Station Master App

Tram Maps

13th February 2016

We have been travelling on the Croydon Trams a lot over the last couple of weeks, and we have been getting drawn all the 3D maps of the system. We’d therefore hope to have Tram Master released next month.

The tram stops don’t have comprehensive facilities like tube stations too, so the App is a list of the 39 trams stops, and a 3D map that we’ve drawn for all of them, showing where the steps/ramp/access points are, and whether the exit is at the front or rear of the tram.

Here’s Harrington Road which we’ve most recently drawn…

Harrington Road

This post categorised under: Tramlink
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Easy like …

9th February 2016

What the heck is an easyCoffee? (Ok, ok, it’s a coffee shop, sure), but it’s the first time we’ve EVER seen one – not just at a tube station – but it might just be the first at a tube station now.

Go to Earl’s Court to see it, read the history of Earl’s Court to see it where they’ve boarded up the old ticket office windows, and see if you can take more than one tube map without being ‘told off’ by the ridiculous woman who works there who scolds you like a school teacher for doing so.

And then go and get a coffee. An easy one…

Easy Now

This post categorised under: Tube
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Oyster Fun

1st February 2016

With thanks to the marvellous Oyster Rail website, Station Master Geoff has been out on the network, trying out a few oddities with the Oyster system.

This post categorised under: Contactless payments / Oyster
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Oxford Circus is very busy

27th January 2016

Especially at peak hours, as the sign warns you!

This photo was taken at 6pm though, right in the middle of busy period …

Busy?

This post categorised under: Tube
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When TfL Take over all suburban London

23rd January 2016

Maybe the Tube map will look something like this? (From James O’Malley on twitter)

A very orange map

Actually, for a more comprehensive article on the proposed new changes, London Reconnections has the scoop.

This post categorised under: Overground
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New Whitechapel 3D

21st January 2016

Here ya go then, here’s the new 3D map for Whitechapel – where there’s a new entrance/exit at the western end of the station, and then from the back of the westbound platform there’s a new corridor and steps down to the southbound Overground platforms – which look like they’re going to be a permanent addition and not a temporary one!

The new 3D map will be released in the next update to Station Master.

Whitechapel 3D

This post categorised under: 3D Maps / App update / Overground
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New Whitechapel

19th January 2016

Farewell old Whitechapel, HELLO to the new! The new temporary entrance opened yesterday, with it being at the western end of the sub-surface platforms. Getting to and from the the Overground platforms now take a little bit longer! We’re in the process of drawing up a new 3D map, and will have it in the next update of the App.

New Whitechapel Ticket Hall

This post categorised under: Crossrail / Overground
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Stand on the Left

17th January 2016

The Guardian yesterday posted a fabulously in-depth article on the experiment that took place at Holborn station about getting people to stand on the left as well as the right on one of the escalators there. When people walk up, 81 people can get up an escalator in a minute But when everyone stands on both sides then 112 people can make it! Read the full article.

Holborn Escalator Congestion

This post categorised under: Escalators / Overcrowding / Tube
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Whitechapel Closure

16th January 2016

So from Monday 18th January ‘Until late 2018‘ (says the blurb) the ticket hall at Whitechapel is moving whilst preparation work for Crossrail take in place – including building a new step-free access, larger, ticket hall.

But, it actually closed Friday night and has been closed all this weekend, and it means that that’s the last chance you’ve had to see the up-and-down stairs and corridors that Whitechapel has, and when it opens again in over two year time it’s going to look a lot different to this…

Whitechapel Corridors

In the meantime, the new entrance is further west, turn up Court Street, and it’s on Durward Street. Interestingly, we think this makes the walking time connection between Whitechapel and Bethnal Green on the Central line shorter than between Shoreditch High Street and Liverpool Street. We’ve quite often changed trains between the Overground and Central line using this latter method, but now it looks like changing at Whitechapel will be quicker…

This post categorised under: Crossrail / Overground / Upgrades
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New Station Master Version Out!

15th January 2016

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Station Master version 1.10.9 has been released in the last couple of days, with the following updates:

Tottenham Court Road is open again on the Central Line (New 3D map and exit data)
Area Map View improvements
Updates and corrections to the database
Stability and performance improvements
Other refreshed 3D maps – to give 349 in total including all 270 tube stations

Exit the Tube (our ‘exits only’ companion App) also was updated to contain the same exit data as Station Master.

This post categorised under: App update
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