tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post83456515185051562..comments2024-03-26T10:23:12.534+00:00Comments on round the rails we go: Map! RantScott Willisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-65296433486668561492008-03-04T20:58:00.000+00:002008-03-04T20:58:00.000+00:00Yes, they've added the zone boundaries... just in ...Yes, they've added the zone boundaries... just in time for you to see that there is no longer a zone E. Gits.Scott Willisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-61602688224195786272008-02-28T12:15:00.000+00:002008-02-28T12:15:00.000+00:00Speaking of maps: they've got the old style loop i...Speaking of maps: they've got the old style loop in the new Trio ticket leaflet. BUT! More importantly, they've FINALLY added a map showing where all the zone boundaries are. About bloody time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-22377502155542928402008-02-22T23:59:00.000+00:002008-02-22T23:59:00.000+00:00Oh and as for the topic of Map! Rant, I am totally...Oh and as for the topic of Map! Rant, I am totally with you; it worked before, let it continue. I don't mean that the map should be set in stone - the legend that is Harry Beck acknowledged that "the thermos flask" was the best version of the Circle Line he'd seen, better than his own efforts - but it has to make sense, and that's why the new map annoys me: it violates the rules of common sense...Scott Willisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-58986196585429993342008-02-22T23:55:00.000+00:002008-02-22T23:55:00.000+00:00In all my travels round the network, I've never se...In all my travels round the network, I've never seen a bicycle parked at a station. I mean, to use Birkenhead Central as an example; the cycle racks are down on the platform, and consist of basically a metal bar. If these were secure enclosed spaces for bicycles I could understand the boast - but you may as well advertise that there are railings outside the station for all the difference it makes!<BR/><BR/>I had no idea cycles were allowed throught the tunnel in any circumstances; somehow I have images of you riding along the pedestrian walkways and popping a wheelie over the emergency refuges...<BR/><BR/>I was trapped in the Birkenhead Central/Hooton rail replacement service of a few weeks back (since I work in Chester, it's easier to just go to Central than to go to my nearest station, Birkenhead Park, and change). Frankly if you can find anything to entertain you during a bus replacement service, I applaud you! Though I personally think a bus is nothing in comparism with a train ;-)Scott Willisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-52636017934301182702008-02-22T15:39:00.000+00:002008-02-22T15:39:00.000+00:00The monkeying with the loop confused me, too. The ...The monkeying with the loop confused me, too. The map works. It's a map of the stations in the network. If the stations change, the map changes. THE SHAPES ARE FINE. LEAVE THE SHAPES ALONE.<BR/><BR/>I've never really understood the concept of bicycle parking at stations. I've never, ever seen anybody else park their bike. They always take it on board. Very understandable, too I don't see why anyone would pay for a bike, razz to the station, leave it there unattended (in such wonderful places as... Birkenhead!), and then travel many, many miles away and end up in some other place without my beloved bike to get me around.<BR/><BR/>If I had my way, I would cycle through the Mersey tunnel to work instead of getting the train. If you read the website about the Mersey tunnels though, they only let bicycles through the tunnel at very silly times.<BR/><BR/>I hope you weren't caught up in the replacement bus service between Birkenhead North and Hamilton Square just two weeks ago. It was quite horrific. I did eke some good out of it, I managed to indulge an odd hobby of mine.<BR/><BR/>Whenever I'm on a double decker bus, I can't help but prop a camera on the rail at the front window and film the journey.<BR/><BR/>I did the same out the side window when there was a replacement bus service from Birkenhead Central to Hooton a few days before that. I suppose I just like buses. (I complain about the buses all the damn time... I really do like them, though. When they arrive. If.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com