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Will.
03-12-2015, 09:54 PM
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/03/16/2F07BBAA00000578-3344617-The_plans_which_has_been_dubbed_Design_Idiom_by_Tf L_has_been_dev-a-36_1449159898759.jpg

TfL unveiled computer-generated blueprints this week, giving Londoners a look at what their commute will look like

Plans based on a fictitious Idiom Park station include new approach to lighting, moving away from overly lit areas

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London Underground is trying to provide its customers with welcoming stations that make the commute easier


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3344617/London-Tube-station-future-revealed.html#ixzz3tIU8FRMm

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/03/16/2F07BBAE00000578-3344617-Blue_shiny_walls_mood_lighting_and_illuminated_are as_are_set_to_-a-35_1449159898742.jpg

Will.
03-12-2015, 09:59 PM
Looks really nice, can't wait for the Piccadilly line to be massively upgraded as part of The New Tube For London programme.

Jamie89
03-12-2015, 10:01 PM
I want to know when they're going to make it more accessible for disabled people. One of my friends is in a wheelchair and the amount of money they spend on 'upgrading' the underground stations whilst doing nothing about disabled access is a joke imo. But great news about the new lighting :idc:

Will.
03-12-2015, 10:04 PM
I want to know when they're going to make it more accessible for disabled people. One of my friends is in a wheelchair and the amount of money they spend on 'upgrading' the underground stations whilst doing nothing about disabled access is a joke imo. But great news about the new lighting :idc:

Hmm, I think it must be standard possible to make it more accessible when they commence refurbishments on stations? If not that's quite bad.

My local tube station (Southgate) isn't accessible for disabled people, but Arnos Grove and Oakwood, literally a few mins away are.

Will.
03-12-2015, 10:06 PM
The new tube for London looks so cool, I will be perched when the line I use gets them first. :flutter:

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Jamie89
03-12-2015, 10:11 PM
Hmm, I think it must be standard possible to make it more accessible when they commence refurbishments on stations? If not that's quite bad.

My local tube station (Southgate) isn't accessible for disabled people, but Arnos Grove and Oakwood, literally a few mins away are.

I haven't lived in London that long so I don't know exactly how it works, but I'm sure they've made upgrades to stations in the last year where they haven't made them fully accessible. His is the kind of wheelchair that can't be lifted at all so for him it would have to be entrance to train accessible. I appreciate it would be very expensive because it's something that just wouldn't have been considered when the network was built, so they'd have to change a hell of a lot, but it's just frustrating that it isn't as high on their list of priorities as other things, because it wouldn't serve the mass population. It's so difficult for him to travel anywhere.

Firewire
03-12-2015, 10:12 PM
really goes well with the smell of piss

Will.
03-12-2015, 10:14 PM
I haven't lived in London that long so I don't know exactly how it works, but I'm sure they've made upgrades to stations in the last year where they haven't made them fully accessible. His is the kind of wheelchair that can't be lifted at all so for him it would have to be entrance to train accessible. I appreciate it would be very expensive because it's something that just wouldn't have been considered when the network was built, so they'd have to change a hell of a lot, but it's just frustrating that it isn't as high on their list of priorities as other things, because it wouldn't serve the mass population. It's so difficult for him to travel anywhere.

Yeah, I know with buildings it's a must, our school put one in. They shovel try with most stations but like you said it's probably difficult/expensive. But I'm sure there's a way they can work around it.

lostalex
04-12-2015, 10:47 AM
i don't like those big glass walls they are going to put in front of the tracks. There's something exciting about having the train pull up with no barriers. Those walls will make it feel like getting on an elevator.

Mystic Mock
04-12-2015, 10:50 AM
This might sound geeky but I love the look of it looking like it's been dropped from the set of the Minority Report Film.:flutter:

Northern Monkey
04-12-2015, 01:44 PM
So they're adding more lights.Cool.

Kizzy
04-12-2015, 04:02 PM
Doesn't it look like the tube now but clean? A moving walkway rather than an escalator would be an improvement.