwood Tube map Watford High Street 5 Theydon Bois 9 7 88 Totteridge & Whetstone Bushey Loughton Amersham Croxley Southgate Debden Chorleywood Woodside Park Rickmansworth Carpenders Park Victoria line closes A Moor Park Edgware West Finchley Arnos Grove Buckhurst Hill A Mill Hill East from 2200 on Monday Hatch End to Thursday evenings Roding West Ruislip Northwood Burnt Finchley Central Northwood 4 until 20 November 2008 Valley Chigwell Headstone Lane Oak Bounds Green Hills Stanmore Hillingdon Ruislip Harrow & 6 Colindale Wood Green Wealdstone Canons Park East Finchley Harringay Ruislip Manor Green Lanes South Grange Hill Pinner Queensbury Hendon Central Turnpike Lane Bakerloo Kenton Tottenham Woodford 5 Hainault Uxbridge Ickenham Eastcote North Harrow Highgate Crouch Harrow- Preston Kingsbury Hill Blackhorse Central Brent Cross Seven Sisters Road Fairlop on-the-Hill Road Archway Manor House South Restricted service Gospel Ruislip Rayners Lane Golders Green Woodford Barkingside 3Hampstead Oak Tufnell Park Tottenham Walthamstow West Harrow Northwick Circle Gardens Neasden Upper Hale Central 4 Park Hampstead Heath Newbury Park Wembley Holloway Finsbury District South Dollis Hill South Kenton Park Park Walthamstow Snaresbrook Redbridge Upminster Ruislip Arsenal Queens Road Hammersmith & City North Wembley Willesden Green Kentish Upminster Northolt Finchley Road Kentish Holloway South Harrow Wembley Central Kilburn & Frognal Town Wanstead Gants Bridge Jubilee B Belsize Park Town West Road B Stonebridge Park Leytonstone Hill Metropolitan Sudbury Hill Harlesden Brondesbury Caledonian Road Sudbury Hill Harrow Chalk Farm Highbury & Leyton Leytonstone Park 100m Canonbury Restricted service (no weekend service) 150m Willesden Junction West Hampstead Camden Islington Dalston Midland Road High Road Hornchurch Road Dagenham Greenford Kingsland East Elm Park Northern ( no Sunday Sudbury Town Kensal Rise Brondesbury Finchley Road Camden Town Caledonian service) Wanstead Road & Hackney Leyton Restricted service Kensal Green Swiss Cottage Dalston Central Park Mornington Barnsbury Alperton Kilburn South St. John’s Wood Junction Homerton Dagenham Piccadilly Queen’s Park High Road Hampstead Crescent King’s Cross Woodgrange Park St. Pancras Heathway Victoria for St. Pancras International Haggerston Becontree Maida Vale Kilburn Park Great Hackney Stratford Waterloo & City Perivale Portland Upney Warwick Avenue Edgware Baker Euston Angel Wick Paddington Road Street Street Hoxton Barking London Overground Royal Oak under2 Westbourne construction DLR Old Street Shoreditch East Ham Hanger Park Euston ( no weekend Warren Street service) High Street Lane Paddington Edgware Marylebone Square Farringdon Mile End Pudding Upton Under construction C Regent’s Park C Road Euston 200m Liverpool Mill Lane Park Street Replacement Ladbroke Russell Shoreditch Bethnal Plaistow Park Royal Grove Square Barbican Green bus service Latimer Road Bayswater Bow West Ham Bow Bromley- Goodge Moorgate Road by-Bow North Ealing North White Holland Notting Lancaster Chancery ( no weekend ELS Church Bond Oxford Street 200m Interchange stations Acton City Park Hill Gate Gate Street Circus Holborn Lane service) Ealing Stepney Green Devons Road Aldgate Step-free access from the Broadway Shepherd’s Tottenham St. Paul’s West East Acton Queensway Marble East Langdon Park platform to the street Acton Bush Arch Court Road Bank Wood Lane Central line station Covent Garden Whitechapel is closed until mid 1Aldgate 2 3 4 opens late 2008 Leicester Square 340m All Saints Connections with National Rail October 2008 and 654 3 Acton London Overground 2 High Street Cannon Shadwell East station opens 2008 Hyde Park Green Park Central Kensington Street Westferry Poplar India Canning Town Check before you travel. Ealing Common Shepherd’s Corner Leicester Royal Victoria Piccadilly Square Mansion See index below South Bush House Kensington Circus Monument Tower Limehouse Blackwall Custom House Acton Knightsbridge Charing Tower Goldhawk Road (Olympia) Hill