''The Elizabeth line is only the latest indignity for the modern tube map, which is messy, confusing and getting worse'' ESComment JonnElledge
looked like, well, a map, with street names and geographical accuracy and all that jazz. But then, a young draughtsman named Harry Beck realised that, when you’re underground, geography doesn’t matter: all you need to know is the order of the stations and where the lines connect. So he redesigned the map using straight lines and even spacing, thus making it both prettier and more comprehensible. Every other rail network in the world copied him and the rest is history.
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