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[morwen]

A prize to anyone who can spot the mistake (or possibly simply an innovative stylistic decision) here? Tsk. Google Maps data quality is pretty poor, but this.... Tsk.

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[vampwillow]

what happened to the railway line? it is truly *underneath* the main road - and anyway it should still be shown imho

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

That's not it. I can forgive that. The road is being drawn much larger width than it actually is, so the railway line needs to move to compensate. This is Hard to do automatically.

Their railway data is pretty poor anyway - I think the weirdest railway error (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bow,+London&sll=51.500152,-0.126236&sspn=0.600984,1.783905&ie=UTF8&ll=51.539182,-0.029569&spn=0.009382,0.027874&z=16) I've spotted is by Victoria Park where it still shows the line from the NLL west of Hackney Wick to Bow (south of which the alignment is now used by the DLR). This section has been closed for, well, longer than Google have existed. Maybe even longer than computerised mapping has existed.

[fluffymark]

Of course, the railways are a huge mess around Stratford station. You can forgive them for not showing recent changes there as it's been in constant change for years, what with Stratford international, new DLR lines and the new Overground platforms.

However, at Temple Mills" they appear show the line from Stratford to Tottenham Hale being connected to the Central Line of all things. As far as I know the Central line became a tunnel there back in 1947, and while the lines are close, they've not been connected for decades.

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

Your linky seems to link to the same thing my link does.

It appears to be based on looking at old maps and aerial photographs without consulting any modern railway sources at all.

[fluffymark]

You relied before I could edit it - copy and paste fail - you want to go here

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

Ah. Yeah. That connection must have gone immediately, when the Central line was extended to take over the LNER line to Ongar, I can't imagining it persisting beyond then.

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

Pub?

[psych0naut.livejournal.com]

It's not unheard of for railway lines to be underneath roads. Happens all the time in London, for example.

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

The Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway goes largely under roads in central London, as does the Central London Railway, and of course the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways.