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Tube strike today: Pedestrian-friendly map tells you the time it takes to walk between stations | |
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With the entire tube network due to be shut by this week's strike, commuters could be better off walking for at least some of their journey to work. | With the entire tube network due to be shut by this week's strike, commuters could be better off walking for at least some of their journey to work. |
So what better time to dust off the Walking Tube map, which shows how long it takes to get between stations on foot - in central London at least. | So what better time to dust off the Walking Tube map, which shows how long it takes to get between stations on foot - in central London at least. |
It was devised by London-based advertising creatives Joe Watson and Aryven Arasen ahead of industrial action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT). | |
But this year, the map is set to come into its own - as the entire network is set to be down in the severest tube strike for a decade. | But this year, the map is set to come into its own - as the entire network is set to be down in the severest tube strike for a decade. |
Even a cursory glance proves the map's usefulness: by demonstrating that all distances between stops are not equal. Walking between Whitechapel and Aldgate East in the East End takes just two minutes. | |
But, to the north, be prepared to spend over half an hour - 31 minutes - getting between Highbury & Islington and King's Cross, a route usually covered by the famously speedy Victoria Line. | |
Last year the hashtag #WalkLondon proved popular on social media, with commuters posting pictures of their al fresco journeys to work. | Last year the hashtag #WalkLondon proved popular on social media, with commuters posting pictures of their al fresco journeys to work. |