The Ultimate London Tube Map

Recently, the London Tube map was given a refresh – and to the howls of London Underground Anoraks everywhere, the Thames River was removed from the map to make it ‘less cluttered.’

They pulled the switch while Mayor Boris Johnson was out of the country and when he returned and discovered the Thames had been wiped off the map – he declared that it would return, no matter the cost.

The funny folks over at Londonist decided it was time to make their own Tube Map for tourists with the most relevant stops included.

Prepare for a laugh:

They explain their innovative design:

You may just have noticed all the hoo-ha in recent days about TfL’s bold decision to remove the Thames and Zone boundaries from the Tube map (and the subsequent wrist slap from the Mayor). Not bold enough, we say. Let’s sand away all the extraneous information.

Tourists are the only group of people who really need a Tube map. Locals already know their way around, and business visitors always take cabs. So if we only need to cater for John Q. Sightseer, the map condenses down to something really simple.

Voila, the whole network distilled into three lines and twelve stops.

See the original post here. I think it’s rather funny – and dead on if you ask me!