ELW for ExCeL Connections with riverboat Cross Fenchurch Street 150m Gateway Acton Closed June 2008 West West services D Barons to spring 2009 Wapping Prince Regent D Town Gloucester Blackfriars India Quay South Ealing Hammersmith Court Road Sloane St. James’s Silvertown Connection with Tramlink Square Park River Thames Royal Albert Northfields Temple Rotherhithe Canary Wharf Beckton Park Location of Airport Boston Manor ELP Canary Wharf Chiswick Turnham Stamford Ravenscourt West Earl’s South Victoria Westminster Embankment London Bridge 200m Hounslow Charing Cross 100m North Pontoon Cyprus East Park Green Brook Park Kensington Court Kensington 150m Dock Interchange with National Rail Osterley Bermondsey Canada Greenwich for the O2 Gallions services to airport Hounslow West Brompton Water Heron Quays Reach West Hounslow Replacement bus services Central Fulham Waterloo Surrey Quays 2South Quay Gunnersbury London City Broadway Beckton 1 International rail services East London line is closed Crossharbour Airport Á Bicycle parking Hatton now depart from King’s Cross St. Pancras for major line extension Terminals Cross Parsons Green ELC work to become part of Mudchute Ÿ Car parks 1, 2, 3 Kew Gardens Putney Bridge Pimlico Southwark Borough Waterloo East Exit only during the London Overground Island Gardens King peak hours network. George V ∑ Toilets on site/nearby Terminal 4 River Thames E Lambeth E East Putney North New Cross ∏ Travel Information Centres Richmond Gate Cutty Sark Heathrow for Maritime Greenwich Airport ELC New Cross under Terminal 5 construction Station in Zone 9 Vauxhall Elephant & Castle Greenwich 9 Southfields Kennington 100m Station in Zone 8 8 Deptford Bridge 3 Woolwich 7 Station in Zone 7 Elverson Road Arsenal Station in both zones Wimbledon Park Clapham This section of track is part of Brockley Junction the National Rail network. 6 Station in Zone 6 London Overground services will Lewisham Oval operate on this line from 2010. 5 Station in Zone 5 Oyster pay as you go is not Wimbledon Stockwell currently valid on this line. Honor Oak Park Station in Zone 4 4 Clapham North Station in both zones Clapham High Street 100m Forest Hill 3 Station in Zone 3 Brixton 100m Sydenham Station in Zone 2 2 Clapham South Clapham Common Crystal 4 Station in both zones Improvement works may affect your Palace 1 Station in Zone 1 F journey, particularly at weekends. Penge West F Tooting Bec Balham Victoria line closes MAYOR OF LONDON Check before you travel; look for publicity from 2200 on Monday Anerley Transport for London at stations, visit tfl.gov.uk/check Colliers Wood to Thursday evenings or call 020 7222 1234 Tooting Broadway until 20 November 2008 Norwood Junction Morden South Wimbledon West Croydon This diagram is an evolution of the original design conceived in 1931 by Harry Beck · Poster 03.08 Transport for London Correct at time of going to print, March 2008 1 23456789 Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones Grid Stations Facilities Zones : D5 Covent Garden 1 E3 East Putney 2/3 C5 Great Portland Street 1 A5 High Barnet : 5 B5 Kentish Town 2 C4 Queensway 1 ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________B5 Belsize Park 2 D8 § Canary Wharf µ 2 § ___________________________________________Á ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________Ÿ Á ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________D5 Mansion House 1 ___________________________________________A2 Northwood Ÿ Á : 6 ___________________________________________ C3 Shepherd’s Bush 2 ___________________________________________C8 Stratford µ 3 A1 § Uxbridge Á µ 6 ___________________________________________B4 West Hampstead 2 A This station gets very busy at weekends D2 Acton Central 3___________________________________________D6 Bermondsey Á µ 2 Step free interchange at street level ___________________________________________A4 Edgware Ÿ Á 5 ___________________________________________B1 Greenford Ÿ Á : 4 ___________________________________________B6 Highbury